The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and its Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta have continued to receive more awards in recognition of the critical role the Commission has been playing in keeping Nigerians and businesses connected since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest of such awards is that of ‘Human Rights Telecoms Defender’ Award for the EVC and the ‘Human Rights Guard’ Award for the Commission, as a corporate entity, presented by Wheel of Hope Human Rights Foundation (WHHRF), a frontline Nigerian Non-Governmental Organisation. The third award, ‘Icon of a Greater Nigeria’ was presented to the EVC by…
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed how a total of 9,077 cases of service outages on the networks of major mobile network operators (MNO) were recorded in the second quarter of the year, resulting in unexpected disruptions to operators’ network quality of service (QoS) delivery and intermittent quality of experience (QoE) by the consumers. This disclosure was made by the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management (ECSM) at the NCC, Mr Adeleke Adewolu, in a presentation delivered during the first Virtual Telecoms Consumer Parliament (VTCP) hosted by the Commission recently in Abuja. Adewolu said that of the 9,077 service outages recorded…
Minister of Communications & Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami has said that the growing contribution of the ICT sector to the GDP is a direct result of the focused and committed effort of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. An elated Pantami said the strategic policy directions of the Federal Government include the inclusion of Digital Economy in the mandate of the Ministry, the unveiling and implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy and the National Broadband Plan, amongst others. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday released ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product Report’ for Q2 2020,…
Minister for Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Pantami has declared that Nigeria needs to reboot the entire ecosystem with digital technology in order to survive the present regressive economic outlook as a result of Covid-19 disruption. The Minister stated this recently at the 2nd edition of the Re-Ignite Public Affairs National Dialogue Series held in partnership with Businessday Media. “Since the global lockdown earlier in the year, digital commerce has become the most efficient growth area providing the world new ways of doing things as encapsulated in the ‘New Normal’ pseudo phrase”, Dr Pantami disclosed. With the theme, “Nigeria…
The various projects being executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (FMoCDE) have been adding significant value to the digital transformation journey of Nigeria. This was the view of the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta during the 4th phase of the virtual commissioning of additional 12 digital economy projects implemented by agencies under the Ministry by the Minister, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, which also coincided with the Minister’s one year anniversary in office. Danbatta who commended the…
Some of Fintech’s biggest names – including Credit Karma, Monzo and Varo – have joined a new coalition to fight racial inequality in the industry, according to a report by Finextra. With the Black Lives Matter movement gathering momentum in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in May, the Fintech sector, like many others, has been reflecting on its own failings when it comes to race. Spearheaded by Betterment, the new Fintech Equality Coalition is vowing to actively fight inequality within the industry and wider society. Specifically, the group acknowledges that the black community is underserved by financial services. In…
MTN Group Wednesday announced that the current group CFO of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita, has been appointed as the new group president and CEO with effect from 1 September 2020. Ralph has served as the MTN Group CFO since April 2017 and has played a critical role in the development and execution of the group’s strategy, capital allocation processes, financial performance as well as in the resolution of a number of complex regulatory matters. MTN Group chairman Mr Mcebisi Jonas said: “After a rigorous and extensive search process, we are pleased to have appointed someone of Ralph’s calibre, experience and…
Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has disclosed that the Agency has identified the university as a key stakeholder in achieving the nation’s digital economy. Abdullahi made this known while receiving a delegation from Yusuf Maitama Sule North-West University, Kano, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Musa. The delegation was on a courtesy visit to NITDA’s Corporate Headquarters to seek for the Agency’s intervention in the area of IT deployment and training. Abdullahi stated that the greatest resources needed in achieving a developed country in terms of technology, innovations and entrepreneurship is human capital,…
Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s largest retail bank, has urged its customers to be on the lookout for fraudsters who are using new scam methods to rip people off by preying on the distress that comes with the nation-wide lockdown. Access Bank said fraudsters contact their potential victim either via mail, phone call or text to request for their bank details with the promise of crediting their account, after which they proceed to withdraw the money in the victim’s bank account. “They often come under the guise of government officials, social advocates and false NGOs allocated to share the relief fund…
Airtel TV, Nigeria’s leading Video on Demand and live TV streaming platform has added popular channels, African Movie Channel (AMC Movies), AMC Series and Nolly Africa to its robust catalogue. With this latest development, lovers of Nollywood and other African movies can now enjoy unlimited access to premium content on the platform. Fans looking to consume movie content from both within and outside the Nollywood spectrum on Airtel TV can enjoy AMC Movies, a deluxe African movies channel, offering a wide variety of rich content to viewers, consisting primarily of Nollywood movies, and also movies from other flourishing movie industries…