Airtel Africa’s Growth in Data contributed 32.6% (Q4 21: 30.3%) to revenue
Airtel Africa (AIRTELAFRI) released its Q4/FY 22 audited results before the market opened Wednesday, 11 May. The group reported EPS of US$0.04 (+43.0% y/y) in Q4 22, bringing FY 22 EPS to US$0.17 (+86.3% y/y). A final dividend of US$0.03…
International Society of Automation, ISA celebrates, plans growth
The International Society of Automation celebrated the first-ever International Automation Professionals Day on 28 April. The digital event engaged automation professionals from all around the globe to recognize their efforts in the vastly growing automation industry. ISA President Carlos Mandolesi…
Smile now most pocket friendly data bundle plan—Survey
Staying around any part of the world today without being “mobile”, not just on the move but living without your telephone or allied tablets currently seems impossible. Otherwise, modernity has predisposed most people to be largely dependent on telephony and…
NITDA trains Staff of MDAs, Military and Paramilitary on Digital Literacy, others
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has reemphasized the need to have a digitally literate workforce, if Nigeria must succeed in accelerating the growth and modernization of its economy and governance. He said this…
Just in: MTN partners Smile to deepen VoLTE Service
Since the famed telecommunications revolution in Nigeria in 2001, the telecommunications sector has remained pivotal to national economic growth and development. It has also remained outstanding by the innovative products and services which its leading lights like Airtel, MTN, Glo,…
(Special Report) Another look at ALTON’s move to up telecom tariffs
According to media reports, telecommunication companies under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) are proposing a 40.0% increase in the cost of calls, SMS, and data services in the country. However, over the weekend,…
NCC, Stakeholders ready for eBusinesslife Girls In ICT Day Celebration
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be leading other stakeholders as eBusiness Life Communication Limited hosts young girls in the 2022 edition of the International Girls in ICT Day campaign. The hybrid event, which will hold at…
US Court dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter
San Francisco federal district court Judge James Donato has tossed the lawsuit Donald Trump filed against Twitter last year in a bid to get his account back. The social network permanently suspended the former president’s account after his supporters stormed…
NCC says no tariff hike without recourse to empirical studies
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has monitored with keen interest the deluge of reports in the media on the demand by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) ostensibly to increase tariffs of telecom services and has taken notes of the fears being…
Data Protection vital to sustainable digital economy—Olatnuji
The National Commissioner (NC) of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), Dr. Vincent Olatunji has said that with the exponential rise in the processing of data online through satellite communications, appropriate mechanisms must be put in place to ensure adequate…
