AfDB seals $500,000 grant agreement with MTN
The African Development Bank’s initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, have signed an agreement for a $500,000 grant initiative to determine the feasibility of deploying women…
NCC Tasks Licensees on Compliance with Telecoms Regulations
…As Danbatta pledges support for small operators The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has enjoined telecom licensees to always comply with the provisions of extant laws, subsidiary legislations and other regulatory frameworks…
Don’t Allow your NIN to be Linked to Another Person’s SIM – NCC Warns
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, no matter how close the person is to…
Glo TV content elicits unlimited excitement from customers
Glo TV, the innovative television streaming service launched by Globacom continues to rule the airwaves with exciting, entertaining, educative and informative content. The service is available on Android, IOS apps and Web platforms and features Live Channels and Video-On-Demand with…
NCC’s regulatory instruments set to facilitate 5G deployment—EVC
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has declared that three of the Commission’s regulatory instruments are set to offer enabling provisions that will help the country in tackling security and insurgency;…
MTN Nigeria explains Service Disruption on October 9th 2021
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (“MTN Nigeria”) can confirm that subscribers experienced challenges connecting to the network during the afternoon of Saturday, October 9th, 2021. The service outage was caused by a disruption in the core network and affected voice and…
Edo State eyes partnership with Zinox to leverage ICT in state reforms
The Edo State Government and the Zinox Group, Nigeria’s leading tech conglomerate, will on Monday, October 11, 2021 sign an agreement for the supply of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools to deepen reforms in the state’s civil and public service….
NCC Committed to Facilitating Growth of e-Government, others – Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted the various regulatory measures of the Commission toward deepening the adoption of e-Government and other Internet-driven services in the country. The EVC listed…
GSM@20: Stakeholders Set for Dialogue on Telecoms Consumer Protection
Critical stakeholders in Nigeria are billed to participate in an industry-wide dialogue summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting over 200 million telecom corporate and individual consumers, as Nigeria marks 20 years of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) revolution….
First step towards a new pan-European cybersecurity investment instrument
The European Cyber Security Organisation and the European Investment Advisory Hub will participate in a feasibility study on the design and set-up of a European Cybersecurity Investment Platform. The new platform aims to attract large international investors to the European…
