DEMS Volunteers’ hails Pantami, NBP 2020-2025 Committee for timely delivery
…Calls for speedy review, implementation to deepen digital economy Leading technology promoting non-governmental group driving nationwide digital penetration, Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers’ (DEMS Volunteers’), has commended the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FNCS,…
Two months after, Minister receives NBP 2020-2025 Committee Report
The chairman and members of the National Broadband Plan Committee 2020-2025, has in a record time of two months completed work and submitted their report to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami on Tuesday,…
Minister responds to our story, gives 3 months deadline to NBP Committee
Following Business Hilights online publications Friday, January 3, 2020, lead story on the oversight of not giving members of the new National Broadband Plan (NBP) (2020-2025) development committee a delivery deadline (https://businesshilights.com.ng/lack-of-deadline-for-new-nbp-2020-2025-committee-worrisome/), the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr…
Access Bank, AFF release programme of event on 2019 summit
Ten days from today and precisely May 16, 2019, the Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) innovators summit, will create an ecosystem in Lagos where digital services inventors will interface with industry captains to design a roadmap for the nation’s march to…
Nigeria crawling in technological innovations–Opeke, MainOne CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has argued that Nigeria still has a lot to cover in terms of technological innovations, saying there is little progress in the fields of electronic devices and instrumentations. She…
Lack of open access, infrastructure for content bane of submarine cables—Opeke
Core indigenous investor in submarine cables and Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has revealed that the glut in capacity is attributed to the lack of carrier-neutral or open access data centers, where everyone can get…
MainOne CEO, Opeke at TMT Finance Africa 2018, harps on data centre growth
The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke has highlighted the opportunity for increased investment in shared fiber network infrastructure and data center and cloud computing infrastructure in Africa. This, she said was key to further unlocking the gains…
MainOne now Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Connectivity provider
West Africa’s leading communications Services Company and operator of the premier Tier III Data Center, MainOne, has announced its official listing by Microsoft as an ExpressRoute Connectivity Provider for Nigeria. The listing follows MainOne’s launch of its Cloud Connect product…
IXPN wires Ghana’s internet exchange point to grow sub-regional independence
Indications have emerged showing that Africans are beginning to adopt the position of the chief executive of the leading cable group, MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke, who recently challenged the continent to work towards domesticating its internet exchange points and end…
Continental internet exchange’ll reduce cost, boost performance—MainOne boss, Opeke
Last woman standing in the comity of telecoms giants and chief executive of West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center services provider, MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke has called for African Internet traffic domiciliation. In her lead argument at the just…
