NCC’s Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre, five other IT projects commissioned by Pantami
…Projects’ll drive digital economy, says Danbatta The Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre (ECC) built by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside five Information Technology projects by other agencies under the Ministry Communications and Digital Economy have been commissioned by the Hon….
Minister sets up two inter-agency committees on delivered ICT projects
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Tuesday inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local languages Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects implemented for Nigerians under…
Telephony penetration rise as unserved, underserved people drop to 31.16m—USPF
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), now under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy with a substantive Executive Secretary, has reported a slim rise in the number of Nigerians residing in unserved and underserved areas….
(Special Report) Can’t NIPOST transform self to become Africa’s logistics giant?
Last week Thursday, we did a story (https://businesshilights.com.ng/just-in-after-loss-of-stamp-duty-to-firs-nipost-rushes-to-ncc-for-relevance/), wherein we revealed that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is running helter-skelter combing for a partner to remain relevant as an agency of the government. We are elated that several readers of…
Knowledge-sharing policy takes centre stage on NCC-stakeholders’ relationship
Lead regulator on Nigeria’s telecoms sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, once again, reaffirmed its commitment to knowledge sharing powered industry capacity building. The commission said the policy is designed to drive the reshaping of the industry’s patterns of…
BDI’s boss, Adinde seeks more investment on ICT to drive knowledge economy
The Administrator of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, has noted that only massive investment by the government will drive Nigeria’s competitiveness in the world of innovations powered by Information…
UN, others put NCC under pressure to use USAF in bridging ICT access gap
Latest research report from the Web Foundation, Alliance for Affordable Internet and United Nations Women, made public at the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women, has accused several governments of not doing enough to connect women and other…
Whereabouts of past winners’ worry experts @ USPF 2017 Changemaker Challenge
Whereas the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), recently in Lagos began the 2017 edition of Changemaker Challenge to select best technology innovators, industry pundits have decried poor performance of previous participants in…
Power, manpower frustrating USPF ICT knowledge centres in rural schools
Contrary to insinuations that many schools and communities provided with ICT knowledge centres by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), through its Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), have not put them to adequate use, Business Hilights investigations have revealed that lack…
Registration for USPF Changemaker Challenge ends today
For Nigerians interested in this year’s Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) Innovation Changemaker Challenge, which opened on the 4th of July, 2017, the last chance for registration is today, Monday, the 14th August, 2Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF)017. Otherwise, telecoms…