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By Elvis Eromosele The news media is inundated with reports that the price of data and telecommunication services are expected to crash 40 per cent by 2025. This, according to Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, is based on the steps taken by the Federal Government to attract huge local and

Gradually, the COVID-inspired lockdown has begun easing up. As we return to normalcy, the question is this: When all this is over; when sickness and deaths subside, when ventilators and face masks are back in storerooms, when health workers no longer fear for their lives in the line of duty, and when families and friends

 Professor Umar Danbatta Executive Vice-Chairman Nigerian Communications Commission The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has explained that the new Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 2020-2024 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be a pedestal to drive the implementation of the Federal Government’s digital economy vision. The Honourable Minister

L-R: Titilola Shogaolu, Divisional Chief Executive Officer, Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services Limited (IFIS); Dr Frederic Oladeinde, Hon. Commissioner for Transport, Lagos State; and Mrs. Yejide Kolawole, Director, Legal, Ministry of Transport during the Interswitch Group’s donation of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits (RDTs), as part of its COVID-19 intervention effort to

In line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment its effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will on Tuesday June 23,2020 unveil a five – year (2020-2024) Strategic Management Plan(SMP). The SMP that will be unveiled that day will leverage on the National Digital Economy

While the novel coronavirus brought about physical confinement of human activities in many parts of the world, interestingly countries and businesses that have infused digital and innovative technology in their operations have continued to relatively thrive amid the worldwide pandemic. These countries and businesses are deploying emerging technologies to help curb the spread of the

Following the reappointment of Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for another five-year term, the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has charged the EVC and the entire Management of the Commission to redouble their efforts towards actualising the

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, clarified that the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, was never involved in the process of offer of office allocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at the NCC’s Communications and Digital Economy Complex located at Mbora District, Abuja, as

  Partnerships have become an important business strategy for businesses to adopt in order to survive. As the trends in the marketplace change, increasingly, businesses have been driven to consolidate, collaborate and build together. To this end, we have seen collaborations within industries, even between “competitors”, as they begin to see themselves more as collaborators

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018 for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The Board of Commissioners of the Commission rose from its meeting recently with this position and is informing all licensed telecommunications operators, prospective investors, industry stakeholders and the general public in that regard. The Board had earlier

  In continuation of its effort to support Government at both the national and state levels in the fight against the deadly COVID-19, Africa’s leading integrated digital payment and commerce company, Interswitch Group, has donated 1,500 units of rapid diagnostic test kits to the Enugu State Government. This was facilitated by employee-led voluntary contributions and

  Mitchell Elegbe Founder/GMD Interswitch Group Mitchell Elegbe, the Founder/GMD of the Interswitch Group, has said that although money is necessary, it is not sufficient enough to make a business thrive. He explained that it was more important for entrepreneurs to identify the problems they are trying to solve before venturing into any business. Elegbe

By Elvis Eromosele Many things in Nigeria appear unfixable. Things that other countries take almost for granted we seem to struggle with, eternally. It is a characteristic that pervades nearly everything we do as a country. It continues to impact negatively on the nation’s growth. Take communications. Almost two decades after the liberalisation of the

  Professor Umar Danbatta Executive Vice Chairman Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) “The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to a mischievous statement making the rounds on social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites that the Nigerian Telecoms industry is going to switch on 5G in Lagos this Sunday

                                                                                                          In a unique employee-led effort, Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payment and digital commerce players, has raised a total of N305 million towards the organization’s COVID-19 response effort. Employees of the organisation contributed a total of N75 million and the companyaugmented their effortswith the sum of N230 million. This is part