Taking care of the telecoms poor, by Okoh Aihe
The holy book tells us that the poor will always live with us in our societies. It means you can never wish away the poor even if you are offended by their existence. No magic wand will obliterate the presence of the poor, except concerted efforts to change their status. Apart from individual efforts, nations and […]
A DSO fight most unnecessary, by Okoh Aihe
WRITING on the new Government’s initiative on the Digital Switchover, DSO, on August 28, 2024, we made the following observations on this column: “This has not said much about the place of the signal distributors and Set Top Box manufacturers who were encouraged to invest heavily in the DSO process and have hardly recouped some of […]
Edo State on a digital radar, by Okoh Aihe
Our genre of politics demands that even good deeds/achievements should be degraded to the level of little acceptance, if there is any acceptance at all.
Another NIN-SIM deadline that may not be cast in stone, by Okoh Aihe
FROM the onset, people were not so much against the SIM-NIN Linkage policy of the Nigerian government, especially for the reasons it was introduced, for the fidelity of our electronic business transactions, now digital economy, and for the security of lives in our nation. But people railed at the timing, which was during the COVID-19 period, […]
A DSO call that may change the broadcast terrain, by Okoh Aihe
OUR propensity to build mountains out of very small problems has not allowed us to achieve our aspirational height. Every little problem with a simple answer is complicated, like rocket science or achieving the feat of sending somebody to the moon or the international space station where some other humans – astronauts and cosmonauts – do […]
A hunter’s tale and a troubled telecoms sector, by Okoh Aihe
With nearly all the economic pointers heading downwards, telecoms, which remains one of the very few products that one can hold onto, and maintain the bragging rights of being part of humanity, shouldn’t also be allowed to die just because we can’t fix our economic environment.
From Olympics to Telecoms, the world brooks no tardiness, by Okoh Aihe
THE 2024 Paris Olympics Games ended on Sunday in a blaze of glory. The French gave their elevated understanding of beauty and creativity while Hollywood gave a little snippet of what awaits the world in Los Angeles in four years time. The Olympics wasn’t just about games, it was about doggedness and discipline, it was about […]
Technology, the tortoise in every story, by Okoh Aihe
WHEN we were small children still in primary school, we would gather once a week under the big umbrella tree on the left end at the approach of the school compound to tell stories under the auspices of very strict teachers who would later turn out in life to be very good people. Those teachers, they […]
For telecoms, coincidence becomes nightmare, by Okoh Aihe
IT was my strong determination this week to write in defence of the Tinubu administration that it couldn’t be behind the large scale disconnection of mobile lines as a sure channel of ensuring that those planning demonstrations over hardship in our nation on August 1, 2024, fail in the process as they will be unable to […]
BON raises a cry for NBC, by Okoh Aihe
IT WAS pretty cool last week when the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, made a plea for the survival of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, as it called on the government to adequately fund the organisation to enable it to do its job successfully. The NBC is the regulator of the broadcast industry. Usually the relationship […]
A Minister’s Bill and a troubled industry, by Okoh Aihe
THERE are very good vibes coming from the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy. They give a good feel to the ears and even more catchy for the eyes. At a press meet which looked more like a well-worked roadshow to promote a new Bill currently with the National Assembly, titled: ‘National Digital Economy and […]
