5G, the end of Mafab’s fairy tale? By Okoh Aihe
Mafab is back in the news, not in the way some of us or even the organisation expected. You remember that little boast of the antelope, the way it would appear at community celebrations, decked in beautiful clothes, high heels and very sharp makeup? The antelope would be the centre of attraction, the cynosure of […]
Multichoice and latent broadcast issues, by Okoh Aihe
A simmering broadcast news recently has been the story of Multichoice Nigeria jacking up subscription rates on its various packages in order to remain in business in Nigeria. Coming on the heels of other similar developments like the 50 percent hike in telecoms tariff, and the stratospheric increase in electricity tariffs last year, Nigerians were outraged, […]
How Nigeria can benefit from $11 trillion Mobile industry, by Okoh Aihe
The mobile industry will post nearly $11 trillion in economic value by 2030 or 8.4 percent of GDP. Last year, 2024, mobile technology and services generated 5.8 percent of global GDP, which is equivalent to $6.5 trillion of economic value. This was part of the highlights of the annual Mobile Economy Report 2025 launched by the […]
A mobile industry in need of help, by Okoh Aihe
As the global community gathers at the Mobile World Congress, MWC25, in Barcelona, from March 3 – 6, 2025, with the theme: “Converge. Connect. Create”, it will be interesting to find out how well the mobile industry is doing at home, I mean in Nigeria, and whether we are close to having any serious relationship with […]
And Prof Adaba joins the conference in heaven, by Okoh Aihe
One by one, the elders are taking a leave of us, perhaps tired of this fetid putrescence of a noxious earthly abode, to attend a big conference which seems to be happening in heaven, according to a senior colleague with an acerbic sense of humour. The conference is for good people only, he intoned. Just take […]
The world looks at the good side of AI, by Okoh Aihe
It was good that Nigeria’s voice was heard at the AI Summit in Paris, France, even if peripherally. It was heard, nothing can subtract from that. Receiving the Google Chief Executive Officer, Sundar Pichai, who led a team to visit him, President Bola Ahmed TInubu, used the opportunity to tell the world that Nigeria was ready […]
