Two weeks in the life of AI, by Okoh Aihe
The past two weeks have been most consequential for AI, which remained at the centre of discourse in very high places. Oh, you are saying, “How can AI have life when it has no blood in its veins?” You tell me: how many people with barrels of blood in their system, no matter their placement […]
Mr President, a Board for NCC, by Okoh Aihe
ON this very day, I want to acknowledge with utmost respect that there could be so many items on President Bola Tinubu’s plate; so I do not, by any means, want to add anything to that mix which could give even an elephant a headache. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, they say. Looking […]
After SIM-NIN Policy, a plea for DSO, by Okoh Aihe
LET me serve you this whiff of good news in case it had sped by unrecognised. Dr Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, declared in Lagos, last week, that the SIM-NIN Linkage Policy, which enjoyed a convoluted tenure, has formally been completed. With that declaration, it means every phone number […]
5G facing slow growth in Nigeria, by Okoh Aihe
I was going through some of my old writings last week and I chanced on a few of them focused on 5G technology. I was still nearly overwhelmed by the great expectations, the amount of euphoria and excitement that heralded the coming of the technology to our nation. It was almost attributed as a silver bullet […]
Will there be garlands for NTA? By Okoh Aihe
THE Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, got its fair share of the wave of federal appointments as Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, last Friday, announced the appointment of seven Executive Directors. The announcement led me down the path of nostalgia, a wishful past when NTA was the king of broadcasting […]
Can WiFi 6 ignite a new industry story? By Okoh Aihe
THE Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Emerging Technologies which held in Lagos on September 19, 2024, as a precursor to the coming of WIFI 6, has animated industry discussions on the beautiful shape of things to come. It is a new world out there and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, with necessary approvals from the International Telecommunications […]
