At Beyond the Ballot Summit, ALTON pledges a resilient telecom network, by Okoh Aihe
Concluding her keynote on Beyond the Ballot Summit in Abuja, Prof Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika wrote: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Foreign Information Manipulation pose serious challenges to our republic but they are not our destiny because technology is created by humans and human institutions retain the moral authority, legal mandate and practical capacity to defend the truth. […]
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 […]
Censors Board, a low hanging fruit most troubling, by Okoh Aihe
I HAVE a friend with an acerbic tongue and a caustic pen that cuts straight to the bone. Although much more reputed as a sports journalist, his cosmopolitan knowledge about just everything around him can be humbling. His writings can make anybody feel uncomfortable, especially if you belong to the band of those who stand truth […]
For Nollywood, ascendancy fuelled by Providus, by Okoh Aihe
I AM happy for Nollywood. Those who know the history of the industry will admit that Nollywood is enjoying some bubble at this time, like a guy on an imaginary trip on a gossamer. But this is real. All of a sudden the days of yore, of little beginnings, look so anachronistic, some kind of fables […]
Nothing has changed, my brother, by Okoh Aihe
OUR material on this page last week titled: “Between NCC and NMC, good news in small packets”, has elicited a little dig from a very close friend who observed we almost created the impression that the telecoms industry is witnessing an El dorado. No, we pointed out we have only written in support of the relationship […]
Between NCC and NMC, good news in small packets, by Okoh Aihe
ALL of a sudden, the little information on the NCC website, that equipment manufacturer and vendor, Nokia, has agreed with the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to train some Nigerians on its 4G and 5G equipment, means so much to me now. There was a signed Memorandum of […]
