A closer look at the Zero Rated Access Initiative, by Okoh Aihe
The NCC programme wasn’t part of my schedule last week but the insistence of a young employee drew me to the Hilton, venue of the programme, and I left very appreciative that I found my way there. Sometimes, you need to clear your schedule to do certain things. This was one of them. As I […]
A writer in search of NTEL, by Okoh Aihe
MY friend wasn’t happy with me last week. How can you be writing technology and you allow these operators to run away with my money? But how would I be clairvoyant to know your little fights with the operators? My friend loves gizmos and is hooked on any organisation that promises good data bundles. So he […]
From Rehoboam syndrome to Cybersecurity Tax, by Okoh Aihe
THERE is always something new to talk about in this part of the world. If it is not fuel queues which remain stubborn irrespective of the removal of subsidy about eleven months ago, it’s about the increase of tariff on electricity, a product that is hardly available in the market or even the soaring cost of […]
In plain irony, government remains a disruptor of digital economy, by Okoh Aihe
CLICHES often find expression in some happenings in this nation. The more things change the more they remain the same. That was the position of French writer, John Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1849. His words are very much alive in Nigeria today with uncanny accuracy. The big news last week from Kaduna State, which was nasty […]
For Multichoice, a call for restraint and reason, by Okoh Aihe
There has been a swirl of news around Multichoice lately. On one hand, Canal+, the Vivendi owned French pay TV giant, has made a hefty $2.9bn offer to buy the South African headquartered Multichoice, which has operations across Africa. Big money at play, you may want to say. On the other hand, Multichoice Nigeria, which is […]
With signals in 54 countries, Arise escalates competition across Africa, by Okoh Aihe
THE story, last week, that Arise News Channel is live in 54 countries in Africa, including South Africa and nine other Southern African countries on the platform of Multichoice, sent a ball of excitement down my system and, at once, elicited the kind of euphoria and patriotic fervency I feel when a Nigerian is doing something […]
