THE telecommunications industry was very busy last week. From Abuja to Lagos, activities were intense as the various stakeholders engaged in actions that could stop the industry from further degradation.  The Senate at a plenary formally confirmed the appointment of Dr Aminu Maida as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, after […]

WHILE the new Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Charles Ebuebu, savoured the opportunity provided by Africast to introduce himself beyond the shores of this nation, penultimate week, another package awaited him in the office. Not palatable at all.  Without a moment of grace period whatsoever, frontline pay TV service provider, Multichoice Nigeria, […]

It is a thing of joy that Nigeria is actively involved in the global discourse on AI; Nigeria is listed as one of the countries in President Biden’s global coalition on AI; Nigeria is also listed among the signatories of the Bletchley Declaration

What seems to be the immediate challenge is for them to transcend the lure of words and focus on the low hanging fruits that may yield immediate results for a people that are too tired waiting in the queue for promised dividends of democracy

AS you read this material AFRICAST 2023 is running in Lagos. It began yesterday after a most underserved but ignoble hiatus which remains a manifest display of inertia to scholarship by some people in the broadcast regulatory Commission. Africast is the intellectual creation of the Commission aimed at harmonising the understanding of the various stakeholders […]

I wish to point out that government agencies like the NCC, come with a basket of challenges.

Managing our spectrum efficiently will create pathways for the growth of new technologies and improve access to government services,” he said. The minister is very much on point. 

What is very clear is that some of these young people could be global citizens in the months and years ahead based on what the state has bequeathed to them
through SkillUpImo

The situation in the country has made life difficult for the people, and has made planning impossible

One of the biggest achievements of the previous administration is the introduction of Fifth Generation Technology, 5G, which was expected to come with a bang but ended in a whimper as it has not delivered any of the expected miracles.