For phone dealers in the Nigerian Silicon Valley, the Computer Village, Ikeja, GSM village and other markets across the country, it may not be business as usual as the regulatory agencies including the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, and the phone and allied dealers association of Nigeria, have joined hands to sanitize telecoms market of unapproved telecom equipment.

With the fast growing interconnectivity across all human activities, it has been established that internet connections in Nigeria and other parts of the world has the potential of creating additional value to the economy valued at 14,4trillion dollar between 2013-2022.

From many government establishments like the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Ministry of Agriculture, to states like Lagos, Osun among many others, glowing stories have been shared on how simple implementation of tech solutions magically stamped out ghost workers, reduced spending, increased productivity and raised revenue generation within hours of introduction.

“Please enter your secret number” that’s what the Automated Teller Machine, ATM, tells you at first approach. You look left and right and above, cover the ATM with your body before typing in your pin. In your mind, your pin is between you and God alone… but is that always the case?. Same goes for your really expensive phone; it’s got a fool proof pin too. But with advances in technology come more advances in insecurity.

A young Nigerian computer science graduate, Oscar Ekponimo, is among those flying Nigeria’s flag here in Bangkok Thailand, hosts of this year’s International Telecommunications Union, ITU Telecom World Conference.