Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has slammed a ₦766,242,500 fine on MultiChoice Nigeria for breaching the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA). NDPC is a public institution that processes data in furtherance of its mandate as Nigeria’s data protection authority and relies on recognised lawful bases for data processing, such as […]
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Managing Director of Digital Realty Nigeria, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, has been honoured as the Digital Economy Icon of the Year at the 2025 Digital Innovation Awards (DIA), held at the Labadi Beach Resort in Accra, Ghana. The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the advancement of Africa’s digital infrastructure, cementing […]
Nigeria’s Digital Awareness Programme (DAP), an initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been awarded the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize under Category C3, for its efforts and results in delivering access to information and knowledge. The DAP, one of hundreds of projects submitted for […]
L-R: Chief Financial Officer, 9mobile, Abolaji Idowu; General Manager, Business Development, MTN, Omotola Ojutayo; Chief Enterprise Business Officer, MTN, Lynda Saint Nwafor; CEO, 9mobile, Obafemi Banigbe, and Chief Operating Officer, MTN Ayham Moussa, at the Media Briefing to announce 9mobile and MTN National Roaming Partnership in Lagos recently Two of Nigeria’s […]
L–R: Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani; Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida; Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo; Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande; and Chief Operating Officer of IHS Nigeria, Kazeem Oladepo, at the commissioning […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has formally inaugurated the NCC–REA Collaboration Committee, marking a pivotal step towards advancing Nigeria’s digital and energy inclusion objectives by developing modalities for the deployment of renewable energy to support telecom infrastructure in Nigeria. The inauguration, held at the NCC Headquarters in Abuja on last […]
Ecobank, a leading pan-African financial services group, and Google Cloud Wednesday announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at transforming financial services with advanced analytics and AI and driving digital empowerment across Africa. Through this collaboration, Ecobank plans to leverage Google Cloud’s cutting-edge technology to deliver innovative payment and remittance solutions that […]
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has attributed temporary disruption affecting SIM-related services across all mobile networks in Nigeria to a recent directive from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), mandating Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to transit to a new identity verification platform. A statement signed by […]
As the telecom industry grapples with the challenge of how to secure its infrastructure and ensure that investments in the telecoms space are protected, following the recent Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) status granted it by the Federal Government, the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) has called for an all-stakeholder […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instituted a Regulatory Impact Assessment process to allow stakeholders re-evaluate its regulatory policies in a bid to fine-tune the policies to meet current realities. Speaking at the maiden presentation of the Report of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) conducted on eight (8) Subsidiary Legislations […]