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By Femi Adeniran Every May 27, we must pause to celebrate the dreams, energy, and potential of Nigeria’s greatest resource: our children. Children’s Day is more than a symbolic gesture; it is a powerful national reminder that the future we hope to build depends largely on the investments we make …

Airtel Africa has announced a groundbreaking partnership with SpaceX to deploy Starlink’s high-speed internet services to underserved regions. Currently, SpaceX has acquired requisite licenses in 9 out of 14 countries within Airtel Africa’s footprint. Operating licenses for the other 5 countries are under process. With this collaboration, Airtel Africa will …

Nigeria’s telecom industry saw a significant recovery in January 2025, with 169.3 million active subscriptions, up from 164.9 million in December 2024. This information was revealed by industry figures published on the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) website. The NCC attributed this recovery to the sector’s rebound following a period of …

Airtel Africa has launched a share buy-back scheme that will return up to $100 million to owners over a 12-month period. This follows its announcement on February 1, following the publication of its nine-month results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. In the same vein, the telecom company …

…Telcos Investments in Infrastructure Rises by 14.19% Investments in infrastructure by MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa rose to N613.13 billion in 2022, underpinned by capital expenditure in 5G and 4G network rollout, the financial statements of the two telcos have shown. MTN spent N504.33bn on network rollout in 2022, while …

In line with the National Data Protection Regulation, NDPR, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has said it will go into partnership with AIRTEL Nigeria to provide digital literacy platforms through joint Corporate Social Responsibilities. The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, proposed this initiative while receiving the Managing …

Morocco and South Africa have been revealed as the two African countries with the fastest average internet speeds across the continent with a speed of 23.57Mbps and 19.20Mbps respectively. Out of the 46 countries sampled, Nigeria ranked 16th on the list with an average speed of 11.55Mbps coming on the …

Helios Investment Partners is in talks with African telecommunications operators and banks about ways the private equity firm can help them cash in on their mobile money and digital payments platforms (fintech). Africa’s largest wireless carriers, including MTN Group and Airtel Africa, are among companies exploring how to unlock value …

…Re-affirms dates for mock, main action Consistent with its regulatory principle of open and transparent auction, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that three telecoms companies have qualitied as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5Ghz (gigahertz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth generation (5G) networks in the country. …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, no matter how close the person is to them. The Commission gave the warning during its third run …