President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 10 executive heads across the Nigerian Communications Commission, Galaxy Backbone Limited, and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, all agencies in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced the latest appointees in …
Read More »Pantami Inaugurates Committee to Implement Nigeria Startup Act 2023
In fostering the growth of digital innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country and consolidating the achievements made by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the Federal Government has inaugurated a 27 member committee to implement the Nigeria Startup Act 2023 (NSA) The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, …
Read More »Nigeria Hosts Regional Digital Economy Conference
Policy makers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the West African sub-region will converge in Abuja from January 31 to 1st February for the Digital Economy Regional Conference to discuss the future of digital economy and intensify regional public private partnerships for the region. The event is being …
Read More »DG NITDA Calls for Creation of Digital Economy Ministry in All States
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa has canvassed for the creation of Ministry of Digital Economy in all states of the federation to complement various efforts and initiatives of the Federal Government. The NITDA’s boss made this remark in Ibadan, Oyo State at the just …
Read More »Federal Government Approves N17.4Bn for Broadband Infrastructure
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N17.4 billion for the provision of Broadband infrastructure for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and tertiary and higher learning institutions across the six geo-political zones with the supply of IT communications equipment and furniture for communications centres in the nation’s …
Read More »NCC Remits N463 Billion to Consolidated Revenue Fund in 7 Years
The Nigerian Communications Commission has so far remitted N463 billion directly into the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the last five years. This disclosure was made while the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta with the management team of NCC visited the Permanent Secretary, …
Read More »Danbatta Speaks on Nigeria’s Readiness for 5G
… EVC applauds industry’s healthy competition Shortly after the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami revealed the Federal Government’s position on the deployment of 5G networks in Nigeria, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that …
Read More »FG Drives Digital Economy with 1,667 ICT Centres, Develops 16 Policies within two years
The Nigerian Government says it has established more than one thousand six hundred and sixty seven (1,667) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) centres and developed sixteen (16) ICT policies within two years. This, it said, is geared towards supporting the country’s digital drive. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. …
Read More »Digital Economy is Nigeria’s Fastest Growing Economy – NITDA DG
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has argued that the digital economy being championed by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, is today the fastest growing economy in Nigeria and indeed the world. The NITDA DG, who made this assertion in a speech …
Read More »NEWS ANALYSIS: SIMs/NINs Directive: Time to Rescue Telecoms Industry
The directive last week by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy that the National Identity Number, NIN, has become mandatory for a subscriber to carry a mobile phone is not only a slap on the faces of Nigerians already going through very troubled times but a plain manifestation that …
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