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The training and capacity building arm of CWG Plc, CWG Academy started a six-week online session this June with registered students across Nigeria with an orientation programme. The online training is occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced many countries, including Nigeria, to declare a lockdown of activities with the closure of schools and many people working from home. This birthed ‘CWG Online Academy’, an initiative of the CEO, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo. The online Academy session is to be coordinated by Oghenetega Ogbeni, a Business Development Manager. She stated that though the world is on recess due to the…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has announced the approval of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari for the reappointment of Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission for another term of five years. In a statement issued and signed by the Minister’s Uwa Suleiman (Mrs), Pantami stated that the reappointment of Danbatta is based on the country’s efforts to consolidate the gains made in the telecommunications sector in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy. “In an effort to consolidate the gains made in the telecommunications sector in line with the…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has commended the telecom service providers in Nigeria for their resilience in providing reasonable services, despite the congestion caused by Covid-19. Danbatta gave the commendation yesterday during a high-powered virtual meeting on the socio-economic and political impact of Covid-19 on the telecom and ICT sector in Nigeria, which was organized by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). According to him, though the congestion in the telecoms network exposes the inadequacy of infrastructure in the sector, the telecoms service providers must be commended because, in the…

A report by Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure in partnership with technology analyst firm Omdia, has predicted that Edge Computing will create new sources of income for telecom operators across the world. The report titled ‘Telcos and edge computing: opportunity, threat or distraction’, noted that though there are implications for the shift to Edge Computing for telecom operators, the best tactics and strategies for capitalising on edge growth must be sorted. Specifically, the report noted that the growth of Edge Computing opens opportunities for telecom providers to develop new services related to 5G, IoT and other innovative technologies,…

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) today led other stakeholders in the Nigerian Telecom and ICT sector to have a virtual conversation on the socio-economic and political impact of Covid-19 on telecom and ICT sector in Nigeria. Giving his welcome address at the conversation held via Zoom Video Conference and Facebook Live, the President of ATCON, Olusola Teniola, charged the stakeholders to come up with lasting solutions to issues that are militating against the growth of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria post-COVID-19. At the high-powered virtual meeting, which was attended by top government functionaries, CEOs of Telecom and…

A new survey by Kaspersky has revealed over 25 percent of Nigerian parents find something in their child’s social media account potentially dangerous, with 34 percent saying their child has seen or listened to something that seemed suspicious to them, be that videos (68%), music (43%) or photos (25%). Kaspersky attributed the trend to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home, arguing that staying at home usually also means spending much time using different Internet-connected devices. “For clear reasons, children’s growing online activity can cause lots of worries to their parents.…

That the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,  Dr. Isa Pantami, got the nod of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, instructing or directing security agencies to physically protect telecom infrastructure is only an attempt in the right direction, but ultimately not a guarantee or a solution to the problem. What the Minister got is a mere DIRECTIVE. But what is needed to secure the telecom infrastructure, owing to their critical nature to the country’s economy and security is an Executive Order written and signed by the President and backed by law. Such an Executive Order will do better than some directives…

Nigeria’s FirstBank Plc said it has reinforced its technology in such a way that Nigerians, irrespective of location in the country open the FirstBank account through their mobile phones, without visiting any of its branches nationwide. Firstbank said this reinforcement in its mobile banking infrastructure is in furtherance of the need to deepen financial inclusion in the country, enabling account opening to be carried out on its *894# USSD banking, FirstMobile (self-service telephone banking), its website – www.firstbanknigeria.com <http://www.firstbanknigeria.com/ as well as the Bank’s staff, through the Direct Sales Executive (DSE) application installed on their mobile phone, ATMs and the…

The GSM Association, an industry organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide has identified some challenges bewildering the growth of Agric technology solutions in Nigeria. GSMA in one of its reports titled AgriTech in Nigeria: Investment opportunities and challenges, noted that though Nigeria has seen a rapid growth of agritech companies offering digital solutions aiming to address the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and to improve their livelihoods, business environment, an ecosystem unable to support long-term growth remain a challenge. The report noted that while some agritech start-ups have transitioned into established companies, only a handful have…

The GSMA is inviting leading EdTech start-ups from Nigeria, Indonesia and Côte d’Ivoire to a webinar discussion, where the impact of mobile technology services in helping to provide educational services to those that need them in the context of COVID-19 will be looked at. COVID-19 has closed schools for millions of students worldwide, and the pandemic disproportionately threatens developing countries – not only as a health crisis but also as a devastating social and economic crisis. But the webinar will opportunity for the global audience to hear from the founders of EdTech start-ups and see the significance of their work.…