The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, will publicly unveil two of his recent books at the Nigerian Communications Commission-coordinated Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on Emerging Technologies (NCC). The Forum will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at the Sheraton Hotel in […]
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With a record-breaking seven million new subscriptions in the last seven months starting in November 2021, Nigeria’s broadband penetration showed a quantum leap, suggesting a sustained growth in the country’s effort to reach 70 per cent national coverage by the year 2025. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s support for sports development, particularly the popular NCC-sponsored youth tennis championship, dominated discussions at the weekend launch of a book on sports in Nigeria in Lagos. The Commission was recognized as a patriotic corporate institution that has supported sports in Nigeria at the grassroots at the […]
Nigeria’s grassroots communities and the country’s underserved population will not be left out of the national broadband plan when it is implemented. Speaking at a session in Lagos on the critical issue of financial inclusion, which is expected to be facilitated by a robust infrastructure deployment for broadband availability, Prof. […]
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has assured key industry players and Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to create and enforce regulations that will accelerate the effective use of Blockchain technology for the development of the Nigerian digital economy. Prof. Pantami made the remarks […]
Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka has been appointed General Manager of MTN Nigeria’s Fixed Broadband Business. Onyinye is telecommunication, logistics, and education industry veteran with over 23 years of expertise. Her experience encompasses sales, marketing, and customer management, as well as developing go-to-market strategies and maturing new products into revenue-generating machines. She was […]
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has applauded the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and CISCO Network Academy for their efforts in assisting the Federal Government of Nigeria in achieving a digital economy through the nation’s Academic Institutions, particularly universities, polytechnics, and colleges […]
The message of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, who was the special guest at the weekend commissioning of a ‘Digital Nigeria Centre’ at the Father O’Connel Science College, Minna, Niger State, focused on the Federal Government’s agenda to transform the country into a […]
MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas and President and CEO Ralph Mupita met with Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) to examine the country’s progress in updating users’ SIM registration records with national identification numbers (NINs). During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines […]
Industry collaboration is very essential to the successful deployment of 5G Services in Nigeria, so says the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who in Lagos earlier today, urged industry stakeholders to stand with the Commission to explore the prospects and potentials […]