Telecoms investments in Nigeria, SSA face threats
Omobayo Azeez
January 20, 2020

By Omobayo Azeez Investments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry and those of other sub-Saharan African countries are threatened by many challenges, experts have alerted. They also disclosed that due to these threats, investors are losing interest and confidence in the markets, a development that, according to them, portends great dangers for the industry. One […]
Opeke, MainOne CEO, chairs committee on new 5-year national broadband plan for Nigeria
Omobayo Azeez
December 17, 2019

By Omobayo Azeez
NCC to sensitise Nigerian minors on safe use of Internet
Omobayo Azeez
October 16, 2019

By Omobayo Azeez The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that it has underway an awareness project aimed at sensitising the Nigerian child on the safe use of the Internet. The was expressed by Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman (EVC) of the commission, in his opening remark at a joint workshop on child […]
NNPC adopts proactive strategy in information management
Businessam Staff
August 29, 2019

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the country’s state-owned oil company, appears to have adopted a proactive strategy in the management of information it emerged from the corporation’s quarterly meeting of its public affairs officers in Abuja, Wednesday. The strategy, according to a statement by the corporation, is being driven by a need to reposition NNPC […]
NCC earmarks N500m for development of educational infrastructures
Afolabi Oluwaseun
July 31, 2019

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has earmarked N500 million as special social intervention fund for renovation projects and provision of infrastructure in universities, polytechnics, Government Colleges and secondary schools. According to Umar Garba Dambatta, executive vice chairman, NCC, the project is aimed at aiding the development of education in the country and create a learnable […]
Experts at ITW harp on terrestrial fiber infrastructure investments to enable growth of Africa’s digital economy
Samson Echenim
July 10, 2019

By Samson Echenim Experts at the 2019 ‘Africa Panel Session’ of the International Telecoms Week (ITW) held recently in Atlanta, USA discussed the importance of infrastructure investments in local internet exchanges and terrestrial networks as being instrumental to facilitating the development and growth of Africa’s digital economy. Presenting on the theme “Enabling Africa’s Digital Economy”, […]
MRA, others condemn suspension of Daar Communications operational licence
Jacob Ajakaiye
June 7, 2019

By Jacob Ajakaiye, in Kano Three media sector non-governmental organisations have condemned the decision by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to suspend the broadcast licence of Daar Communications Limited, owners of the African Independent Television (AIT), Ray Power FM radio and Faaji FM radio, describing the action as unwarranted, unjust, and a violation of […]
Researchers explain how sleeplessness affects blood circulation
Businessam Staff
May 29, 2019

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States of America, has explained, in a new study, how sleeplessness affects blood circulation in the body by aiding a build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries, thereby increasing a person’s risk of stroke or a heart attack. According to medicalnewstoday.com, the findings […]
Japan to limit foreign ownership of firms in its IT, telecom sectors
Businessam Staff
May 27, 2019

Japan’s government said on Monday that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted. A man uses his smartphone next to a Japanese traditional Taiko drum during A man uses his smartphone next to a Japanese traditional Taiko drum during the preprartion for the […]
Arc Skills joins Google, Microsoft as recipient of Seal of Alignment from ISTE
Businessam Staff
May 14, 2019

Arc Skills, the world’s first lifelong learning company, which says it is about to expand its courses across Nigeria, has received the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Seal of Alignment for its Soar Values programme, joining a global group of companies, including Google and Microsoft, which have received the seal. In a […]