Category: Technology

NCC Opens Applications for 2023 Talent Hunt Research Through Hackathon

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off activities for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon as part of giving expression to its Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, which is to encourage the development of new technologies and indigenous content through cutting-edge research. The goal of this initiative is to stimulate sustainable economic growth and development in Nigeria. Therefore, the Commission has invited Tech Hubs, and Innovation-Driven Enterprises (IDEs) in Nigeria to enrol their start-ups and their solutions in the Talent Hunt Research through a Hackathon organised…

Broadband penetration hits 47.01 per cent – Danbatta

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The national target to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 is receiving renewed attention from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which promised 50 per cent before the end of 2023. This promise was one of the highlights of the special media chat with executive editors and media chiefs in the northern part of the country, hosted by the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, to unveil his achievements since the resumption of office till date. At the occasion, where Danbatta informed the media chiefs that Fifth…

NASENI, REA set to deploy renewable technologies to Light Up rural areas

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The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Halilu and the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad have agreed to work together to deploy NASENI Solar resources and other renewable energy technologies, to increase electricity supply to Nigeria’s rural areas.     This commitment was the outcome of discussions between the two Chief Executives in Abuja on Friday September 15, 2023, when the EVC/CEO of NASENI visited the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) office as part of…

NCC Boss,Danbatta bags MINILS Fellowship

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The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.   At the conferment ceremony in Abuja recently, which was part of the series of events marking the 40 Anniversary/Founders Day of the Institute, the Director-General of the Institute, Isa Aremu, said Danbatta was being recognised for his exemplary contributions and that of his team to the…

Multiple taxation,bane on Nation’s economic development – NCC Commissioner, Adewolu

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The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC Executive Commissioner ,Stakeholder Management, Mr Adeleke Adewolu said the presence of multiple taxation, which the World Bank has termed ‘nuisance taxes’ has and would continue to prove to be a bane on economic development in Nigeria. The NCC Commissioner said Nigeria widely known to be only Africa’s most populous country with the largest economy on the Continent. He maintained that with the strong economic growth, Nigeria would generate substantial prospects for growth and spillovers for the whole West African region. Mr Adeleke Adewolu disclosed this…

Nigeria’s Telecom Contribution to GDP hits 16% – NCC Boss

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The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta said telecommunications sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Commission based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Danbatta stated this in a keynote address delivered at the annual Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF) hosted by the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) in Lagos on Thursday. According to Danbatta, from a 14.13 per…

Danbatta applauds Swedish Govt, Ericsson for Sustained, Remarkable Partnership

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has commended the Swedish Government and Ericsson for their commitment and consistency in a strategic partnership with NCC on capacity building which has strengthened the Commission’s regulatory activities. NCC EVC/CEO gave this commendation while speaking at a workshop jointly organised by NCC and its Swedish partners within the framework of the Swedish Programme for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Developing and Emerging Regions (SPIDER), He stressed the significant strides made by NCC…

NCC restates commitment to Implementation of Requisite Reforms in Telecoms Sector

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured that it remained committed to its regulatory role of continually implementing requisite reforms to strengthen the communications sector in Nigeria. The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, stated this while addressing stakeholders at the combined second and third quarters 2023 meeting of the Industry Working Groups (IWG) on multiple taxation and regulations in the telecoms sector. The meeting, which held in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, was convened as a precursor to a more elaborate Regional Stakeholders Workshop on Multiple…

Nigeria hosts 54 Countries, others to Africa Internet Governance Forum 2023

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Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholder blocs at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from 18th to 21 September, 2023. This year’s event, being the 12th edition of the annual forum, is being hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on behalf of the Federal Government, and is scheduled to take place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, with the theme, “Transforming Africa’s Digital Landscape: Empowering Inclusion, Security, and Innovation”. The Forum will serve as a…

New NASENI Boss,Khalil Suleiman Halilu resumes Office ….. vows To Use STI To Drive Tinubu’s Socio-Economic Priority Areas

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The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu said he would ensure that President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is achieved through the deployment of Science, Technology and innovation (STI) in the economy. Mr. Halilu made this statement while addressing the management and staff of the Agency shortly after his assumption of office as the EVC/CEO at NASENI Headquarters on Monday 4th September, 2023. The new EVC/CEO, a tech-Expert and Entrepreneur was appointed to lead NASENI by President…