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NCC, Systemspecs, New Horizons Bosses To Address Startups At Worldstage Summit 2023

October 30, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

All is set for the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) 2023 on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at the Event Centre, Nigerian Exchange Limited, 2/4 Customs Street, Lagos as top infotec experts confirmed participation to address a special breakout session of the summit tagged Startups on WorldStage with the Theme: ‘The Game Changers’. According to a statement by World Stage Limited, the organizers of the summit, the new Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Aminu Maida as the Guest of Honour will present a key note address; Mr.…

NCC, BPSR To Embark On Digitization Of Govt Processes

August 2, 2023 Abibat Babalola

For a start, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi have penned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform process in government. Speaking at the event, which took place at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently, Danbatta said collaboration between the two organizations is consistent with NCC’s Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) to partner and collaborate with relevant stakeholders. He noted that the MoU will enhance…

27 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Telecoms Services

June 14, 2023 Aliyu Aliyu

Figure represented 53.1 per cent dip in the number of identified areas of clusters without telecommunications services access – NCC About 27 million Nigerians have no access to telecommunications services as at the end of 2022, as against the 37 million figure recorded across the country in 2013. The figure represented a reduction by 53.1 per cent in the number of identified areas of clusters across without access to telecommunications services within the period. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed…

No More *556#: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Okay Single Code for Data, Airtime

May 6, 2023 Precious Ibekwe

Nigeria’s major telecom companies (MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile) are set to implement a unified set of shortcodes for all telecom services The move is directed by the NCC to make it easier for Nigerians to remember a single code for different services across all networks All old codes for recharging, data subscription, and balance checking will no longer work. READ ALSO: Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect…

It’s Fake: NCC Disowns Phoney LinkedIn Account Of Prof. Danbatta

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

A fake LinkedIn account that is being attributed to the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has been discredited by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Muoka, in a statement on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, denied the Linkedln to have anything to do with the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta. The Commission, stated categorically that the public should wary of any communication or connection request from this fake LinkedIn account. It added that alleged fake…

How Nigeria’ll Rake In N500Bn From 5G Auction In 2023

September 21, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Communication Commission(NCC) has expressed optimism as it described how the nation will generate over N500 billion as revenue from the auctioning of two 5G spectrums in 2023. Platforms Afruca reports that the Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, while disclosing this at an interactive meeting on 2023-2025 MTEF-FSP, organised by the Senate Committee in Abuja, said that the commission had already initiated the bidding process for auctioning of the spectrums. READ ALSO: REVEALED: Nigeria, 17 other African Nations are testing 5G – Report NCC Remittances To Federation Account…

Beware: How Hackers Unlock, Steal Vehicles + How to Protect Yours

May 17, 2022 Ayobami Adedinni

The Nigerian Communications Commission has revealed that hackers now unlock vehicles for purpose of stealing and other vices, saying the new trend also offers hackers the opportunity to make away with the cars. According to the NCC, the ongoing cyber-vulnerability allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. READ ALSO: How to Escape Poverty, Personal Financial Problem, Expert Gives Practical Tips Tesla makes first shipment of cars from reopened Shanghai plant – media BREAKING: Nigeria Slashes Customs Duty On Tokunbo Vehicles Nigeria’s…

What To Know About Blockchain, Emerging Technology for Business Prosperity

April 24, 2022 ADEOLA YUSUF

Platforms Africa chronicles the brainstorming session of the NCC, Stakeholders on Blockchain’s Benefits to the Nigeria’s economy and why every unbusiness-minded individuals and entities may soon be left behind The DLT, such as Blockchain, DAG; Hashgraph; Holochain; Tempo (Radix), is a digital system for recording transactions of assets at multiple places simultaneously, Platforms Africa has gathered. The key features of DLT include:immutability (once written, it is extremely difficult to alter), and peer-to-peer sharing, in the sense that ledger is shared among peers while there is no central ownership. And,…

NCC Deepens R&D Investment, Awards N233m Grants, Endowments

April 8, 2022 Aliyu Aliyu

University of ibadan, Bayero University Kano, and others: Here are names of beneficiary institutions in the NCC Professional chair Endowments Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million. From the total sum, N172.5 million was awarded to support 13 proposals found to have met the stipulated criteria in…

NCC Craves Stakeholders Comments for key regulatory instruments’ Review

October 6, 2021 Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has craved more comments and inputs from stakeholders on the review opf three key regulatory instruments. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management, NCC, Barrister Adeleke Adewolu, who said this in his remarks at the public inquiry on three (3) regulatory instruments held on October 5, 2021 at the conference hall, NCC headquarters, Abuja, noted that thi8s is to ensure that the regulatory instruments issued by the Commission are in consonance with the best practices in the industry. “The draft of all the…