Tag: ITU
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DSO: Nigeria goes to Egypt for help – By Okoh Aihe
As I read the story of the a Nigerian team going down to Egypt to seek help for the implementation of the Digital Switchover (DSO) programme, never mind what the scriptures say about those who go down to Egypt for help in Isaiah 31:1 (Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help), my…
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Nigeria reaches milestone in race for deployment of 5G networks
5G networks in Nigeria
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Broadband penetration hits 45.43% in Nigeria
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, says broadband penetration in Nigeria increased to 45.43 per cent in October. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to the minister, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Adeluyi said that this was due to an increase of 4,061,731 broadband subscriptions…
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Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of 25 Mbps at N390 per 1GB
The federal government has designed a new broadband plan for Nigerians to start enjoying Internet speed of minimum 25 Mbps in urban areas and 10 Mbps in rural areas, with effective coverage available to at least 90% of the population at a price not more than N390 per 1 GB of data. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports…
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Digital connection: Kwara State slashes right of way charges
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has directed the slashing of the Right of Way (RoW) fee for telecommunications firms from N5,500 per linear metre to N1 per kilometre of fibre. A linear meter is a standard unit of length, symbol m, which is equal to one metre in length. This was made known on Sunday…
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COVID-19: 7 key ways to keep children safe online
Following the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria, several State governments have found ways to keep up with education, meaning that more children are finding their way online. With an estimated 1.5 billion children out of school around the world and widespread social distancing measures keeping children confined to their homes, education and socialization…
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EXCLUSIVE: Between Naira Marley and Internet fraud in Nigeria [Infographics]
As the menace of Internet fraud, also known as ‘yahoo yahoo’, continues to spread across Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has, between June 2018 and June 2019, arrested no fewer than 517 Internet fraudsters, aka ‘yahoo boys’, in Nigeria, including arresting singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, for suspected Internet…
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Why digital skills training is so important
In 2018, numbers on Internet usage made headlines announcing that more than half the world is online. This is indeed great progress given that 15 years earlier (in 2003) only 12% of the world’s people were using the Internet. Despite this enormous growth, however, nearly half of the world’s people are still not using the…
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Top challenge facing telcos today – Analyst
Chris Lewis of Lewis Insight has said the main challenge facing telcos today is finding the right position in the ecosystems that serves the different markets and make it easy for partners as well as customers to get access to the services they require to support their digital lifestyles. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Chris, an industry…
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Ethiopia plane crash: Telecom union mourns loss of two staff
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has mourned the loss of two ITU staff members who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ms Maygenet Abebe and Mr Marcelino Tayob, who worked for the ITU Regional Office for Africa, based in Addis Ababa,…