To diversify its oil dependent economy and form more a cohesive mission, Nigeria enters a public private partnership to invest $732 million into building solid broadband infrastructures that will serv…
Nigeria to collaborate with UK on broadband plan, 1 year after previous one expires
A year after Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan expired, the federal government signed an agreement to draft a new plan with the UK government. Hopefully, this plan will ensure a more affordable …
Nigeria’s ICT roadmaps and a litany of broken promises
Data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s unemployment and underemployment rate rose to 40% in Q3 2017 from 37.2% the previous quarter. Recurrent retrenchments by companies keep…
Why Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan may never be implemented
In 2014, Omobola Johnson, the former minister for Communications Technology, highlighted the importance of broadband penetration on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product. “[In 2014], the ICT sector c…
