The fourth phase of the MTN ICT and Business Skills Training, carried out by the MTN Foundation alongside its partners – Google, Cisco, and Oracle – was concluded with a virtual closing ceremony on December 11. The training, which was held virtually for four weeks, brought together about 2,000 participants from across five states – […]
MTN Nigeria has selected 200 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Nigeria to benefit from an accelerator programme, Y’ello 200, in continuation of The Revv Programme. The initiative was launched to address critical needs of MSMEs as well as to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on their businesses. Adopting a four-pronged approach that includes […]
In line with the stipulations of the Act setting up the NIMC, and the presidential directive to data collecting agencies of government to harmonize their data with the NIMC, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has given the nod for the release of data from the ongoing Subscriber Identity Module […]
At the end of a review meeting on 18th January 2021, the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force has reported significant progress in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise. At the end of a review meeting on 18th January 2021, the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force has reported significant progress in […]
COVID-19 has further revealed the importance of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector in Nigeria, and across the globe. As revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the IT sector in Nigeria thrived tremendously, despite the challenges witnessed by other sectors of the economy. It not only contributed significantly to the country’s Gross […]