Disease prevention, a vital aspect of the health care sector’s development, has the ability to create enormous cost savings, as preventive health measures tend to be significantly less expensive when compared with disease treatment. HIV/AIDS provides an excellent example of an extremely difficult and costly disease to treat, yet an incredibly easy...
The expansion of Nigeria’s international fibre-optic capacity is easing long-standing constraints on high-speed internet connectivity, which in turn is attracting the attention of global cloud computing service providers eager to gain a foothold in one of Africa’s most promising markets. Disaster recovery services, remote back-ups and the provision...
Telecoms equipment and infrastructure suppliers are in high demand across the country. Having attracted international firms from India, the UAE and South Africa to invest in GSM licences, the state is encouraging Chinese and other international firms to invest in Nigeria in an attempt to address the current shortfall in terrestrial telecoms...
With a population of some 160m, Nigeria has one of the most active media sectors of any emerging market. Excluding satellite networks, 147 television stations and 100 radio stations fill the country’s airwaves, according to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the industry regulator. There is also a sizeable print media, as more than 100...
Buoyed by demographic and economic growth, Nigeria’s construction sector has the potential to become the largest and most competitive on the continent. In all areas of the sector, from basic infrastructure to privately developed real estate, pressure from demand is rising. This has already attracted several players to the market, and the number of...
With a large population that avidly seeks out the latest technologies and a mobile market that now has close to 100m active subscribers, the telecoms sector has had little difficulty attracting foreign interest and investment. The mobile segment, which remains the sector’s main driver for growth, has four GSM operators, the majority of which are...
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