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Interviews & Viewpoints | Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication Technology: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Articles & Analysis | The sale of wireless spectrum in Nigeria set to have a major economic impact from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Under Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), launched by the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) in 2013, the government plans to increase wireless broadband penetration in the country to 42% by 2018. This represents a major jump on the current rate of 6% over a relatively brief span, but there is precedent for growth of this magnitude in Nigeria’s...
Articles & Analysis | Extending broadband penetration into Nigeria's rural communities from The Report: Nigeria 2015
As in many developing nations in Africa and around the world, Nigeria’s rural population has declined in recent years as a result of steadily increasing rural-urban migration. While this trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, providing public services to rural communities remains a government priority.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Issam Darwish, Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO, IHS Group: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Articles & Analysis | Efforts in Nigeria to encourate local ICT entrepreneurs from The Report: Nigeria 2015
In recent years Nigeria has developed into a major market for ICT firms of all stripes. With a population of nearly 170m people – more than a third of whom subscribe to mobile internet services, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission – the country is the largest potential market for ICT products in Africa and one of the fastest-growing in the world. The...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Over the past decade Nigeria has become the largest telecoms market in Africa and the Middle East, with more than 140m active telecoms subscribers in 2015, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the federal telecoms regulator. As is the case elsewhere in frontier and emerging markets, mobile subscribers accounted for over 99% of this total, with virtually all of that...