...Inaugurates Implementation Committee The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami today disclosed that the country has achieved 40.18 percent Broadband penetration. Dr. Pantami disclosed this in Abuja while inaugurating Broadband Implementation Steering Committee (BISC) to accelerate the attainment of 70 percent broadband penetration target by 2025. He...
The Chairman, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), Mr. Oyewole John Funso-Adebayo has disclosed that government's endorsement was required by the institute for technological advancement in the country. Mr. Adebayo said, endless and persistent writing and submission of letters for government's endorsement in the last four years yields no results. He...
The Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa has said that numerous efforts are on going to create thirty Thousand jobs for post Covid-19 era. The DG said this during his speech at the ISN North Regional Gathering 2020; a virtual event organized by Innovation...
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has promised to support the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) training and capacity building of its indigenes. The DG made the pledge while receiving in audience, a high ranking officials...
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mr Kashifu Abdullahi has said technology advancement is key to teaching and improving learning productivity. The Director General, who was represented by the Director, Corporate Strategy, Dr. Collins Agu, said this at the virtual EdTech summit 2020 in Abuja...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local languages Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects implemented for Nigerians under President Muhammadu Buhari. The two Ministerial committees which are Completed Projects...
FATE Foundation, an NGO, have partnered with Facebook to support 360 Nigerian entrepreneurs under the 2020 Aspiring Entrepreneurs Digital Programme (AEP Digital). The foundation’s Executive Director, Adenike Adeyemi, said during a webinar monitored from Abuja on Thursday that the beneficiaries would be drawn from 11 states across Nigeria. The states include...
…As Danbatta assures of effective implementation The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has explained that the new Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 2020-2024 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be a pedestal to drive the implementation of the Federal Government’s digital economy vision. The Minister...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami yesterday launched and unveiled the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Strategic Management Plan 2020 - 2024. This is in line with the directives of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure all parastatals and agencies of government under the...
In line with the objective of creating a seamless strategy to augment its effective management and regulation of the telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will on Tuesday June 23,2020 unveil a five - year (2020-2024) Strategic Management Plan(SMP). The SMP that will be unveiled that day will leverage...