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Economic Headwinds As Telecoms Albatross

Global UpfrontJan 24, 2024January 24, 20240

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Without sounding pessimistic or proclaiming a death-knell, the telecommunications sector appears troubled. Apart from less than encouraging quality of service for voice

As The Long Road To Digital Economy Begins

Global UpfrontJan 17, 2024January 17, 20240

Towards the last days of the previous regime, some time in 2023, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the immediate past Communication & Digital Economy

ITU, Green Digital And Climate Change

Global UpfrontDec 13, 2023December 13, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore The 28th edition of the United Nations Conference on Climate,commonly referred to as Conference of Parties(COP28) ended in Dubai,United Arab Emirates (UAE)

As Nigeria Struggles For Digital Switch Over

Global UpfrontDec 8, 2023December 8, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore The Digital Switch Over (DSO) process that was expected to end by 2015 got an extension of five years (2020) but as

Why Africa’s Internet Connectivity Remains Poor

Global UpfrontNov 22, 2023November 22, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore With anticipated 70% broadband penetration in Nigeria by 2025, many African countries may still be grappling with how to get their populations

The Hurdles To Digital Economy, By Sonny Aragba-Akpore

Global UpfrontNov 8, 2023November 8, 20230

With unbelievably poor infrastructure and critical disengagement of access to the internet and other telecommunications services,building a digital economy may be herculean. Less than 50%

Before The New NCC Chief Settles Down

Global UpfrontOct 25, 2023October 25, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Before he settles down for the task ahead, Aminu Maida should take stock of what baggage he is inheriting on the job.

Ambitious Telecoms Roadmap And A Minister’s Dreams

Global UpfrontOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Cerebral as Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Minister may be, his 31-page Roadmap for Telecommunications sector looks ambitious and

Will Technology Change The Imo Narrative?

Global UpfrontOct 11, 2023October 11, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore For the first time in a long while, Imo State recently was in the news for good reasons after the incessant fratricidal

Making A Case For Open Internet And It’s Beauty

Global UpfrontOct 4, 2023October 4, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore On Thursday, September 29, 2022, in Bucharest, Romania, 193 member nations of the 158-year old International Telecommunications Union (ITU) converged for the