Telecom
How Tecno Mobile Celebrated International Women’s Day with Students

International Women’s Day, is an annual celebration of women’s rights all over the world that is held on the 8th of March.
This special day originated more than 100 years ago and started from a march of 15,000 women demanding for equal rights in 1909.
That key moment started a chain reaction that has cumulated in better awareness, treatment and liberation of women worldwide.
As is tradition, each year has a unique theme with this year’s being – Balance for Better, which seeks to encourage gender balance around the world.
It also seeks to put in place social innovations to achieve gender equality as a focal point, and aims to achieve this through different means like- community safety, affordable childcare centers, and mobile classrooms for women and girls.
Africa’s biggest smartphone manufacturer; TECNO MOBILE recognizes women across the globe and the struggles they face in balancing work and personal life.
This is why in commemoration of the 2019 International Women’s Day, TECNO lent its voice at/to a special program for young girls aimed at improving the quality of life of the girl child.
Held in conjunction with The University of Lagos’s Radio Station, Unilag 103.1 FM and the Mass Communication Department of the University of Lagos, the event which took place on Thursday, 7th March 2019, at the Afe Babalola Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka Yaba featured various activities and highlights.
Hosted by Lamu and Tosin of Unilag, the event opened with a welcome Address by the Head of Unilag FM, Dr Abiodun Ogidan who thanked all the guests especially the schools represented for making time out to celebrate the day with Unilag FM.
In her speech, Temitope Akinniyi, HR, Employee Relations at TECNO Mobile thanked the organizers for putting together the event. She highlighted how the smartphone giant supports women.
In her words ‘As Africa’s biggest smartphone manufacturer; we at TECNO Mobile recognize women across the globe and acknowledge the struggles they face in balancing work and personal life.
We do whatever we can to ease these struggles by ensuring that we provide a working environment free of discrimination against women.
An environment that powers our women to work smart and come up with innovations that spark a positive change in our world while laying the foundation for the younger generation of women’. Our products also focus on the 21st century woman, giving her soft and hard tools to balance career, personal life and capture beautiful experiences while doing both.
To make the occasion more eventful, invited schools were given the opportunity to contribute their thoughts to this year’s celebrations, while also showcasing their talents through: drama, poetry, essays, choreography and painting to highlight the theme for the event, ‘Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change’. Certificates of participation were presented to participating schools and students.
Guests at the event included representatives for the United Nations, Honourable Adefunmilayo Tejuosho, Guest Lecturer – Professor Abigael Ogwezzy-Ndisika, President University of Lagos Women Society Mrs. Oluwaseun Ogundipe and Jesse Oguntimehin PR and Strategic Partnership Manager at TECNO Mobile.
Telecom
PAT Taps Osi as CEO

Pan African Towers (PAT), a Nigerian infrastructure provider serving 9mobile and Spectranet, has appointed Echezona Osi as chief executive officer.

Echezona Osi
Adefolarin Ogunsanya, company’s, board chairman, explained in a statement that Osi would succeed Oladipo Badru, whose tenure lasted nine months in acting CEO position. Osi has more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications sector across various regions of Africa.
Prior to his appointment as CEO, he had served as the head of network deployment at Airtel Nigeria, operations director and chief technical information officer at MIC Tanzania, chief technology officer roles at IPT PowerTech Nigeria, Rhino Niger Networks and Biswal Nigeria.
He obtained a degree in electrical/ electronic engineering from the University of Benin and a postgraduate diploma in data science and business analytics from the University of Texas.
Telecom
NCC Introduces N10m Licence Fee for Bulk SMS Service

Companies sending bulk international text messages, also known as Application-to-Person (A2P) messages, will now have apply for a licence that costs N10 million.
This is part of new rules introduced by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) aimed at cleaning up the system, fighting fraud, blocking spam messages and stopping money from leaving the country unchecked.
These A2P messages are the kind customers get from banks, online stores, hospitals and political campaigns, automated texts sent from apps to their phones.
According to the commission, the bulk international text message system has been poorly regulated, allowing misuse and invasion of privacy.
“The International SMS Service Ecosystem in Nigeria has not been fully brought under regulatory control. It has been observed that the excessive use of the Short Message Service has led to fraud, spam and illegal activities,” the NCC said.
The regulator warned that without action, the problem would worsen as more people use mobile phones and digital services.
To solve this, the NCC is creating a central platform, or gateway, through which all international bulk text messages must pass through.
The agency said this would help to monitor messages in real time, ensure proper fees are paid, and make sure the money stays in Nigeria where it can contribute to the economy.
As part of the incoming change, service providers must follow strict rules, including strong data protection, spam filters, and message encryption.
Also, they must also work with local mobile networks and make sure all messages come from a verified sender
The NCC warned that any message without a proper sender ID will be blocked and not delivered to users.
To protect users from unwanted texts, the new rules say companies must get clear permission before sending any promotional content.
The rule also says people must also be able to choose whether they want to receive such messages or not.
Companies are now required to keep records of all messages for at least six months and must clearly state all charges involved.
The NCC said fees for help requests, cancellations, or service info must be transparent and not include hidden charges.
The commission will issue licences to several providers to encourage healthy competition but may limit new licences if needed.
Only companies that show they can stop fraud and safely deliver messages will be allowed to operate. They must also regularly report their message traffic and finances to the NCC.
It warned that any company that breaks the rules risks getting fined, suspended, or having its licence revoked.
Offences like charging illegal tariffs, ignoring security rules, or avoiding taxes will be punished, the NCC said.
The commission added that the new rules follow the Nigerian Data Protection Act 2023 and support the federal government’s goal of strengthening cybersecurity and controlling Nigeria’s digital space.
The framework will also be reviewed from time to time to keep up with new technology and market trends.
Telecom
MTN Nigeria Targets $1Bn Cloud Market with Largest Modular Data Centre

MTN Nigeria has launched what it claims is the country’s largest prefabricated modular data centre, marking a bold push into the country’s fast-growing cloud market and taking aim at global giants such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

Karl Toriola, CEO, MTN Nigeria.
The shift comes as demand for cloud services in Nigeria soars — driven by the uptake of mobile apps, fintech tools and e-learning platforms — while foreign providers have become costlier in the wake of the naira’s sharp devaluation.
“This is one of the biggest data centres in West Africa and probably one of the biggest in Africa,” said Karl Toriola, CEO, MTN Nigeria.
He described the new Tier III-certified facility, with locally hosted cloud services, as “transformative for the technology ecosystem in Nigeria and very supportive of the federal government’s agenda”.
MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecoms provider, has so far invested $120m in the first phase, delivering an IT load of 4.5MW. A second phase, set to double capacity to 9MW, is budgeted at $135m.
“We already have data centres that are running our existing capacities,” Toriola said.
“We will go to 9MW in short order, possibly 14MW, and we can expand even further.”
He said the facility would allow local hosting for tech developers, large enterprises including banks and oil companies, and government agencies — markets long dominated by foreign cloud providers.
“Multinational companies such as Netflix, Facebook and Instagram can also host a lot of their data here. That improves the quality of service and reduces the cost of storage,” he added.
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