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- 13 Nov 2014
Microsoft, Skrill Partner MNO to Launch e-Commerce portal
Microsoft 4Afrika and Skrill have declared their marketing alliance to launch a new e-commerce portal. By integrating with mobile network operators (MNOs), the portal enables Africans to use their…
- 23 Dec 2021
MTN Nigeria Launches RCS Business Messaging with Google and Dotgo
MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), has launched RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications…
- 21 Apr 2022
9mobile Announces Self Service Unbarring Portal for Barred Phone Lines
In yet another novel move by a Nigerian Mobile Network Operator (MNO), the customer-friendly telecommunication company 9mobile has announced an easy self-service unbarring portal for customers to…
- 21 Apr 2022
9mobile Unveils Self Service Unbarring Portal for Barred Phone Lines
Nigerian Mobile Network Operator (MNO), 9mobile has announced an easy self-service unbarring portal for customers to connect their NIN and unbar their lines online. The 9mobile NIN Web Linking…
- 16 Aug 2017
Corporate Governance Pivotal to Protect $68Bn Telecoms Investment- NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated all Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) to fully integrate the industry’s Code of Corporate Governance (CCG)…
- 9 May 2019
NCC Launches 2nd Phase of SIM Registration Verification, Compliance Audit
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will shortly begin the second phase of its ongoing audit of SIM registration data and registration processes across all Mobile Network Operator (MNO)…
- 19 Oct 2023
Infobip Identifies Five Frauds Impacting the Messaging Ecosystem
Infobip, global cloud communications platform has identified five common frauds impacting mobile users in the messaging ecosystem. Infobip explains the security challenges enterprises and mobile…
- 20 Jun 2025
USSD: 13 Banks Clear Debts - ALTON
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies in Nigeria (ALTON) has revealed that 13 commercial banks have fully settled their outstanding Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)…
- 18 Jan 2017
NCC Begins Enforcement of N5m Fine over Unsolicited Messages
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that it has commenced the enforcement of the Do Not Disturb (DND), code which compels mobile network operators to stop sending unsolicited messages…
- 9 Feb 2026
CBN, NCC Propose Instant Refunds for Failed Airtime, Data
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have proposed that customers must receive refunds within 30 seconds for failed airtime and data purchases to curb…
- 19 Aug 2017
ALTON Decries Impact of OTT on Telecom Operations
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has decried the impact of over the top service (OTT) on the telecom operations in the country. Engr. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 27 Mar 2023
Time for Nigeria’s MNOs to Empower Mobile Digital Ecosystem with their Subscriber Data
By Martin Effiong, Senior Operator Partnerships Lead at Infobip We are at a point where Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive is at its highest, digital commerce is growing in leaps and bounds and the…
- 12 Mar 2021
Telcos May Withdraw Banks’ USSD Service over N42Bn Debt
Telecommunications operators have resolved to start phased withdrawal of its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services to debtor financial services providers from Monday next week.…
- 13 Sept 2019
Helios Towers Makes Another U-Turn in London Listing Bid
African telecoms operator Helios Towers has rekindled plans to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In March last year, the company ditched its bid to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in…
- 9 Nov 2014
Broadband Scarcities Caused by Economics Factors -Teniola
Olusola Teniola, CEO, Internet Solutions Limited; is a highly experienced telecommunication Engineer with over 20 years hands on exposure in the African, European and American Telco markets. IS, a…
- 16 Apr 2025
Banks, Telcos Mull New Billing Plans for USSD Airtime Payments
Telecom customers will have to pay for the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) by having their airtime deducted, according to an information obtained by the Guardian. According to…
- 22 Sept 2025
Stakeholders Chart Strategic Path for MVNOs in Nigeria
A decisive call for collaboration, strategic market positioning, and patient capital has been issued by key players in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector to unlock the dormant potential of Mobile…
- 24 Feb 2015
Africa's Mobile-Money Market to Hit $1.5Bn by 2019
Sub Saharan Africa is adopting mobile financial services at a pace seen in few other places, presenting banks and mobile network operators (MNOs) with a set of strategic choices that will go a long…
- 25 Oct 2018
9mobile Attributes Achievements in 10 years to Customer Loyalty
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS) trading as 9mobile (formerly Etisalat Nigeria) is pleased to commemorate its first 10 years’ milestone, as one of Nigeria’s leading Global…
- 4 Oct 2019
No SIM Registration, No National ID Card- NCC
Only holders of the national identity card issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) shall be qualified to register for new SIM card, according to Nigerian Communications…
- 9 Jan 2020
9mobile, Firm Partner on Solar Power
9mobile has partnered d.light Solar, a global leader in solar energy, to provide affordable solar-powered solutions for households and small businesses in the country. The partnership, which aligns…
- 7 Apr 2020
Helios Towers Halts African Expansion
Telecommunications tower infrastructure company, Helios Towers has announced that it cannot go ahead with the investment on its expansion plans for Africa, in the light of the ongoing global COVID-19…
- 12 Apr 2020
Tech Journalists Floor 5G Conspiracy Theory
With the debate on the health implication of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology, and the purported cabling of 5G fibre optic infrastructure in Nigeria, the Nigeria Information Technology…
- 9 Jun 2020
NCC Inks MoU with FIRS to Determine VAT Elements of Telcos’ Transactions
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to ensure the tax agency ascertain accuracy and completeness…
- 16 Aug 2020
Mobile Money & Banking Agents Decry Poor Providers’ Strategy, Agents Turnover
Stakeholders in the mobile money and banking agency network ecosystem have decried what they described as poor providers strategy and high rate of agents turnover which according to them are working…
- 30 Aug 2020
Sustaining Financial Inclusion Through Viable Agent Network
By Fasasi Sarafadeen Atanda As it is today, financial inclusion is stakeholders’ slogan; the awareness has been created Agents are everywhere, but there is a threat and that threat is agent…
- 13 Jul 2021
CBN Insists Telcos Won’t Drive Mobile Money Services in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said in its recently published regulatory framework for mobile money services, saying it will not adopt the model in which telecommunications companies are the…
- 2 Aug 2021
NCC Yet to Renew MTN’s Universal Access and Service License
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is yet to renew MTN’s Universal Access and Service License as reported by an online media platform. The commission stated this in a…
- 14 Jun 2022
Africa’s Tech Start-up Ecosystem to Attract Over US$10bn by 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and improved internet connectivity is helping Africa attract funding and a large percentage of business leaders on the continent say its tech start-up ecosystem will…
- 7 Sept 2022
African Start-ups Selected for BFF to Share of US$4m
Google has announced that sixty eligible black-founded start-ups across Africa have been selected for the second cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa. The company said…