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- 28 Jun 2026
Telecom Operators Back Plan to Turn Nigeria Into Africa's Smartphone Manufacturing Hub
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Communications Commission's push for local smartphone manufacturing, saying the initiative…
- 20 Jan 2022
B2B E-commerce Solving Logistics Challenges Associated with Nigeria’s Informal Retail Sector
Worth over $100 billion, the Nigerian retail market is one of the most vibrant sectors of the Nigerian economy. There's hardly a Nigerian street without a retailer. Such is the importance of these…
- 18 Sept 2017
Samsung Drops Plans to Set Up Manufacturing Plant in Nigeria
Samsung Group, South Korean multinational is scaling down it operations in Nigeria, no thanks to the dwindling economic fortunes of the country, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt. Though the…
- 8 Jul 2015
Signal Alliance, Microsoft Partner MAN to Empower Manufacturers with Cloud solutions
Signal Alliance, Nigeria’s top class information technology and an end-to-end system integrator in conjunction with Microsoft recently organized a forum with Manufacturers Association of Nigeria…
- 7 May 2024
Nigeria May Re-introduce Telecom Tax to Obtain new $750m World Bank Loan
Nigeria may reinstate a previously suspended telecom tax and other fiscal measures as it seeks to secure a new $750 million loan from the World Bank, as per Nairametrics report. This is according to…
- 14 Jul 2020
ATCON Hosts Sectoral Virtual Forum to Address Post COVID-19 Telecom Needs
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to organize a Sectoral Virtual Forum that would address the need of telecom and ICT Consumers in the…
- 4 Jun 2025
DSO: STBMAN Accuses NBC of Contempt, Seeks Presidential Intervention
Association of Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has accused the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) of sidelining indigenous manufacturers and flouting a subsisting court order in its…
- 19 Feb 2020
Leverage Smart Technology in Your Operational Processes- NITDA Boss Advises MAN
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has advised Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (MAN) to leverage on Smart technology in order…
- 16 Aug 2024
Manufacturers Threaten to Sacks if Banks Continue 37 Percent Interest on Loans
Otunba Francis Meshioye, president, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has warned that high interest rates charged by banks will lead to jobs’ losses and exorbitant prices of goods. Meshioye…
- 9 Mar 2016
LIRS Introduces New Tax Forms, Slashes Cost of Replacing e-TCC
Lagos State Internal Revenue Service ((LIRS) has announced various initiatives aimed at achieving efficient tax administration in the State, as part of efforts to enhance the ease of doing business…
- 28 Jun 2026
ALTON Backs NCC’s Local Smartphone Manufacturing Drive to Widen Digital Access
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has declared support for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC’s) push to promote local smartphone manufacturing in the…
- 4 Jan 2024
Africa’s Largest Syringe Firm, JSM, Exits Nigeria
Jubilee Syringe Manufacturing, once regarded as the largest syringe manufacturing venture in Africa, has officially ceased operations in Awa in the Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. Jubilee…
- 21 Jun 2024
MAN Seeks Harmonisation of Regulatory Agencies
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has urged for an end to the activities of multiple agencies hurting their businesses, urging the government to fix the overlaps by harmonizing regulatory…
- 28 Apr 2014
ATCON Holds AGM, NEC Elections May 13
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Nigeria’s telecom industry association will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and National Executive Council (NEC) Elections…
- 13 May 2014
ATCON Due for Fresh Elections Today
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Nigeria’s telecom industry association will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and National Executive Council (NEC) Elections…
- 26 Dec 2017
OyaOya Unveils Africa’s First Online On Demand Commodities Trading Platform
By peter oluka OyaOya has announced the pilot go live of its commodity trading marketplace to connect the commodity ecosystem across Nigeria and Africa. The OyaOya platform rides on cutting-edge…
- 24 Sept 2025
MAN Says Tax Stamps Will Hurt Consumers, Economy
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed strong reservations about the proposed introduction of a Tax Stamp System for excisable goods in Nigeria. So-called tax stamps are used to…
- 7 Sept 2016
NiRA Backs NASME’s Advocacy for Improved Business Climate
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has supported the Nigerian Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (NASME) stakeholders’ forum with major regulatory Agencies in Nigeria in…
- 18 Sept 2017
e.Stream Networks Boost Internet Connectivity at MAN Forum
e.Stream has partnered Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to provide internet connectivity at its forum. As the official internet provider, the company recently provided internet connectivity…
- 18 Dec 2012
CAMAN Seeks More Powers for SON
Cable Manufactures Association of Nigeria (CAMAN) has asked the federal government to grant Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) more power to enable the agency destroy substandard products in the…
- 21 May 2026
STBMAN Warns of "Broadcasting Crisis", Urges Tinubu to Halt NBC’s DSO
Association of Licensed Set-Top Box Manufacturers of Nigeria (STBMAN) has warned that the unilateral implementation transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, could trigger confusion, legal…
- 8 Oct 2021
GSM@20: Stakeholders Set for Dialogue on Telecoms Consumer Protection
Stakeholders in Nigeria are billed to participate in an industry-wide dialogue summit aimed at addressing salient issues affecting over 200 million telecom corporate and individual consumers, as…
- 1 Sept 2020
IFC Supports Nigeria’s Plastics Packaging and Recycling Industries
IFC has announced a financing package to help Engee Manufacturing Limited, a leading Nigeria manufacturer of PET resin used in packaging for soft drinks, bottled water, and other household and…
- 20 May 2020
COVID-19: MAN Says Job Losses Imminent without Bailout
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said that unless the Federal Government releases bailouts for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), many Nigerians would lose their jobs as a result…
- 24 Jul 2022
MAN Asks FG to Remove 7.5Per Cent VAT on Diesel
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the federal government to remove the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on Automobile Gas Oil pending the supply from international is…
- 29 Dec 2014
Consumers May Pay More for Goods, Services in 2015 - LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have expressed anxiety on the possibility of consumers paying more for goods and services in 2015.…
- 24 Jun 2025
Lagos Plastic Ban: MAN Warns of Job Losses, Closure of Businesses
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concerns over the impending ban on Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment. It warned that it could lead to job…
- 2 Jul 2013
4,000 Workers Sacked, 400 Firms Shut over Unstable Power
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Kano State chapter has said unstable power supply has led to the closure of over 400 factories and sack of some 400,000 workers who work in the factories.…
- 28 Jun 2020
Experts Seek Technology Adoption for Manufacturing Sector
Worried by lack of automated processes in the manufacturing sector of the country, technology experts have advocated for a collaborative approach in ensuring that the sector adopts the use of…
- 18 Apr 2017
Counterfeiters Now Control 10% Phone Market Share in Nigeria
Fake phone manufacturers and importers seem to be having upper hand in the current battle with such products’ regulators in Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. According to an impeccable…