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- 28 Feb 2015
Broadband is Key to “Education to all’- UN Broadband Commission
Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality, ubiquitous multidisciplinary educational opportunities to…
- 27 Sept 2015
UN Broadband Commission Affirms Focus on Sustainable Development Goals
The power of broadband to leapfrog development roadblocks and bring access to education, healthcare and employment opportunities should put high-speed information and communication technology (ICT)…
- 14 Mar 2016
Broadband Most Powerful Development Catalyst - UN
The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s 13th full meeting, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, reached consensus on the need for a new set of connectivity targets to help…
- 16 Jul 2020
Nigeria, Others to Reach UN Affordable Broadband Target
Nigeria, Botswana and Seychelles are likely to reach the United Nations Broadband Commission’s target of affordable broadband services of less than 2% of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita by…
- 24 Mar 2014
Broadband Must Be Recognized As a Vital Development Enabler
UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development which met in Dublin this weekend has said that access to broadband could be the universal catalyst that lifts developing countries out of poverty and…
- 22 Jan 2016
Global Partners Estimate cost of Connecting Next 1.5Bn at $450Bn
A new global dialogue focused on getting the next 1.5 billion unconnected people online was forged at a special session of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development held at the World…
- 5 Oct 2013
UN Report Says Women are Most Promising Market for ICT
A new report released by the Broadband Commission Working Group on Broadband and Gender of the United Nations has revealed that a significant and pervasive tech gap in access to information and…
- 28 Sept 2016
Global Broadband Market Robust, But Gender Imbalance Worries ITU
The 2016 State of Broadband Report published by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development offers plenty of good news, data, and insights on the deployment of broadband worldwide and…
- 8 Jan 2019
How Nigeria Attained 31% Broadband Penetration Target
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that Nigeria has attained 31 percent broadband penetration. This, it said was based on empirical indices, and that it is contrary to insinuations…
- 25 Nov 2015
A4AI Seeks Removal of Barrier to Broadband Access, Affordability
Information Technology Industry stakeholders at the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) in Lagos, on Tuesday, were unanimous in their views that deliberate efforts must be made to…
- 17 Mar 2017
Unesco, GSMA Champion Women's Online Participation
The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development's Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide, co-chaired by the GSMA and Unesco, has released a report that sets specific recommendations to…
- 17 Feb 2017
Nigeria First to Endorse A4AI ‘1 for 2’ Affordability Internet Target
In 2016, The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) called on countries to adopt a new, more ambitious target for what counts as ‘affordable’ internet access — a 1GB bundle costing no more than 2%…
- 24 Sept 2013
UN Report Affirms the Positive Force of ICT for Empowerment
A new report released by United Nations Broadband Commission has demonstrated how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), have become a positive force of transformation and a crucial…
- 18 Mar 2022
ITU says Africa Paying More for Broadband Services
Africa paid more than three times the global median price for mobile broadband services, and over five times the global median for fixed broadband last year. A new study by the International…
- 26 Oct 2019
Pervasive Broadband Penetration Key to Effective e-Govt Services, says Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated that the Commission's drive for pervasive Broadband penetration is crucial to deepening…
- 22 Jan 2014
GSMA Joins Alliance to Lower Cost of Mobile Broadband In Developing Countries
GSMA is joining the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), a diverse coalition of over 50 members aiming to driving down the cost of Internet access in developing countries via regulatory and…
- 14 Jul 2013
Unleashing Prosperity through Broadband Internet
The United Nations (UN) said that the progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)-the set of universally accepted anti-poverty measures to be reached by 2015, has been too slow. Around the…
- 21 Sept 2014
Half the World to Be Connected by 2017
Over 50% of the global population will have Internet access within three years’ time, with mobile broadband over smartphones and tablets now the fastest growing technology in human history, according…
- 16 Oct 2016
BCN Commends NCC, Seeks USPF Review
Backbone Connectivity Network Nigeria (BCN) has extolled the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC’s) efforts towards the deployment of fibre broadband infrastructure to the un-served and…
- 19 Sept 2016
Nigeria Key to Helping Connect Africa
Nigeria is the only African country of the six that make up 55% of an estimated 3.9 billion people - more than half the world's population - that will still be offline and unable to connect regularly…
- 29 Sept 2016
Intel Bridging Digital Divide with ‘She Will Connect Mobile App’
In furtherance of its She Will Connect initiative, Intel has stepped up its digital awareness among women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa with a mobile app. The Intel She Will Connect Mobile App is…
- 2 Oct 2019
A4AI says Drop in Data Prices in Africa not Enough to Improve Access
The cost of mobile data for consumers in low and middle-income countries has fallen across all regions, driven by, among others, falling broadband prices, according to new research from the Alliance…
- 20 Nov 2019
Africa Sees Double Mobile Data Revenue by 2024
Mobile revenue in Africa will rise from $54.31 billion (R804 billion) in 2019, to $67.12 billion (R994 billion) in 2024. This is according to the Africa Digital Outlook 2019 report from market…
- 17 Oct 2017
Ericsson Group Reaffirms Interest in Nigeria’s Telecom Market
Mr. Shitlesi Makkhofane, the Head, Government and Industry Relations of Ericsson Group has expressed interest in the deployment of broadband to un-served and underserved areas in Nigeria. The…
- 28 Sept 2010
ITU Secretary-General Tasks World Leaders on Broadband Access
Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary-General has challenged global leaders to ensure that more than half of all the world’s people have access to broadband networks by 2015, and make access to high-speed…
- 26 Sept 2015
New UN Report says 3Q of Women & Girls Exposed to Cyber Violence
A new report released by the United Nations Broadband Commission reveals that almost three quarters of women online have been exposed to some form of cyber violence, and urges governments and…
- 16 May 2016
A4AI Releases Paper, Says Proposed Communication Service Tax Regressive
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)-Nigeria Coalition has urged the federal government to consider other measures to generate revenue as against the proposed Communication Service Tax (CST).…
- 25 May 2021
Africa Seen as Emerging Technology Powerhouse
On Africa Day, the continent has been hailed as an important next growth frontier, with the potential to be an innovation and technology powerhouse. This was the word of Bocar Ba, member of the UN’s…
- 19 Oct 2023
Africa’s Top Telco CEOs Want Mobile Industry Tax Reductions
Six African CEOs of the continent’s largest telcos have urged governments to establish new policies to expedite the positive and inclusive impacts of mobile technology, in order to address investment…
- 27 May 2016
Humanitarian Aid is as Close as Your Phone
The need for connectivity in crises hasn’t gone unnoticed by aid workers There are more than 60 million people in the world today who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and armed…