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- 20 Feb 2025
USPF hands over Emerging Tech Centre to Ogun State Institute of Technology
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has handed over a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project to Ogun State Institute of…
- 1 Oct 2017
NCC Says USPF On Course for Availability, Accessibility & Affordability Services
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has stated the strategic activities of the Universal Service Provision Fund, USPF, were…
- 29 Oct 2017
Nicademia Takes Home N1m Grand Prize For 2017 USPF ‘Changemaker’ Challenge
By peter oluka Team Nicademia, at the weekend, emerged winner of the 2017 Changemaker (software) Challenge, organised by the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), a department of the Nigerian…
- 10 Oct 2013
Nigeria's USPF, A Model For Africa-Juwah
Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), has described the Universal Service Provisional Fund (USPF) as a model for other African countries to emulate.…
- 1 Aug 2013
USPF, Stakeholders Seek New ICT Growth Paradigm
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) was established with a mandate to ‘achieve universal access, universal coverage and universal service through a public-private partnership framework that…
- 1 Feb 2019
The USPF Changemaker Challenge 2018 Rewards Hackathon Winners
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has rewarded winners of its 2018 Hackathon Changemaker Challenge. Over 500 applications were…
- 9 May 2016
World Telecom Labs Surveys Beams Light On Nigeria, Other USPFs
World Telecom Labs (WTL) on Monday launched an online survey to identify voice and/or data deployments in Africa that have been financed by Universal Service (provision) Funds (USPF) - and to…
- 22 Oct 2017
USPF Shortlists 30 Innovations for Change-maker Challenge
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it has selected 30 innovations to further compete for its Change-maker Challenge 2017. The…
- 19 Mar 2025
USPF to Deploy Transceiver Stations in Rural Nigeria by 2030
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) has unveiled plans to deploy 1,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) across rural communities in Nigeria by 2030. The initiative, in collaboration with…
- 27 Oct 2017
Innovators Battle for Prizes in USPF “Changemaker Challenge”
Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday in Lagso threw the floor open to 30 innovations to compete for prizes in this year’s…
- 23 Nov 2009
USPF Donates Computers, ICT Centre to Schools
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) has donated 100 desktop computers, ICT facilities and broadband internet connectivity, worth N20 million to Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The…
- 16 Nov 2017
Yola Hosts USPF North East Zonal Stakeholder Workshop on ICT Utilisation and Sustainability
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) secretariat, recently held the North East Zonal stakeholder engagement workshop in Yola Universal Service Provision Fund a department of NCC…
- 11 Aug 2020
NCC, USPF, Others Advance FG’s Digital Economy Agenda
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and three other agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy have continued to implement…
- 11 May 2026
SERAP Demands Probe of Disappearance of N27.9Bn from USPF, Calls Out Minister, Secretary of Fund
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately order an investigation into the alleged disappearance or diversion of N26.9 billion…
- 13 Aug 2025
Tinubu Strengthens Telecom Governance with NCC, USPF Board Appointments
President Bola Tinubu has appointment members into the boards of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Universal Service Provision Fund, both under the Ministry of Communications, Innovation…
- 20 Jun 2024
Group Seeks Restructuring of N15Bn USPF
Association of Telecommunications, Information Technology, Cable Satellite Network Operators and Allied Services Employers of Nigeria (ATICEN) has again called on Dr. Bosun Tijani, minister of…
- 21 Dec 2018
THE FUTURE IS HERE – USPF Changemaker Challenge 2018 Begins
Innovative ICT Solutions and Entrepreneurship development project provides an avenue for self expression and creativity through technology. This is a Hackathon and Incubation event where…
- 23 Mar 2009
Zinox, USPF, Others Aid Schools to Beat Recession
The educational sector appears to have come to terms with the fact that only a whole hearted acceptance of Information Technology can restore the role of education as the pivot of national…
- 20 Oct 2020
Minister Commissions NCC, USPF, NITDA Projects
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has commissioned more projects executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service…
- 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…
- 10 Nov 2009
FG Takes Internet to 474 Schools
Universal Service Provision Fund, (USPF) has provided Internet tools and facilities to 474 schools, spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country. USPF is a special fund set up by the…
- 20 May 2025
FG Set to Boost Digital Inclusion Through Impact Alliance
The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) is set to inaugurate its Impact Alliance to accelerate digital inclusion in Nigeria. USPF was established by the Federal Government to facilitate the…
- 16 Mar 2025
Bridging Nigeria's Digital Divide: ITU and UK-FCDO Fuel Rural Connectivity Revolution
Mr. Yomi Arowosafe, Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has commended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the…
- 15 Mar 2010
Ekeh, Zinox Boss Hails USPF/NCC Commitment to ICT Penetration
Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman of Zinox Computers has singled United Service Providers Fund (USPF) for special commendation for its commitment to ICT penetration in Nigeria. The Zinox boss in his review of…
- 22 Dec 2014
FMCT Identifies 200 Telecom Services Subsidy Clusters
Federal Ministry of Communication Technology through the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) ‘Access Gap study’, has discovered over 200 subsidy clusters across the six geo political zones which…
- 29 Nov 2017
NCC deepens its Partnership with Strategic Stakeholders
Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC through the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) a department under the Commission, yesterday held a Roundtable in line with the spirit of its Management's…
- 9 Nov 2014
FG Connects 111 Communities to Telephony Services at Igbo Olodumare
Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has commissioned one of the several Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) deployed across the South West region by Odu’atel through subsidies…
- 21 Jun 2010
Making Good Use of Universal Service Provision Funds
The Nigerian National Telecommunications Policy provides a mandate for universal access to telecommunications services for economic, social and political development. The Communications act…
- 24 Jul 2012
Case for Intervention Fund in Telecom
In few years, Nigeria has grown from being one of the most under-served telecommunications market in Africa to one of the fastest growing in the world. The licensing of digital mobile and fixed…
- 12 Jun 2014
Broadband Council Pushes for Smart States, 50% 3G-Coverage
Broadband Council has made case for the increased 3G coverage to 50 percent of the Nigerian population by 2015. This was one of the outcomes of the council’s 4th meeting in Lagos recently. The…