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- 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…
- 1 Sept 2008
CTO: Commonwealth to Set Up Pan-African Universal Service Fund
Bashir Patel, director of the UK-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations (CTO), said his organization was in the process of bringing together all Pan-African states to establish an…
- 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…
- 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…
- 12 Dec 2018
NCC Pledges to Fund Universities’ Research to Boost Innovation
The Nigeria Communication Commission said it has begun directing fund to encourage innovation by boosting research and development in universities across the country. It said Nigeria universities…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 Jun 2016
Addressing The Urban/Rural ICT Divide
ITU is about to publish its updated ICT database shortly. The headline figures of 3.2 billion people online / 4.2 billion people offline are well-known, highlighting the substantial international…
- 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…
- 11 Jul 2016
‘Investing in Teenage Girls’ on World Population Day #WPD2016
Access to ICTs can facilitate generational change, exposing young women to new ideas and connections, engaging them in the digital economy, and promoting gender equality. Yet, women are…
- 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…
- 5 May 2021
National Assembly Moves to Grant NIPOST Commission Status
National Assembly (NASS) has concluded plans to repeal the establishing law of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and re-enact the law to grant the agency the status of a commission. This,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 29 May 2016
Study Credits USF Relevance for Remote Areas Connectivity
The issue of provision of voice and data services to remote and unconnected regions remains a pressing topic, according to World Telecom Labs in a report released at the weekend. According to…
- 17 Jun 2016
WTL Releases Findings of 2016’s Survey on African USFs
World Telecom Labs (WTL) today unveiled the findings of its recent survey about the management and rollout of voice and/or data deployments in Africa that have been financed by Universal Service…
- 3 Sept 2018
DBI Boss Urges African Govts to Invest in ICT Skills for Economic Growth
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, administrator, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has called on African governments to launch an aggressive intervention in the ICT sector by investing in digital skills to…