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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 14 Aug 2025
Meet the New NCC Board Set to Revolutionize Nigeria’s Digital Space
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has welcomed the appointment of Mr. Idris Olorunnimbe as Chairman-designate of its Board, alongside other newly appointed members of the NCC and Universal…
- 22 Nov 2016
Reps Approve N70.6Bn For NCC In 2016 Budget
The House of Representative on Tuesday approved a budget of ₦70,672,492,000.00 for the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) for 2016, as it passed “the Nigerian Communication (NCC) Appropriation…
- 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…
- 25 Mar 2022
NCC's Experiences at ITU Bolstering Nigeria's Digital Transformation - Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the vast experience as a long-standing member of the International Telecommunication…
- 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…
- 11 Jan 2022
Pantami, Aregbesola set to Commission Digital Nigeria Project in Osun
In order to give concrete expression to the underlining principles and fundamental philosophy of the emergent digital culture in Nigeria, particularly Item No. 2 of the eight pillars of the National…
- 3 Jan 2015
FMCT Expected to Push 3G To At least 50% Population in 2015
Going by the ‘Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade and Expansion Phase 1’ under the National Broadband master plan 2013-2018, the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) is expected…
- 29 Jun 2022
Pantami Takes Digital Economic Agenda to Minna
The Federal Government's agenda to transform the country to a robust digital economy, became the focal point in the message of Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital…