When Terra Industries, a Nigerian defence technology startup, recently announced an $11.75 million funding round led by Silicon Valley venture firm 8VC, many celebrated it as a triumph of Nigerian innovation. Co-founded by 22-year-old Nathan Nwachuku and 26-year-old Maxwell Maduka, Terra is currently protecting assets valued at approximately $11 billion across Nigeria—hydropower plants, mines, and…
In the bustling industrial estates of Ikeja, Agbara, and Ota, a quiet crisis is unfolding. It is not a crisis of capability; Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturers are among the most resilient and resourceful in the world. It is not a crisis of demand—with a population of over 200 million, the market for essential medicines is vast…
Nigeria, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has won the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize for its project, the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP), under Category C3, which is on Access to Information and Knowledge. The DAP, one of hundreds of projects submitted for the WSIS Prizes competition 2025, received the highest…
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for explaining how innovation drives sustained economic growth. Their research reveals a profound truth: for the first time in human history, the last two centuries have witnessed continuous economic growth that has lifted vast numbers out of poverty….
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), will host the 2025 Afreximbank Compliance Forum (ACF2025) from 12 – 14 November 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. Under the theme “Better Compliance – Better Trade: Embracing AI to Promote and Secure Trade Through a Modern AML/CFT Compliance Framework”, the Forum will focus on how AI…
NCC, Stakeholders Tackle Rural Connectivity Challenges The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has collaborated with the Association for Progressive Communications and other institutional stakeholders towards addressing challenges confronting rural network conNCC, Stakeholders Tackle Rural Connectivity Challenges The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has collaborated with the Association for Progressive Communications and other institutional stakeholders towards addressing challenges…
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and Imose Technologies Ltd, an indigenous Nigerian company, are rolling out made-in-Nigeria laptops and tablets for use by Nigerians. The 14-inch laptops and 10.5-inch tablets are manufactured in the NASENI brand name. This move aligns with the agency’s mission to drive indigenous industrialization, local content and to…
The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, at the weekend presided over the launch of the Presidential CNG Initiative’s (Pi-CNG) Conversion Incentive Program for rideshare sector, alongside the introduction of the MY-CNG App. This landmark event took place at NASENI’s Compressed Natural Gas Engineering,…
Welcome to this Public Inquiry, a vital part of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) mandate to create a dynamic communications sector. The Nigerian Communications Act 2003 empowers us to develop and amend regulatory instruments, and your input today is crucial in refining these regulations to address the sector’s evolving challenges. We will review three key regulatory…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing processes related to the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage. Under this collaboration, NIMC and NCC will work closely to explore synergies and leverage each other’s expertise and resources in the following key areas: 1. Streamlining the…
