In Nigeria, a young tech-savvy and upwardly mobile population is teeming, and exploring derivable benefits of digital technologies. They are propelled by rapidly expanding internet access and steady broadband penetration, currently about 43 per cent. Our digital economy is poised for significant growth, positively impacting various sectors and benefiting the nation through enhanced connectivity and…
In establishing Oyo State University of Technology in 1990, the founding fathers had a clear objective for it not to be just another university. Their desire was for a university that would produce self-reliant graduates who would lead the charge in the technological and industrial development of Nigeria, which was why they made it a…
Every government all over the world subsidizes certain things for the citizenry. From America to Europe, it is either agricultural products or housing and to all other basic things of life. Therefore, this present administration must not make the mistake of thinking every subsidy is an aberration. It is certainly not. There is nothing abnormal…
Three things. One, Access Holdings has just declared a profit after tax of N612 billion, with a 300 per cent increase year-on-year. Two, the return of Aigboje Aig-Imokhuede to Access, not as CEO of Access Bank, which he was until 2013, but this time as Chairman of Access Holdings, the umbrella for the different interests…
It is difficult to guess what was on the mind of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in deciding at this time on an increase in electricity tariffs specifically targeted, in this instance, at Band A Customers of the Electricity Distribution Companies and opting to be the face of the hike in the tariff, while…
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…
Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has stated that the support of the Commission awaits law-abiding investors like Meta, (formerly Facebook), who respond positively to Nigeria’s desire for investments that promote the agenda of government to achieve a robust digital economy. Speaking when he…
Nigeria is enmeshed in a self-inflicted food crisis, even if it is one that is partly externally induced by the nature of the international economic order in which poor, but endowed countries, are reduced to exporting what they have, unrefined, in exchange for what they do not need, but have been conditioned to desire. No…
Sub-Saharan Africa has an especially urgent need to strengthen surgical care systems. Surgery has long been a neglected component of health care for people on the African continent, and equitable integration of surgical and anaesthetic care remains the key challenge to strengthening health systems and achieving universal health coverage in Africa. If we get this…
When global oil prices reached a 15-year high in 2022, Libya, which holds 3% of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves and 39% of Africa’s, was unable to take advantage of the windfall. The reasons were purely political. Production was shut down for months beginning in April as oil became a pawn in the stalemate between…
