Banks’ USSD debts to telecom firms hit N47 billion The total debts owed by banks to telecommunications service providers arising from the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) have risen from N42 billion to N47billion. USSD is a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) protocol...

How We Enrolled 210,000 Nigerians On ICT Courses With 600 Interventions – Dr Pantami       Agencies under the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy has enrolled over 210,000 Nigerians on Information and Communication Technology Courses and undertaken over 600 interventions to build the capacity of citizens...

Enhancing Agritech Innovations For Food Security and Youth Empowerment By Inyene Ibanga         Agriculture has undergone rapid transformation, from the era of the industrial revolution, when farmers depended on manual labour to carry out their operations. Direct labour was deployed during the process of clearing the land,...

Banks, Telcos In Talks To Settle N17bn USSD Debt       Commercial banks and mobile network operators have commenced discussion on how the N17bn accumulated debt for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data access will be paid. Findings showed the two parties would reach an agreement on modalities for payment...

Telecom Operators Invested N471.9bn In 2019 - NCC       The capital investment of mobile network operators and other telecom service providers in 2019 stood at N471.91bn, growing by seven per cent; the latest report by the Nigerian Communications Commission has shown. The capital investment of operators increased...