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Stakeholders: Nigeria’s Telecom Sector Needs Urgent Domestication

In order to ensure the sustainability of Nigeria's telecommunications Industry, stakeholders have identified the domestication of the telecom sector as an urgent and critical step. 

Telecom Sector Contributes N2.5trn to GDP In Q1, 2023

Telecom Sector Contributes N2.5trn to GDP In Q1, 2023   The Telecommunications and Information Services sector in Nigeria contributed N2.508 trillion, representing 14.13 per cent, to the nation’s gross domestic product, GDP, in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1’23). The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report showed...

Curbing Vandalism in the Telecom Sector, by Zeenat O. Sambo

Curbing Vandalism in the Telecom Sector, by Zeenat O. Sambo   In re­sponse to the yearnings of telecom industry stakeholders to de­clare telecom facilities critical national infrastructure, President Muhammadu Bu­hari in 2020 directed that necessary physical protective measures be put in place to safeguard telecommunications infra­structure...

In Five Years, Nigeria Lost $10.8bn In Telecom Sector

In Five Years, Nigeria Lost $10.8bn In Telecom Sector     Nigeria lost $10.8bn in the last five years to capital flight in the telecommunications sector amid lingering foreign exchange scarcity in the country. In its ‘National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecommunications...

Telecoms Sector Contributes N2.3trn To Q2 GDP

Telecoms Sector Contributes N2.3trn To Q2 GDP     Despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s telecommunications and information services sectors remain the enablers of growth, with N2.3 trillion or 14.30 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution in the second quarter of 2020. Data available...

‘Telecom Sector Requires $30bn For Infrastructure Development’

‘Telecom Sector Requires $30bn For Infrastructure Development’ An economist has said the Nigerian telecoms sector requires about $30bn investment to boost infrastructure across the country. An Associate Professor at the Lagos Business School, Dr. Doyin Salami, who gave the estimate during his paper presentation at the...