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The NCC has restated the effectiveness and application of ICT in fighting financial crimes such as illicit financial flows. Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said effective application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is critical in combating financial crimes by enabling real-time surveillance, regulatory compliance, and secure data processing, just as it sought multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborations to address the issue of illicit financial flows in the country. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission,...

Three tech firms, Solaris, Knownow, Specxs have been declared winners at the NCC’s talent hunt competition with a prize money of N30 million. Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited, and Specxs Care Limited came bright at the 2023...

The New NCC Boss, Maida has declared his commitment to President Tinubu’s vision on digital economy for Nigeria. The new Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said he would align the Commission’s regulatory focus to achieve the promises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda. Maida, who spoke to the Senior Management team of the Commission at the Commission’s...

See the profile of Dr Aminu Maida who takes over from Professor Umar Garba Danbatta as the new boss of the NCC Dr. Aminu Maida was appointed the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Bola Tinubu, GCFR on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Dr. Maida holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London in 2002, and in 2006, he bagged a PhD in Electrical & Electronic...

NCC has made a call in support of further investments in data management via data centres in Nigeria The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has declared that it has become highly imperative for more investments in the data centre segment of the telecoms sector. With over $1 billion data centre investment seen thus far, largely in Lagos, NCC noted that more data investment is required to further deepen the broadband agenda of the Federal Government. The...

The NCC boss, at the 18th Abuja International Trade Fair, called for fair taxation in the Telecoms sector to enhance the progress and sustainability of the sector. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called for sustainable financing and fair taxation in the telecommunications sector, for the sector to remain resilient and continue to catalyze progress in the interconnected world. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Chairman of NCC, stated this on Thursday at...