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WHAT’S YOUR BITCOIN STORY? Every time Bitcoin crosses some price threshold, there are a bunch of people like me who say to themselves, “I should have bought it at that last price.” When Bitcoin crossed the $20k mark, maybe you could have told yourself that it possibly couldn’t go anywhere but down... but here we are. A timeline: Year-to-date, BTC is up more than 275%, you’ll be hard-pressed to find any trader with anywhere near those returns. On December 1, 2020, BTC wa...

The Telecom dealers who noted that, they were aware of the Federal Government’s intention to address security challenges through linkage of National Identity Number NIN with mobile numbers and suspension of new Sim cards registration, they fear that, rendering two million youths jobless might worsen the security challenges. Speaking on behalf of the dealers, its President, Hassan Yakubu said, “as a registered association under corporate affairs commission of the federal republic of Nigeria ...

Which geography would have better demand for product/services? What strategies of big players help them acquire share in regional market? Countries that may see the steep rise in CAGR & year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth? How feasible is market for long term investment? What opportunity the country would offer for existing and new players in the COVID-19 Outbreak- Telecom Software Professional Services market? Risk side analysis involved with suppliers in specific geography? What influencing factors d...

The East African Wednesday December 23 2020 Summary The full implementation of a digital common payments policy is projected to result in a 10 per cent annual increase in intra-Africa trade. By Millicent Mwololo th  – 21 *** On 20th and 21st January 2021, Kigali will host a high-level public-private dialogue on the development of a low value retail common digital payment policy for COMESA. Convened by COMESA Business Council (CBC) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Ban...

Vanguard News NCC: Don’t join Nigeria’s unending registration agencies On By Tonnie Iredia One clear gain of the return to democracy in Nigeria in 1999, is the telecommunication reforms of the Obasanjo years – a commendable policy that enabled our people to make telephone calls with ample ease. There is doubt if any other sector in the country has made as much progress as telecommunication. Arguably, well over 70 percent of Nigerians are today enjoying the policy. This is significant at ...

Channels Television     The Federal Government has ordered all network providers to cancel the N20 charge for the retrieval of the National Identification Number (NIN) with immediate effect.  Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,  Isa Pantami gave the order in a statement issued on Friday. “The Minister’s directive which takes immediate effect is an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable,” the minister said. “In a letter conveying the im...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami has asked telecom providers to remove N20 charges imposed on Nigerians to check national identification numbers (NIN). The minister gave the directive in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, on Friday in Abuja. The Minister said the directive which took immediate effect, was an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable. According to him, the Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC and the D...

He directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure the charge was discontinued by the operators. The Minister’s directive, which takes immediate effect, is an intervention aimed at making the process easier and affordable, a statement from his media aide, Uwa Suleiman, said on Friday. In a letter conveying the implementation of the directive, the NCC and NIMC, informed Dr Pantami that the relevant authorities had met and n...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ibrahim has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Identity Management Commission to remove the N20 USSD fee imposed on subscribers for National Identification Number retrieval requests. The NCC had recently asked telecommunication service providers to block SIM cards not registered with NIN after two weeks. The government also listed 173 centres and 30 state government insti...

Minister orders cancellation of NIN retrieval charges "Nigerians, subscribers and applicants can access the service using the *346# code for their NIN retrieval at no charge." ADVERTISEMENT The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to remove the N20 fee imposed on subscribers for NIN retrieval requests. Mr Pantami said this in a statement signed by his spokespe...