On Wednesday evening, *Femi, the owner of a last-mile delivery service in Lagos sent me a text; “is there any way I can get a SIM card? I have been trying for weeks.”
With no SIM cards, he cannot move forward with his plan to extend his company’s services to Abuja.
Yesterday, the telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria announced ten alternative channels for its customers to buy airtime for their mobile devices after commercial banks disallowed MTN subscribers to use their channels. All banks in Nigeria, except Zenith Bank, have taken MTN off their platform. Customers can now recharge airtime through fintech solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, […]
Everyone who uses USSD will now pay a N6.98 flat fee per transaction. The key difference in the new charge is that customers will not be billed per session, which is a cheaper outcome than what MTN introduced in 2019.
Following the order from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to suspend mobile numbers of people without a National Identity Number (NIN), there has been a rapid increase in the number of people obtaining their NINs. Between December 15th, 2020 when the order was given and the second deadline date, January 19th, 2021, Nigerian mobile operators […]
In a forlorn tone laced with resignation, the CEO of a formerly thriving Value Added Services (VAS) provider in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector recounted how regulations of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) sank his business.
Everyone wants to do everything on mobile these days, from banking with a simple USSD menu to consulting with their doctor via SMS.