Subscriptions to broadband or high-speed internet services in Nigeria have increased significantly to a peak of 82.7 million as at the end of August, 2020, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed this while speaking at a two-day first virtual Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2020 organised by InnovationHub Africa, which started on Tuesday, September 5, 2020.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who presented the keynote speech at the Summit, noted that Nigeria’s quest to become a truly digital economy was on course with the launch of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) in November 2019.
At the summit, with the theme: ‘Innovating in Critical Times’, Danbatta said the Commission had increased broadband penetration from less than 6 percent in 2015 to 43.30 percent by August 2020.
This, according to him, translated to 82, 653,247 broadband subscriptions in the country.
Represented by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde at the virtual conference, Danbatta said Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and, more specifically, broadband infrastructure had become the major backbone for government activities and local businesses.
He said that such services required fast broadband and reliable connectivity, noting that NCC would continue to work assiduously with its stakeholders in ensuring that the nation’s ICT infrastructure was able to meet the increased demand for connectivity occasioned by the pandemic.
“The NCC has been the major linkage in the drive for optimum economic development, as it remains the pioneer for all the major disruptions that would drive the nation’s economic reboot, especially the financial systems riding on electronic innovations.
“These innovations are driven by the availability of a robust communications infrastructure made possible by the Commission’s continuous quest for investment in the sector,” he said.
He further stated that for innovation to thrive, as the anchor for accelerating economic growth post COVID-19, a robust broadband infrastructure upon which ICT innovations would ride was a necessity.
“The most important outcome of COVID-19 for us, as a nation striving for digital economy, is the need to continue to invest in infrastructure development in critical sectors of the economy, particularly the ICT sector, which has become the bastion of modern economies,” he said.
He restated the NCC’s commitment to taking proactive steps toward stimulating investment needed to support a more robust and resilient broadband infrastructure that will spur digital innovations in the country.
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