Nigeria’s telecommunication sector has seen significant fluctuations over the past year, with recent figures showing a remarkable recovery from regulation-driven contractions. The sector is still dominated by three industry titans MTN, Airtel, and Globacom (Glo) each with varied growth patterns and market approaches. This comparison of their relative performance by subscriber base, market share, service…
Since the COVID-19 lockdown, we’ve all come to appreciate the popular tagline from Airtel’s award-winning 2016 TV commercial, ‘Data is Life’. However, keeping up with data costs still feels like an endless chore, and the recent 50% increase in MTN’s data plan prices certainly doesn’t help matters. This news may prompt you to consider switching…
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications and mobile money services provider, says it has appointed Dinesh Balsingh as the new Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria . Airtel Africa, Chief Executive Officer, Sunil Taldar in a statement on Tuesday said the appointment was effective on Nov. 1, 2024. He noted that with the appointment, Balsingh had…
According to the latest data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), mobile subscriptions in Nigeria surged to 219.7 million in February 2024, driven by notable gains from leading operators MTN and Airtel. This rebound follows a loss of over 6 million subscriptions in January due to the implementation of the NIN-SIM directive. In December 2023,…
