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  • Stakeholders Applaud NIN-SIM Verification Exercise as FG Urges Citizens and Legal Residents to Enrol Before End of the Year

    Stakeholders Applaud NIN-SIM Verification Exercise as FG Urges Citizens and Legal Residents to Enrol Before End of the Year

     

    The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has urged citizens and legal residents to complete their National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification process before the end of the year 2021, as the Federal Government has extended the deadline for the exercise.

     

    The decision to extend the deadline, according to him, was made further to appeals by the Mobile Network Operators and other industry stakeholders, soliciting for a further extension to ensure better compliance with government’s directive and to avoid widening the digital divide.

     

    The extension, he noted, would also provide the enabling environment for the registration of Nigerians in remote areas,  diaspora, schools, hospitals, worship centres, as well as foreigners, diplomatic missions, those in other areas that were hitherto unreachable, and increase enrolments in countries with a significant number of Nigerians.

     

    The review of the progress of the exercise indicated that over 66 million unique National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been issued- an indication of progress achieved in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage.

     

    However, a significant part of the populace is yet to be registered into the National Identity Database (NIDB), which may be due to some challenges which the Federal Government has looked into and has made efforts to alleviate, hence the need to extend the deadline. 

     

    As of October 30, 2021, there were over 9,500 enrolment systems and over 8,000 NIN enrolment centres within and outside the country- this has significantly eased the NIN enrolment process and subsequent linkage of NIN to SIM.

     

    The NIN-SIM verification process is supporting the Government’s drive to develop Nigeria’s digital economy, strengthen our ability to protect our cyberspace and support the security agencies.

     

    “The administration of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has graciously approved the extension to accommodate the yearnings of the populace and make it easier for its citizens within and outside the country, and legal residents to obtain the NIN and link it with their SIM. The Federal Government will ensure that all innocent, law abiding citizens and residents will not lose access to the their phone lines as long as they obtain and link their NIN.

     

    “Government will also continue to provide an enabling environment for investors in the telecommunications sector,” Pantami said.

     

    The unique 66 million NIN enrolments, with an average of 3 to 4 SIMs linked to the NIN, is a testament to the commitment and dedication of the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), to ensure the success of the project.

     

    With the creation of additional NIN enrolment centres within and outside the country, and many more coming up, the remaining citizens and legal residents living in the country and the diaspora should be able to obtain their NINs and link them with their SIMs before the end of the year.

     

    Consequently, the Minister enjoins Nigerians and legal residents to make use of the opportunity of the extension to enrol for their NINs and link with their SIMs.

     

    On behalf of the Honourable Minister, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, and the Director-General/CEO of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, urge citizens and legal residents to take advantage of the window to complete the process of enrolment and verification before the the end of the year 2021.

     

  • FG Extends SIM-NIN Connection Deadline Again

    FG Extends SIM-NIN Connection Deadline Again

     

    The federal government has again extended the deadline for phone users to link their lines with their National Identity Numbers (NIN).

     

    The deadline was to elapse on Sunday October 31, but the government has moved it to end of the year.

     

    This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by the spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ikechukwu Adinde, and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke.

     

    It is the eighth time the government would shift the deadline for the registration since it mandated compulsory registration and linkage in December 2020.

     

    “The decision to extend the deadline was made further to appeals by the Mobile Network Operators and other industry stakeholders, soliciting for a further extension to ensure better compliance with government’s directive and to avoid widening the digital divide,” the statement said.

     

    “The extension would also provide the enabling environment for the registration of Nigerians in remote areas, diaspora, schools, hospitals, worship centres, as well as foreigners, diplomatic missions, those in other areas that were hitherto unreachable, and increase enrolments in countries with a significant number of Nigerians.”

     

    It said the review of the progress of the exercise indicated that over 66 million unique National Identity Numbers (NIN) had been issued- an indication of progress achieved in the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage.

     

    “However, a significant part of the populace is yet to be registered into the National Identity Database (NIDB), which may be due to some challenges which the Federal Government has looked into and has made efforts to alleviate, hence the need to extend the deadline,” it said.

     

    It said as of October 30, there were over 9,500 enrolment systems and over 8,000 NIN enrolment centres within and outside the country- this has significantly eased the NIN enrolment process and subsequent linkage of NIN to SIM.

     

    “The Federal Government will ensure that all innocent, law abiding citizens and residents will not lose access to their phone lines as long as they obtain and link their NIN. Government will also continue to provide an enabling environment for investors in the telecommunications sector,” the statement said.

     

    “The unique 66 million NIN enrolments, with an average of 3 to 4 SIMs linked to the NIN, is a testament to the commitment and dedication of the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), to ensure the success of the project.

     

    “With the creation of additional NIN enrolment centres within and outside the country, and many more coming up, the remaining citizens and legal residents living in the country and the diaspora should be able to obtain their NINs and link them with their SIMs before the end of the year.”

     

  • Windows 11 is Generally Available Starting Tuesday

    Windows 11 is Generally Available Starting Tuesday

     

    Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows 11 around the world beginning from today, October 5, through a free upgrade on eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs pre-installed with Windows 11.

     

    A few of the top features Windows 11 has to offer, according to Microsoft, are  “New Features that Bring you Closer to What you Love; Chat from Microsoft Teams is a new experience that helps bring you closer to the people you care about; Microsoft Store on Windows has been redesigned from the ground up to be easier to build for, and make it more seamless for customers to find and browse apps, games and entertainment all in one place; Snap Layouts and Groups offer a more powerful way to multitask and optimize your screen real estate in a way that is visually clean.

     

    Windows 11 is the most inclusively designed version of Windows, built with and for people with disabilities; Built for Gaming – Windows 11 was made for gaming, with innovative new features that can take your PC gaming experience to the next level like AutoHDR and DirectStorage. It also includes the Xbox app built right in, where you can browse, download and play over 100 high-quality PC games from the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC library; The Operating System for Hybrid Work and Learning – Beginning today, organisations can also start moving to Windows 11 on powerful PCs and through the cloud with Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop.

     

    Others are: Chip-to-cloud Protection – Windows 11 was designed with security in mind to meet the challenges we will face in this new work environment and beyond; New Tools and Resources for Developers – Windows 11 is for all developers – whether they are building apps for a PC, web, phone, game console or anything in between – and provides the most seamless development experience. A more open store, deep development integrations and new design are just the start.

     

    Available on the Widest Array of Choice in Devices – Microsoft is proud to offer Windows 11 on the widest array of choice in devices, form factors, and silicon from its valued partners at Acer, AMD, ASUS, Dell, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Surface.; Additionally, as a reminder, most new Surface devices and accessories – including Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Pro 8, and Surface Go 3 – will be generally available starting tomorrow, October 5 from Microsoft Store on microsoft.com and other major retailers including Best Buy and Amazon.

     

    “Be sure to check out the microsite for all the Windows 11 general availability assets and additional Windows 11 blog posts,” Microsoft said.

     

  • Zuckerberg Loses $7bn in Hours As Facebook Suffers Outage   –Report

    Zuckerberg Loses $7bn in Hours As Facebook Suffers Outage   –Report

     

    Silicon Valley techpreneur Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline, Bloomberg reports.

     

     Since 04:25pm on Monday, users visiting Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have been confronted with error messages.

     

    At least over three billion online users are frustrated and unable to connect all over the world due to the shutdown.

     

    Chief Technology Officer at Facebook, Mike Schroepfe, tweeted, “Sincere apologies to everyone impacted by outages of Facebook powered services right now. We are experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible.”

     

    According to Bloomberg, a selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, adding to a drop of about 15% since mid-September.

     

    The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $120.9 billion, dropping him below Bill Gates to No. 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s lost about $19 billion of wealth since September 13, when he was worth nearly $140 billion, according to the index.

     

    On September 13, the Wall Street Journal began publishing a series of stories based on a cache of internal documents, revealing that Facebook knew about a wide range of problems with its products — such as Instagram’s harm to teenage girls’ mental health and misinformation about the Jan. 6 Capitol riots — while downplaying the issues in public.

     

    The reports have drawn the attention of government officials, and on Monday, the whistleblower revealed herself for the first time and accused the social media giant of putting “profit over safety” of its users.

     

    In response, Facebook has emphasised that the issues facing its products, including political polarisation, are complex and not caused by technology alone.

     

    Many social media users are currently on Twitter while the microblogging chief Jack Dorsey is asking how much it cost to buy Facebook’s domain name.

     

  • BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp And Instagram Go Down in Major Outage

    BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp And Instagram Go Down in Major Outage

     

    Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down Monday evening in an apparent outage.

     

    The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working.

     

    Visitors to the Facebook website simply saw an error page or a message that their browser could not connect.

     

     The WhatsApp and Instagram apps continued to work, but did not show new content, including any messages sent or received during the problems.

     

    Per Down Detector, a crowdsourced website that tracks online outages, the three social networks appeared to be having widespread issues around 11:40 a.m. ET.  The company’s status tracking website was also down around noon ET.

     

    Facebook’s outages happen relatively rarely but tend to be vast in their impact, not least because they affect three of the world’s biggest apps.

     

    The company is often cryptic about the causes of any issues, and does not tend to explain them even after they are fixed. In 2019, for instance, it suffered its biggest outage in years – and said only that it had “triggered an issue” during “routine maintenance operations”.

     

    In a leaked transcript published in The Verge in 2019, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg note that such outages are a “big deal”.

     

     Any problems can often lead people to start using competitors instead, and noted that it can take “months” to win back trust and get people back on Facebook’s platforms – if they come back at all.

     

    As is often the case with these outages, users flocked to other social networks to note that these social networks were down. By 12:06 p.m. ET “Instagram and Facebook” was the top Trending Topic on Twitter in the United States with “WhatsApp” and #instagramdown also gaining traction.

     

    Other trends for Facebook and Instagram quickly dominated other locations in the top 30 spots on Twitter’s list.

     

    It was not immediately clear what caused the issue for the three Facebook-owned properties or when any of the services might be restored.

  • Exciting Time for Nigerian Families as Airtel Unveils ‘Family Plan’

    Exciting Time for Nigerian Families as Airtel Unveils ‘Family Plan’

     

    … customer can now share their data plans with family members, friends

     

    In a move that will deepen family bond and promote camaraderie amongst close friends, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has unveiled a new data plan that will enable a customer share his data plan with five family members or close friends.

     

    Dubbed ‘Family Plan’, Airtel says the new value offering is specifically designed to ensure that no one is left out, empowering all customers regardless of income and location to enjoy uninterrupted mobile Internet connection constantly.

     

    Speaking on the Family Plan, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh, said Airtel is inspired to promote a culture of togetherness and deep bonding amongst family members and close friends.

     

    “We care about our customers and through this plan, we are offering them both an expression and an opportunity to also demonstrate that they truly care about those in their circle and family line. At Airtel, we will continue to promote friendship, innovation just as we will always prioritize our esteemed customers,” he said.

     

    With ‘Family Plan’, an Airtel data subscriber can share their data plan with up to five additional Airtel subscribers, giving them the liberty to allocate the volume of data each subscriber gets, with an option to also allow unlimited data limits.

     

    The subscriber’s line, also known as the Master Line can register additional lines, known as Dependents and consequently purchase and allocate data using USSD code (*141#).

     

    The ‘Family Plan’ comes with complimentary voice minutes and SMS that is accessible to group members, and makes a great fit for Family, SMEs, Small Office Home Office (SOHO) as well as small groups.

     

    For every dependent line added to a Master Line, a one-time benefit of 500MB is credited to the account, with an additional flat call rate of 12k/sec to all subscribers on the plan.

     

    The new plan offers customers various packages to pick from, including N5000, which offers data volume of 20GB; N10, 000 with 50GB; while N15, 000 offers 80GB. Other packages include N20,000 with up to 120GB data volume; N30, 000 with 200GB and N50, 000, which offers a whopping 400GB data volume.

     

    Each package offers complimentary bonus data of 500MB per added dependent, 50 minutes call time and 100 SMS, with a maximum limit of 5 dependents per package.

  • Wragby Business Solutions Trains, Graduates Women in Data Analytics

    Wragby Business Solutions Trains, Graduates Women in Data Analytics

    In the face of the effects of global COVID-19 pandemic, Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited supported by its Partner Microsoft has recently taken the bull by the horns to equip women, young graduates with little or no technical knowledge in the 21st century on Data Analytics.

     

    Women, most especially, are believed to have suffered the largest economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

     

    Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited, a technology company situated in Lekki recently announced the graduation of eight participants from the 2021 Microsoft LEAP program.

     

    This 12-week intensive training was focused on Data Analytics and Engineering.

     

    For the first week, participants were taken through soft skills like conflict resolutions, time management among others.

     

    The next three weeks of the training covers Foundation data analytics, SQL, and Power BI.

     

    The next 11 weeks see participants undergo training and development, in the acquisition of about three Microsoft certifications covering Azure cloud computing basics and associate level of data analysis with Power Bi.

     

    In his words, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Wragby Business Solution and Technologies Limited, Dr. Yomi Alarape, mused that “this is in accordance with one of the company’s core values.  

    Wragby Business Solutions Trains, Graduates Women in Data Analytics

    ‘’The company has strongly demonstrated this with the support and sponsorship of Microsoft; the training is aimed at empowering young graduates with on-demands – technical and soft skills to create jobs in the technology industry for self-reliance and economic development.

     

    This initiative would help them stand out among their counterparts.

     

    This program prepares participants for positions in the technology industry and helps them become self-sufficient.’’

     

    The General Manager, New Business, Partnership, Adewale Adeyemi also said, ‘’the LEAP programme has provided great opportunities for ladies to develop themselves into the Technology space. This is the second cohort Wragby has participated in and I can say that I have since not less than 15 ladies develop great skills in Software Engineering and Data Analytics. I have no doubt these ladies will turn out to be captains of this industry in the nearest future.

     

    ‘’Adewale further said, Wragby’s mission is to make the world a better place through technology. We believe this process starts with the young ones. Allowing them to express themselves through technology gives them opportunities beyond their foundational training.

    Toyin while responding to question during the training session Wragby Business Solutions 1

    Wragby’s Head of Datazone Department, Olanna Ogbenna, who was one of the trainers while describing the program and its impact on participants said, ‘’the program gives young women from all works of life just beginning their career in tech, the opportunity to learn and work with experienced professionals in the field that they have chosen.

     

    ‘’This has greatly impacted the participants who joined the team, I must confess; they have not only developed their skills in Analytics, but they have also gained real work experience which has given them independence in task delivery as well as the respect of co-workers.

     

    ‘’Olanna further said, ‘’the program is intentional about growth and development because this is also something I am committed to, I like that the participants took advantage of the opportunity, put in their very best, and are still working to be a better version every single day.’’

    A cross section of the young graduates trained in Data Analytics by Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Ltd 1
    A cross section of the young graduates trained in Data Analytics by Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Ltd 1

    On the project executed by these young graduates, Olanna said, ‘’the team of participants with little supervision was able to deliver some BI products and services which is now available in the Microsoft Azure marketplace. This Power BI apps enable in-depth analytics for Retail, Manufacturing, and HR which are all offered on the Microsoft app source. We can only urge you to keep your fingers crossed because the team will soon be publishing our BI add-ins to AppSource for the Wragby’swBizManager product (an ERP for Corporates and SMEs).

     

    ‘’I am super proud of our achievements and look forward to doing more with this amazing Wragby team.’’

     

    In a chat with Oluwakiite Koiki, one of the successful participants who now works as a Data Analyst with Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited, she noted; ‘’Learning on the job has helped improve my mental framework for critical thinking and I can proffer solutions to issues much quicker than I could before the program”

     

    Another participant, Rebecca Ogunyemi said, “This program has helped in building a cordial and good working relationship with brilliant mentors within the organization. It exposed me to multiple projects, learning platforms, and personal development workshops. It inculcated teamwork and a good work ethic.

    Head, Software Engineering Dept at Wragby Business Solutions in a session with LEAP Participants
    Head, Software Engineering Dept at Wragby Business Solutions in a session with LEAP Participants

    “I now have a great idea of (Software Testing/Quality Assurance) which has further built my technical skills in Test Strategy of User Products.

     

    “I have four (4) Microsoft certifications which have elevated my career in Data Science. I now work with Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited.’’

     

    Interestingly, all participants have been offered jobs in the technology company as Data Analysts.

     

  • Sokoto Asks NCC to Shut Down Telco Services in 14 LGAs Over Insecurity

    Sokoto Asks NCC to Shut Down Telco Services in 14 LGAs Over Insecurity

    The Sokoto government has asked the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to direct all telecommunications companies to shut down their services in 14 LGAs in the state.

     

    This is coming less than a week after the house of representatives asked the NCC to shut down telecommunication services in three LGAs of Sokoto.

     

    In a circular seen by TheCable, the state government had asked Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, to issue a temporary shutdown of telecommunication networks in some LGAs as a measure to bring an end to banditry and other criminal activities in the state.

     

    On Monday, Muhammad Bello, spokesperson to Aminu Tambuwal, the governor, said the disruption in the telecommunication network will enable security agencies to deal with the increasing rate of insecurity in the state.

     

    “In any case, the state governor has requested the minister for communication and digital economy to block services of communication providers in 14 local governments in the state. Thirteen of them in the eastern flank where the insurgency is high. One of them in the southern flank which is also bordering Zamfara state,” Bello said.

     

    “As of this afternoon when the blockade began, it affected Sokoto metropolis which includes Sokoto south and north LGAs which are not in the list that was submitted to NCC. I think it could be a technical hitch that if rectified will exclude the Sokoto metropolis. That is the situation now.”

     

    The government noted that some bandits had migrated to Sokoto from neighbouring north-western states where they have been facing military actions.

     

    Earlier in the month, the NCC instructed all telecommunication companies to shut down their services in Zamfara over lingering insecurity in the state.

     

  • 20th Anniversary: Airtel Offers Customers N100m in Recharge and Blow Promo

    20th Anniversary: Airtel Offers Customers N100m in Recharge and Blow Promo

     

    . Rewards Customers with 250MB data bundle, 20 SMS

     

    As part of activities commemorating its 20th anniversary in Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the commencement of Recharge and Blow promo, a new offer that empowers customers to earn cash reward of up to N100m when they increase their weekly recharge.

     

    Airtel is also rewarding all its customers with a gift of 250mb of data and 20 SMS as part of the anniversary celebrations.

     

    Airtel says the promo is in line with its commitment to reward, excite and delight customers across the country in commemoration of its 20 years of providing telecommunication services in Nigeria.

     

    Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Dinesh Balsingh, said the Recharge and Blow offer underscores the company’s pledge to creating exciting opportunities and platforms to reward and empower Nigerians as well as serve as a testimony to Airtel’s commitment of always putting customers first and ensuring their expectations are constantly exceeded.

     

    “At Airtel, we always hold all our customers in high esteem and the Recharge and Blow promo as well as the data/SMS reward is an expression of our deepest appreciation to our customers across the country. We thank our customers for their loyalty and patronage even as we wish to assure them that we will not relent in providing them with the best and most relevant products, services and reward opportunities,” he said.

     

    To participate in the promo, customers are required to dial 4444# to view details of the campaign including preset target, recharge progress and cash token wallet.

     

     In line with the terms of the promo, customers weekly target is set every Sunday and customers are to achieve their preset target before Saturday.

     

    As part of the promo, a draw is conducted weekly and preset target is based on customers’ previous recharge patterns. Upon meeting the preset target, customers stand the chance to win guaranteed cashback as well as win up to N100m in the weekly draw.

     

    To redeem the 250mb data bundle and 20 SMS gift, customers are required to dial 4444#.

     

     While customers will be able to redeem their reward when they dial the string, they can only utilize the reward on the Gift Redemption Day, which will be on September 26th and October 3rd, respectively. The gift is valid till mid-night on each of the aforementioned Gift Redemption Day.

     

    The Recharge and Blow offer puts the customer in the driver’s seat as it offers freedom and opportunity to enjoy an amazing variety of mouth-watering rewards and win as many times as possible, as long as a preset target is achieved.

     

    The promo ends on 31st December, 2021.

  • SuperTV Debuts, Launches ZERO-DATA App Offering, As Download Kicks Off Oct. 1st

    SuperTV Debuts, Launches ZERO-DATA App Offering, As Download Kicks Off Oct. 1st

    SuperTV, an online streaming company that offers high quality Video-on-Demand (VOD) and affordable viewing experience through a disruptive ZERO DATA App to watch all-inclusive entertainment has been launched in Nigeria.

     

    The APP, which is available for download from October 1, 2021, is the first of its kind with a turn of the mind imaginative profile unknown in the industry.

     

    SuperTV’s power packed operational and hard-to-beat market entry strategy is based on a “ZERO DATA” proposition, coupled with her tectonic and turbocharged partnership with Nigeria’s largest telecom Network, MTN.

     

    This double entry strategy is to ensure easy subscribers’ access, and affordability of SuperTV products and services everywhere they go – with MTN network coverage.

     

    With SuperTV, subscribers do not incur internet data charges to stream after subscription.

     

    The user gets to enjoy either Live TV, Video on Demand, or both, at absolutely no additional cost after subscribing successfully.

     

    As SuperTV, Nigeria’s new streaming brand hits the airwaves on MTN network coverage, Nigerians have been assured to think less of their pockets and more about the limitless and exciting world of online steaming that awaits them – as the brand places its irresistible offerings to the table.

    Super TV launch

     (L-R)SuperTV, Chief Technology Officer, Rahman Saliu, General Manager, Digital Services MTN, Aisha Mumuni, SuperTV, Acting Chief Executive Officer,  Ijeoma Onah,  and the Chairman, Adedotun Sulaiman at the official Launching of SuperTV in partnership with MTN in Lagos

     At the launch event to unveil the brand’s offerings, powered by the “ZERO DATA” proposition, Ijeoma Onah, Acting CEO, Super Network Limited, promoter of SuperTV, said “Nigeria currently has about 173 million mobile subscribers with a penetration rate of 123%. Smartphone penetration is 40 million – forecasted to grow to more than 140 million by 2025. In spite of these very impressive numbers, Nigeria is still performing very poorly in the streaming markets, hardly even showing up in global statistics.

     

    “The major reason for this is that the average Nigerian cannot afford the data costs required to stream video. This is how and why SuperTV was conceived, to democratise streaming in Nigeria and Africa.”

     

    Accordingly, this ‘democratisation of streaming’ entails that the subscriber does not incur internet data charges to stream after subscribing to SuperTV.

     

    “The user gets to enjoy either Live TV, Video on Demand or both at absolutely no additional cost after subscribing successfully. We also leveraged on the sachet culture in Nigeria by providing daily plans across all our bouquets thereby making the service affordable and inclusive for everyone.

     

    “Our entry level price of N200 for the Bronze Daily plan is about the cost of a bottle of soft drink for example. SuperTV therefore offers great entertainment and an affordable viewing experience,” Onah added.

    Super TV launch
    (L-R) SuperTV, Chief Technology Officer, Rahman Saliu, General Manager, Digital Services MTN, Aisha Mumuni, SuperTV Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ijeoma Onah, Chief Marketing Officer MTN, Adia Sowho,  SuperTV Chairman, Adedotun Sulaiman and the Marketing Director, Bolajoko Bayo-Ajayi at the official Launching of SuperTV in partnership with MTN in Lagos

    To further assure Nigerians, the Acting CEO stressed that the brand has expectantly looked forward to the launch, as the brand believes there is a large market for affordable entertainment on demand anywhere and SuperTV will serve this large unmet need in Nigeria.

     

    “ Based on our research, we discovered that, one of the major reasons hampering most Nigerians from online streaming is cost of data: data is expensive; so, we thought of, and conceived the idea, to have TV streaming without data constraint. This hasn’t been done before now – an IPTV streaming platform that works without internet/data. This is the story of imagination and innovative mindset that offers entertainment across socio-economic classes, across barriers, and without borders. This is putting customers squarely at the centre of our imagination.”

     

    She added that the launch of SuperTV on the MTN network means that over 80 million Nigerians stand on the threshold of accessing the world through the SuperTV App.

     

    She invites savvy Nigerian youth to explore this new experience of streaming without a subscription cost and the use of data.

     

    “Most subscription packages in the market offer entertainment mostly on monthly subscription. SuperTV, in addition to monthly package, also offers entertainment packages that are hourly/daily and very flexible.

     

    “In order to be relevant across borders and barriers, our products will be focused on making life easier for everyone. You can watch great entertainment through SuperTV at affordable cost.

     

    SuperTV, she said, is opening up access to inclusiveness in entertainment without barriers.

     

    Since the use of smart devices is evolving, the SuperTV brand will be uniquely opening the doors of access, communication and participation on the global stage.

     

    The benefits of using SuperTV streaming media are enormous; affordability, no monthly rental fees for digital boxes as they can watch programmes when they want, on their schedules and demands.

     

    With its quality brand offerings and market entry strategy, it can be projected that SuperTV will literally take over the TV viewing world by storm, to transform the Over-the-Top (OTT) viewing experience as millions of Nigerians cut the cord and switch over to online streaming services, to get access to their preferred pay TV channels via live streaming, because of its convenience and ubiquity.