The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has won the African Regulator Award for 2015. The Africa Information Technology and Telecoms Awards (AITTA), which took place at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City, Accra, Ghana was the climax of the 3rd West Africa Telecom Summit and Expo 2016.
The award was hosted by the London-based MobileWorld Magazine and United Kingdom (UK) registered Instinct Wave Inc. Present at the occasion was the :Director, Public Affairs,NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, who represented the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta.
Also, Ghana’s Chief Regulator and Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Mr. William Tevie, was represented.
According to reports, “NCC’s strong and committed effort to enhance competitiveness and innovation as factors of economic growth” made it the winner of the title.
The organisers said the NCC’s transparent regulatory activities, prudent management of spectrum and human resources makes it a regulator of choice. The NCC remains the pathfinder and first among equals as far as telecommunications activities are concerned that is why it remains a shining example of how the sector should be regulated. Nigeria is the investors’ first choice for telecommunications investments in Africa.
The organisers also said, that Nigeria by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) assessment recorded the highest and fastest growth in numbers connected by five years consecutively and so got global nods for that and coming home to Africa, the continent has continued to benefit from NCC’s experience and expertise.
The active subscriber base of Nigeria surpasses those of several countries combined in Africa and Africa’s largest networks reside in Nigeria, all thanks to the robust regulatory activities of NCC.
Other award winners from Nigeria included: the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), for Local content promotion in Africa; President of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, for promoting advancement of IT professionalism in Africa; MainOne Cable Company for Africa wholesale Telecom Company of the year.
