No more new SIM cards in Nigeria
We didn’t see this coming. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stopped Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Services (ISPs) from selling or activating SIMs.
Why this move?
The NCC intends to verify if all MNOS have followed the required standards for SIM registration.
Earlier this year, the NCC had asked all subscribers to get their National Identity Numbers (NIN) and submit to the network operators, a deadline it later shifted to 1st December 2020
Deja Vu?
Yes, this looks like it s happened before. As Victor explained in an edition of the next wave.
a bit further south there s another technological revolution in the making and sub-saharan africa mobile phone penetration still remains very low at the moment less than half the population across that region owns a phone but that proportion is growing fast and mobile technologies account for seven percent of g.d.p. across the region already generating about one hundred ten billion dollars per year that offers opportunities for many african businesses google play the app store for android devices now allows developers from some african countries to earn a commission directly from apps sold on its platform it s a major opportunity for mobile games producers in africa globally the likes of pocket mungo and candy crush accounted for nearly half of all revenue from all apps africa s games industry alone could be worth six hundred forty two million dollars by twenty twenty one that is more than double what it was just two years ago so