Nigeria CommunicationsWeek editorial

Her reputation precedes her.
 
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology is a distinguished Nigerian and former Country Managing Director of Accenture, Nigeria, the first woman to hold that position.
Armed with Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Masters degree in Digital Electronics from King's College, London, she joined Accenture, then Andersen Consulting in 1985.

Social media is the new way to communicate.  It seems as if everyone is tweeting and has an account on Facebook.

Twitter, Facebook and other social network sites are currently transforming and sustaining the quest for social change in the country.

Like other broadcast media, social media networks are tools for socialization. They create new opportunities for political conversation and civic action.

Social media work because messages pass over networks of trust and reciprocity, resonating with friends and family.

Nigeria is moving closer to mobile number portability (MNP), a buzz word in the last couple of years but a few roadblocks seem to obstructing the crowning of the subscriber the king once again.

On the surface, MNP looks as simple as allowing subscribers to switch service provider while retaining their existing mobile number.

For the proponents of the initiative, it addresses most of the challenges faced by subscribers including poor quality of service.

For them, it helps competition, facilitates consumer choice and ultimately reduces switching costs.