By Progress Godfrey
ABUJA – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the rapid emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and satellite services across Africa demands smarter, evidence-based telecom regulation to keep pace with the continent’s evolving digital ecosystem.
The call was made at the Heads of Regulators Roundtable hosted by the NCC on the sidelines of the ongoing African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Abuja on Tuesday.
Speaking at the opening of the session, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, said despite operating under different legal frameworks and market conditions, African regulators are grappling with common issues including infrastructure resilience, investment, cybersecurity, affordability, satellite services and AI.
“We may regulate markets of different sizes and operate under different legal frameworks, but the realities of our work are often remarkably similar,” Maida said.
