Nigeria Is Latest Country to Make Revenue Assurance the Prelude to Taxes on Phone Users
The Nigerian government says a 5 percent tax will be imposed on all calls, SMS messages and data usage.
RA Propaganda in Nigeria Shows Folly of Get-Rich-Quick Mentality
The 217mn inhabitants of the world’s seventh-largest country are told that telcos need revenue assurance to be imposed from outside.
Nigeria Issues RFQ for National Phone Tracking System to ‘Fight Cybercrime and Insecurity’
The national regulator will be able to monitor and block any device with an IMEI.
Nigeria’s 10-Year National RA Contract Given to Politician Who Introduced the Telecoms Tax Law
Raymond Wodi first sought to obtain the contract to check Nigeria’s telco taxes in 2015, the year before new taxes were imposed.
Nigerian Government Says RA System Will Collect More Than Double the Tax from Telcos
A widely-reported press release includes an unbelievable forecast for the value to be generated by a national revenue assurance system.
More Hurdles for Mobile Money in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities are unnecessarily complicating the delivery of mobile money to the people.
Nigerian Regulator Attacked for ‘Huge’ Revenue Loss
A lawyer’s threats to the Nigerian Communications Commission have been used to justify hyperbolic media headlines about revenue losses.
Why Do Nigerians Complain about Billing so Much?
Billing is cited as the cause of more than 50 percent of complaints received by Nigeria’s regulator, but this statistic might give a misleading impression of what upsets customers.
Cryptocurrencies in Africa: No Time to Bury Heads in the Sand
Trying to delay the adoption of a new technology like Bitcoin will not stop it, and may slow the management of its risks.
MTN Nigeria Embroiled in Row after 11 Arrested for Fraud
One of the people arrested blamed engineers at MTN headquarters for taking advantage of weak IT security.