Telecommunications

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The Myth of Obsolescence: NITEL, Innovation and Lessons for Nigeria’s Mining Future

Was NITEL undone by obsolete technology or failures of management and innovation? What Nigeria’s telecom collapse can teach its growing mining sector.

Sep 26, 2026 · 5 min

The Architects of NITEL’s Sale: Officials, Failed Deals and Liquidation

How Pentascope, Transcorp and NATCOM shaped the privatization and liquidation of NITEL and MTEL, and the officials who supervised the process.

Sep 25, 2026 · 6 min

The Fall of a Giant and the Dawn of Privatization: Nigeria’s Telecommunications Transformation

How NITEL and MTEL collapsed as Nigeria opened telecommunications to private investment and MTN built a dominant mobile network.

Sep 25, 2026 · 5 min