Nigerian Communications Commission

good day wherever you are joining us from welcome to another live edition of global southpaw i'm your host ali you bello from the phone in your hands to a newsroom be it a classroom or a radio station as fisher intelligence is changing the way information is created shared and consumed but here's the question we want to look at today when technology becomes as powerful enough to create convincing information Can technology also help us tell us what is real and what is not? That's what we are looking at today, artificial intelligence and the fight against misinformation.

Let's take Nigeria, one of Africa's largest digital markets with more than 148 million active internet subscriptions reported by the Nigerian Communication Commission.

And as more people move online, the amount of information traveling through phones, social media continues to grow.

And at the same time, we're seeing generative AI making it easier for people to produce convincing images, audios, and other forms of manipulated content.

Nigerians consumed eleven point nine four million terabytes of internet data in the first eight months of twenty twenty-six, around ninety percent of the volume recorded throughout twenty twenty-five, pointing to growing demand through more intensive use of internet services.

In August alone, consumers reached one point seven six million terabytes, according to Nigerian Communications Commission latest industry statistics.

The surge in internet data consumption intensifies pressure on Nigeria's telco operators to expand network capacity as users consume more data through existing and new connections.

Operators must therefore accommodate rising traffic while maintaining service quality.

broader.

The Nigeria Communication Commission is not only looking at voice interconnection.

The NCC reviews also covers A2P messaging, USSD services, international termination rates, and NDNO frameworks.

That makes it one of the most comprehensive telecom pricing reviews currently underway in Africa.