Surfwella, a free Wi-Fi facility, will be made available in Nigerian universities, from this week, to give a boost to Stertiary education in the country.

The Chief Marketing Officer, Surfwella, Olusola Bankole, said on Sunday that the firm would make available the free Wi-Fi in all university campuses in the country.

Surfwella is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of an indigenous 4G operator, Cyberspace Network Limited, and a platform for social and cognitive computing.



“The University of Abuja will be the first beneficiary, with the service scheduled for launch on the institution’s campus this week Wednesday,” Bankole said.

According to him, while the firm is unveiling the service at the University of Abuja and other institutions, it is still building and adding more features on the Internet infrastructure.

“The usage is totally free. No payment, no subscription, no data purchase, and no need for modems. It is free Internet in the most useable form on the Wi-Fi,” he said.

He said, “The Lagos State University will be next, followed in quick succession by the College of Agric, Lafiaji, and the University of Lagos.”

Bankole said that Surfwella was doing this as a way to give back to the society.

“It is our own form of Corporate Social Responsibility. It is all about empowering the students to be globally competitive, and access to free Internet is the best way to empower the budding oncoming Generation-Z.

“The whole idea of this project is to ensure that future graduates from universities across the country will compete with their contemporaries from other countries of the globe. More so, the surest way to be an entrepreneur is to acquiring Information and Communications Technology skills,” he added.

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lalasticlala what do you think

smetin dat we av been enjoying for my sch tete.............. better by far

Ok

Good development but ii know my people (naija) we lack maintenance

It wl b abused, besides, free tins no dey last

Free wifi for Nigerian students Na YouTube videos and porn many of them go use am download. Only few will use it to develop themselves academically.

What we've been enjoying in KWASU..

Is it the one that will be downloading 1kb/per sec

My school get free wifi na those yeye computer science students get the password.
Biko this free wifi is welcomed... I hope the speed will not be Glo-esque?

I pity anyone that believes this

Okay, time to go rent house close to dis University I can't come and miss free wifi

After the students will pay for it.

5GB or 10GB per Semester
Nothing is free in Nigeria exp pussy

BALLING

ioh

How backward Africa is!

The WiFi will be slow when it has too much users.. I nor sure if UNIBEN Boys Need Am Sef

Thank you bankole.


This is the kind of thing state governments/ federal government should have done long ago. Students should have quick and fast access to information for free to keep up with the world.


Our backward governors/president would rather spend all the money on pilgrimage to mecca/jerusalem.

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Good development free wifi in all Nigeria university happy to hear this

Plenty talks!

Naija my fatherland, 4g... I hail una oh...
And some people will believe this

Free wifi with "glo" speed and small coverage

wintersnow:
Is it the one that will be downloading 1kb/per sec

ori e owambe

wicked you! :-D

F

Nothing free for naija

we have been surfing WiFi for years in ABU, Zaria. so this is not news to us