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For over a decade, most Nigerians who borrowed airtime or accessed data advances on their mobile phones probably never stopped to consider who was behind the service. It was convenient, available, and seemingly part of everyday telecommunications life.

Yet behind this simple service lies a larger story about market dominance, economic opportunity, and the future of Nigeria’s digital economy.

For approximately 12 years, South African-owned Optasia, formerly known as Channel VAS, has occupied a commanding position in Nigeria’s airtime credit and data advance market. While business success should be applauded, the prolonged concentration of such a strategic and lucrative segment of the economy in the hands of a single foreign operator raises legitimate questions about competition, local participation, and national economic benefit.

The concern is not merely about who operates the service. It is about whether Nigeria has maximized the opportunities that should naturally flow from a market of this scale.
At a time when the country is battling foreign exchange shortages and seeking ways to strengthen domestic economic growth, reports that significant profits from the sector have been repatriated abroad deserve serious scrutiny. Every naira that leaves the economy through profit transfers is a naira that could otherwise support local investment, create jobs, and stimulate innovation within Nigeria’s borders.

More importantly, many observers argue that the arrangement has done little to nurture local capacity. Despite the remarkable growth of Nigeria’s fintech sector, one of the most profitable digital service niches remained largely inaccessible to indigenous firms for years.

That reality should concern anyone interested in Nigeria’s long-term economic development.
The country has no shortage of technological talent. Nigerian fintech companies have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to develop world-class products, attract global investment, and compete successfully across Africa and beyond. Given these achievements, it is difficult to understand why local companies were unable to participate meaningfully in a market that directly serves millions of Nigerian consumers.

Competition has always been one of the strongest drivers of innovation. When multiple companies compete for customers, consumers typically benefit from better products, improved service quality, and more competitive pricing. Businesses are forced to innovate, invest, and continuously improve.

Conversely, markets dominated by a single player for extended periods often become stagnant. New ideas struggle to gain traction, local entrepreneurs face barriers to entry, and the broader economy misses opportunities for growth.

This is why ongoing efforts by regulators to promote greater competition in the sector deserve public support. Opening the market is not about penalizing a company that has been successful. Rather, it is about creating an environment where innovation can flourish and where Nigerian businesses can compete on equal terms.
A more open market could unlock significant benefits. Indigenous firms would have the opportunity to develop new products and services. Investors would be encouraged to commit additional capital. More jobs could be created. Most importantly, a larger share of the value generated by Nigerian consumers would remain within the Nigerian economy.

The issue also fits squarely within the broader objectives of President Bola Tinubu’s economic agenda, which emphasizes local enterprise development, domestic value creation, and reducing unnecessary capital flight. Sustainable economic growth is built when countries create opportunities for their own businesses and citizens to participate meaningfully in key sectors.

Ultimately, the debate surrounding Optasia goes beyond a single company. It speaks to the kind of economic future Nigeria wants to build.

Should strategic sectors remain concentrated in the hands of long-standing monopolies, or should they be opened to wider participation and competition? Should opportunities be restricted to a select few, or should they be available to capable local innovators ready to contribute to national growth?

https://www.thecable.ng/optasia-and-the-cost-of-a-12-year-monopoly-in-nigerias-digital-economy/

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Dia area fada dey Abj

temitope27:
am useful to God, and not to animals like you.

ASHEWO

ahaaa mr useless.

temitope27:
I don hear say church in England don have way for same-sex marriage.

My question be say, is the Bible they read today different from the one read centuries ago ? So he did they oppose is b4?

I think Christianity na scam ooo, I dey enter ISLAM sharp sharp

My Muslim brothers,abeg wetin I go do

u dey useful before

Yoruba Ronu! Eni mi o seni eeyan mi o seyan a o ni fi we alaroo lasan oo. I have lived and interacted with our Eastern brothers and i know the calibre of people they are. They won't associate with you if they are not getting anything in return from you.

Malory:
A con man and a fake pastor

And you are a pro man and a broke ass

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In a press released dated 14th February 2022, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi detailed Kyari's level of involvement in a case involving 25kg substance suspected to be cocaine.

well done!

CosmicPhoenix:

i hope they get married like teddy a and bam bam so that haters will die in pains.

una no add severe join am!

CosmicPhoenix:

i hope they get married like teddy a and bam bam so that haters will die in pains.

una no add severe join am!

BARCA FANS HOW UNA BODY

e be like say Barca don sell their GOAT to Maisuyaaa!

A Nigerian Islamic human rights association, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has accused the
officials of the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) of Christianising the CBT
examination organised to screen applicants for teaching appointments in the state. MURIC alleged that
Muslim candidates were made to answer questions on biblical stories.
The allegation was contained in a press statement made available to pressmen on Friday, 14 th August,
2020 by the Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
The statement reads: “Muslims who took part in the CBT examination organised by the Oyo State
TESCOM were shocked when questions on Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK or BK) surfaced among the
questions. They had earlier received information that candidates would be tested in Mathematics, English
Language, Current Affairs, Knowledge of Teaching Education and the candidate’s special area. But to their
dismay, they found questions on CRK like explaining how Moses was a shepherd to his father-in-law and
how Elijah was thrown into the fire.
“These CRK questions have the potential of putting Muslim candidates at great disadvantage while Christian
candidates are most likely to score high marks. This will eventually lead to the disqualification of
Muslim candidates and the employment of Christian teachers. The bias becomes more pronounced when it is
realised that no Islamic knowledge question was asked to create a balance.
https://www.insideoyo.com/muslim-applicants-were-made-to-answer-questions-on-biblical-stories-muric-accuses-oyo-tescom/

anayolity:
Make Eyimba Sha sign this guy

Na Enugu Rangers go sign am!

emmaodet:
Yes ma, i will buy from you if your price is okay by me. Where are you planting it? And how many acres or hectares? so as to factor you into my plan.
Are you planting local or hybrid? so as to know the oil content to be expected. And when is your expected harvest time?

Thanks for your response my location is Elere in Eruwa 2 acres local planting is july

emmaodet:
Not at all ma.
I will constantly update the thread just that am stuck at work and my manager is the one sending me the pix.
After lifting the lockdown and am home, will be updating regularly.
So far, the major challenge we have been having is this erratic or irregular rainfall due to climate change, it's really crazy and i won't have bothered myself or noticed if i haven't been into farming.
By this time of the year mid may, we should have been having regular rainfall even from march sef but now, the last rain at Abeokuta was last week thursday, very pathetic.
I planted the groundnuts 1st of may and had to do a replanting on 13th may for those that didn't grow because the germination rate of the seed i bought is 95% while i noticed 70% practically, so i had to replant the 30% again.
I'm already preparing the land for the second/late planting in july for the second batch and will correct my mistakes from the first one in it.
Thanks for caring.

Pls I intend planting groundnut in July . I want to ask if you do buy from other farms too apart from the harvest from your farm?

Time they say is very significant. The time you were born and the day you would go are very vital in the annals of history. why do we remember certain date as being significant to us?
The struggle of June 12 1993 is still fresh in our memories. how can we forget such an important date in a hurry. It was the day Nigerians went to the poll to elect their leader in person of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as their president in what was a judged to be the most transparent, free and fair election ever conducted in the history of Nigeria.
Hope was dashed; MKO Abiola could not fulfill his dream of becoming the president as the election was annulled by the military administration of Ibrahim Babangida. Babangida cited issues of irregularities and violence as reasons for annulling the election. Spare me the luxury of telling you the disaster that followed and how the masses' president was never allowed to fulfill his dream.
Many Nigerians agitated that Chief MKO Abiola should be immortalized. Several government had come and gone and nothing meaningful was done. In 2018 Muhammadu Buhari, now a civilian president of Nigeria under its Fourth Republic , declared 12 June as the authentic Democracy Day instead of May 29th and this seemed to go down well with majority of Nigerians.
But for your information, do you know that a prominent northern leader was born today? Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna of Sokoto) was born on June 12th 1910. How on earth would a president from the north easily accede to the wishes and demands of the southwesterners' demands on June 12?
In Nigeria , Armed Forces Day , also known as Remembrance Day , is celebrated on 15 January. It was
formerly celebrated on 11 November of every year to coincide with the Remembrance Day (Poppy Day )
for the World War II veterans in the British Commonwealth of Nations. Would you say the change in date was a mere coincidence? I guess you might be wrong. Sir Ahmadu Bello was assassinated on this day: January 15th 1966. Not only him, Sir Tarawa Balewa was also assassinated on this said date in Lagos.
I would like you to ask yourself why October 1st which coincide with our independence was changed to May 29th as the official date for handing over of government? If you are students of history, definitely you would know that it was on May 29th 1804 that the sokoto caliphate was established. Dig deep and understand why it was changed from October 1st to May 29th
Never underestimate the breed of political leaders we have in this country. They are very smart. they know how to pacify the masses.

daveFBL:
Finally, I was able to capture a snake alive without hurting it. Its still small, not more than 2 weeks old from the look of things.

The specie happens to be House brown snake, they are non-venomous snakes. You can confirm... Its day 2 with it. But just wondering where I can get pink mice or anything to feed her with. She's a female. I checked for that also.

Hope its not a bad idea?

Hope you don get pikin sha!

President Buhari has ordered the presidential task force on COVID-19 to pick up Madagascar’s COVID-19
herbal remedy
Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), made the disclosure on Monday,
May 11, in Abuja. The SGF said that the herbal products were donated by Madagascar and sent to Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the presidential task force on COVID-19 to pick up COVID-
Organics, Madagascar’s self-proclaimed, plant-based “remedy” for coronavirus. Reliable source reports that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, broke the news
at the daily briefing of the task force, which he heads on Monday, May 11. details later
https://www.legit.ng/1328953-coronavirus-buhari-finally-orders-immediate-trial-madagascars-covid-19-herbal-remedy.html

Macsjebs:
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/iran-missile-accidentally-strikes-ship-kills-sailor-200511040707503.html

Friendly Fire indeed!.. so what is so friendly in playing with what can eventually destroy you

What else could be more mysterious than COVID 19. make una kwantinue to dey play politics with everything

aimmoney9:
Afonja it is always best to walk away...

at least it will save u d wahala of HBP!

The sanctity of the human life means nothing to these rogue leaders of ours. I think there should be an extent to which we play politics with virtually everything in this country. Kano people make una kwantinue to enjoy ur federal packages and goodies while they last!

Op you wicked no be small!

UndauntedYOCA:
Hello Nairalanders, I am currently serving and will be done soon. I intend planting suckers (plantain) on 5 plots of land out of the one acre we have, how many suckers can be planted on the 5 acres and what are the necessary steps to take? What's the best breed, how true is it that a sucker can produce 5 branches/trees ( don't know what it's called) of plantain and what would you recommend I plant alongside plantain that's profitable and grows within 3-5 months? When would you recommend I plant the suckers? I had intended to do so this month (if it's still possible then I will.
I anticipate your responses, thanks and God bless you.

pegging will determine the number of stands you are going to use

Bluehill1051:
You can die with him too.

You and your parents at home nah u go board plane going to heaven! useless fool!

Bluehill1051:
OP, just prepare to die. You cannot escape this one

Hmmn! how would a sane fellow wish his fellow human dead

[quote author=kadunasouth post=88116520][/quote]Amaa ju yin se baba!

[quote author=kadunasouth post=88116520][/quote]Amaa ju yin se baba!

kadunasouth:
Moki gbogbowa pata Lori ikanni yi, alafia oloun ati abore koma ba eni kokan wa, aisan okere otobi koni Yale wao Amin
Eleyi ni ogun fun ajakale arun towa lode, efi egbo igi yi kojure pelu ogo oloun alafia yio de si ago ara enina larin ojo meta
(Kadunasouth)
Egbo akogun oga loje ninu awan egbo lati fi koju kokoro aifojuri ninu ago ara ati orisirisi iba
Ebami lo egboyi ko Kuna Dada, note is very bitter
Eni ti arunyi ti wo lara, I daji sibi omode oronbo meta ema fun oronbo yi sinu omin gbona cup kan ewa da ebu akogun yi si ki ema mun ni gbigbona be die die ti eo fi mutan larin 15 mins eo ni gburo awan symptoms yi ma sugban aisan na koti lo o, ao tun se ni ijokeji ati iketa larun buruku yi ba dagbere, ti kobalo kalope 5 days is maximum ogbodo lotan patapata pelu ase oloun
Fun prevention e soak e sinu ragolis water kie ma yomu lararo kie etun ma mu omingbina le Lori once in a day ati awan omowa kole de odowa lai lai pelu ogo oloun
Sign(kadunasouth)

Agbore tun leleyi ( aparun/ Corona v)
Ewe awogba arun, egbo awogba arun, iyere, atare meta, eru alama ati awanka, Aidan, ata ijosi, ao lo to yio Kuna oti oyinbo ati oronbo wewe same measurements ao dasinure, mimun ni gas kokan laro laro
Note eni ti kimu oti olelo omin oronbo nikan
Emi kii mun, oronbo ni moman nfiki, osi nsise Dada
Gbogbo arun pata lo nwo pelu ase oloun
Nb ibi ti iseyi tiwa oti ati oronbo nafiki
Pelu research todomi molo oronbo nikan ode sise, ao ni ri ogun aisan lagbara oloun oba
Iba re olodumare mojuba gbogbo jawe wa egbo,
Ati awan agbagba, omisa isegun
Adua wa yio gba amin

pls baba kini Ogun ti a le lo fun eni ti o n to latooju sugbon ti ayewo so pe ko ni into sugar ejowo