Nigeria Connects 12,000 Residents in Kura Community with New Pilot Telecom Tower
In just two days, the community consumed 81.4GB of data and made over 13,000 minutes of voice calls. The site maintained 100% availability throughout this period, with peak LTE download speeds reaching 5.0Mbps.
As part of the national effort to bring internet access to millions of Nigerians currently offline, the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Econom y partnered with Huawei and Glo to deploy a pilot telecom tower in Kura, a rural community on the outskirts of Abuja. This marks a significant step toward connecting the estimated 20 million Nigerians without mobile network coverage.
Kura, a community of approximately 12,000 people, had no mobile connectivity prior to this project. Since the activation of the telecom tower, the demand for digital services has been strong. In just two days, the community consumed 81.4GB of data and made over 13,000 minutes of voice calls. The site maintained 100% availability throughout this period, with peak LTE download speeds reaching 5.0Mbps.
In addition to mobile connectivity, the initiative extended internet access to the local health centre and school. Equipped with Huawei’s telemedicine and digital classroom technology, these facilities can now connect to global medical experts and educators, enhancing healthcare delivery and education quality in Kura. Free community WiFi has also been made available to residents.
Dr. Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, highlighted the pilot project as a model for inclusive digital progress, emphasising the government’s commitment to ensuring no Nigerian is left behind in the digital transformation journey.
“The President has demanded that we invest in about 7000 towers, What we are doing here today is the pilot project of it. This community is the pilot. There are over 12,000 people in this community and the one next to it that dont have access to any form of telecommunication. What we’ve done is also to be smart about it we’re not just giving them access to be able to use their phone but we are using equipment to connect to the hospital so there’s internet here in the hospital”
-Dr. Bosun Tijani, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria
The Kura pilot project is seen as a foundational step towards broader rural connectivity efforts, aiming to bring millions more Nigerians online and drive socio-economic development through digital inclusion.
