{"id":599,"date":"2025-04-18T23:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=599"},"modified":"2025-04-18T23:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T22:36:17","slug":"why-waiving-row-fees-isnt-enough-to-spark-fibre-boom-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Why Waiving RoW Fees Isn\u2019t Enough to Spark Fibre Boom in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_5038-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Twelve Nigerian states\u2014including Zamfara, Katsina, Anambra, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Ekiti, Imo, Plateau, and Niger\u2014have zeroed out Right\u2011of\u2011Way (RoW) fees to lure telecom investment. Yet despite this incentive, fibre rollout remains concentrated in Lagos, Edo, FCT, and Ogun\u2014states that still charge fees but boast stronger demand, clearer policies, and denser urban markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Industry leaders caution that removing RoW charges is only the first step. True progress hinges on stimulating local demand, harmonizing regulations, streamlining permits, and building out middle\u2011mile networks to connect coastal landing stations with inland users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/techcabal.com\/2025\/04\/18\/why-nigerian-states-with-free-row\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve Nigerian states\u2014including Zamfara, Katsina, Anambra, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Ekiti, Imo, Plateau, and Niger\u2014have zeroed out Right\u2011of\u2011Way (RoW) fees to lure telecom investment. Yet despite this incentive, fibre rollout remains concentrated in Lagos, Edo, FCT, and Ogun\u2014states that still charge fees but boast stronger demand, clearer policies, and denser urban markets. Industry leaders&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}