International Journal of Business, Management, Behavioral Research and Innovations
ESTIMATING THE REVENUE POTENTIAL OF A TELECOM-BASED SURCHARGE FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE FINANCING IN NIGERIA: A TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
Innovative, earmarked financing mechanisms are increasingly proposed to close Nigeria's substantial universal health coverage (UHC) funding gap. This study estimated the annual revenue potential of a proposed telecom surcharge applied to mobile subscriptions, voice calls, SMS, and internet data in Nigeria, and assessed the sensitivity of this projection to underlying subscriber assumptions. Secondary usage data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) were used to project annual revenue from an il …