IF you don’t pay attention real good, you may not hear what he is saying. Soft-spoken John Obaro, Managing Director of SystemSpecs, an indigenous software engineering firm is also the vice-president of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON).

While declaring digital future for Nigeria by the year 2020, participants at the just concluded Information Technology Public-Private Forum, (ITPPF) held in Abuja last week, expressed worries over the level of IT development in the country for Vision 20-2020 attainment, saying that the country’s dream to be among 20 top economies of the world by the year 2020 may be derailed unless ICT is infused into national polity.

The New ATCON President is: A Naija ICT Patriot, a highly visionary mind, a master orator, a leader and mentor of leaders, a miraculously humble personality, an ICT Missionary, a highly articulating construct and Knowledge Architect; a Master Reviewer orbiting in ‘parables’ of Knowledge Cyberspace, an ICT-for-life volunteers, an irredeemable convict, ex-convict and addict of ICT, an IT iconoclast and code warrior for SaS and cloud computing, a cyberspace octopus, a vibrant and tireless worker, an ICT Entrepreneur per excellence – all in one!

Main One, in partnership with SEACOM and eFive Telecoms have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a project that would develop a pan-African fibre ring solution.

Some consumers of IT electronic gadgets and it’s accessories ranging from television systems to DVDs, PCs, CPUs, laptops and mobile phones have let out their anger over what they have described as the very short warranty coverage on IT systems by foreign manufacturers with retail points in the country.

A leading provider of alternate power, security and safety systems TRIDAF has partnered with Xact Solutions to develop a premium examination preparation website for Nigerian students preparing for school certificate examinations.