Efforts to relocate the Nigerian Silicon Valley, the Computer Village Ikeja may not have yielded the expected resulted as the President of the Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria, (CAPDAN) Mr Tunji Balogun has said that the umbrella body has been excluded by the Lagos State Government from the relocation plans.

Nigerian Internet users may again begin to experience disruption from this week as the Nigerian Telecommunications PLC, NITEL, at the weekend, indicated a fault in the SAT-3 cable.

For a long time, one issue that has engaged the nation’s ICT experts and others is how to reduce poverty to a tolerable level in our country especially, and generally in the world.

As preparations hit top gear for the 2011 edition of the West African ICT Congress, the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, has confirmed her attendance having been invited as the chief special guest of honour. The minister, who will be joined by other ministers, regulators, and dignitaries from West Africa and beyond, will also declare the Congress open.

The Director for the Central and North East Africa region at APC by Schneider Electric Jonathan Duncan has warned that companies should not oversize their data centers unnecessarily even with the additional pressures brought on by cloud computing.

Globacom last week pledged to continue using innovations in technology push the threshold economic growth in the country. It also promised that it would strengthen the communications industry with introduction of more up to the minute technology in the coming years.

Organisers of the popular TR35 awards, Technology Review magazine, last week selected Nigerian born Yemi Adesokan and founder of Pathogenica, Inc. as one of the Award recipients for 2011 edition.

The latest entry into the mobile handset market from Nokia, X7 was last week unveiled in Lagos.

No fewer than 27 genetic counsellors have graduated from a genetic counseling training programme organized by Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria and MTN Foundation in Lagos.