AS I wrote in the last take of this column, mobile number portability (MNP) service is now live in Nigeria, after a public launch of the service in Lagos last Monday at an event powered by telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission.

BY the time this column comes your way next week, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service would be live in Nigeria. The service was supposed to be launched a month ago, but for some reasons, the industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission forwarded the planned launch from the initial March 22 date to April 22.

THE information technology revolution that is gradually achieving traction in the country is not only commendable, but has led to optimisation and greater efficiency in the delivery of services by several government agencies.

LAST year in this column, I wrote of Hackers, National Security and Development. Then, I merely explored how useful hackers can be to their national economies, averring that since the wheel can no longer be re-invented, all that nations desiring pre-eminence in the commanding heights of the global economy need do is empower their hackers to “steal”industrial secrets of nations that are already “there”, copy, and launch.

Earlier this month, penultimate Monday to be specific, the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology came out with what we now know as the Microwork for Job Creation Initiative. The first phase of the initiative is tagged NaijaCloud, and the ministry elaborated that it is “the starting point to a longer term involvement by private and public sectors in Nigeria around Microwork and Elancing technologies and capabilities.”