As part of the initiative to provide Nigerian youths with the right skills to increase their chances of employ ability and make them more productive within the workplace, SAP Africa has launched Smart Academy. The project is aimed at promoting skills development on the continent and in alignment with SAP’s Skills for Africa programme.

4000 users from 14 different countries will be given the opportunity to test-drive the LG G4 several weeks before the official release into the market. LG says that feedback from these users will help LG iron out any difficulties with the G4 before it hits the market. Commenting on the G4, General Manger, Mobile Communications, LG Electronics West Africa Operations, Mr. Steve Seungeui Lee said that “the G4 was designed to tackle two polar issues in the consumer base.

Telecommunications company, Globacom, has said that almost 30 million subscribers across Nigeria are now on its network. National Sales Coordinator of Globacom for North West Operations, Samuel Edoho disclosed last weekend in Abuja at an award ceremony where the company was recognized as the network provider of the year 2014 by the Independent Newspaper Limited.

Microsoft Ghana, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Global Alliance of Mayors and Leaders from Africa and African Descent have signed an agreement to make the city of Accra, Ghana, Africa’s first ‘Centre of Excellence’, through the use of Microsoft’s CityNext applications.

Walden University has concluded arrangements to host an information session about its graduate programmes in Lagos next month.