A School principal, Mr Moyo Akinleye has called on the Fderal Government to review the entire curriculum of secondary education in Nigeria to incorporate information and communication technology (ICT) in the teaching-learning process.

In an apparent move to curb the alarming rate of pregnancy and childbirth related deaths through technology, Intel Corporation in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently unveiled a joint effort to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers.

NOW with the global meltdown, Nigerian knowledge workers are in want, and stories are circulating in the (Silicon) Valley of immigrants abandoning their cars and homes to move back in with their parents abroad. But beyond the outflow of techies, Intel, Microsoft, and others have begun worrying publicly about a much broader problem: overall U.S. tech dominance.

SEcond National Operator, Globacom has announced a successful partnership with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in organizing the first National Retreat on Women Development, Peace and National Transformation.

Vodacom Business, one of the leading provider of pan-African corporate total communication solutions has introduced its latest solutions, AfricaIPconnect to Nigeria IT market. According to the company, the solution was designed to redefine and guarantee better connectivity to organizations that desire superior end user experience when navigating the Internet space in Nigeria.

Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC. Dr. Eugene Juwah has said that broadband is the next phase of telecommunication revolution, which every nation that aspires to succeed must embrace.

The Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS) has among other things advocated the passage of cyber security legislation to provide legal backing and confidence to fighting cyber crime.

The long awaited Cyber security law may soon be a reality if the worlds of House committee Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Hon. Ibrahim Shehu Gusau is anything to go by.

Software giant, Microsoft, in partnership with British Council will each invest $1 million over the next two years including human resources and in-kind resources to build 80 digital hubs across 6 Sub Saharan countries.

Mobile Devices, Social Media, Advanced Business Analytics, and More Stringent Regulation are part of the strategies Financial institutions across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will adopt, if they must survive in 2012 business year.