Africa’s tech conversation shifts to digital solution Economy
*As Over 600 Innovators, enterprise leaders grace Innovate Africa By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Africa’s technology conversation is shifting from simply producing digital talent to building the products, businesses and innovation systems capable of solving the continent’s most pressing problems. That was the central message as more than 600 product managers, founders, enterprise executives and […]
Ekeh sees broadband as ‘freedom to succeed’
Chairman, Zinox Technologies, Mr Leo-Stan Ekeh at the weekend charged a mammoth crowd, among them young Nigerian entrepreneurs, that gathered to participate in this year’s Nokia Networks Conference in Lagos, that the freedom to succeed lies in improved broadband penetration.
Why Nigeria’s ICT innovation is weak
A Sectoral study conducted by African Institute of Technology, USA, on Science& Technology Innovation in Nigeria, revealed that Nigerian’s economy has seen little innovation in information and communications technology, ICT.
Roll out services quick, Johnson charges InfraCo licensees
Despite the giant strides in Information and Communication Technology, ICT, low broadband penetration has remained the bane of the industry. However, there now seems to be light at the end of the tunnel as the Broadband Council has said that there had been a two percent increase in the broadband implementation plan within the past eighteen months.
Coremobile unveils loan facility for airtime vendors
Coremobile Group, operators of Quickairtime.com, an online airtime recharge platform, has introduced a loan facility for airtime vendors.
Nigeria needs more spectrum to accelerate mobile broadband devt, GSMA
The Director, Spect-rum and Public Policy Africa, for Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), Mortimer Hope has said that opportunities in digital age can only be realised if Nigerian government acts now to allocate more spectrum for mobile to meet rising consumer demand and support the development of new mobile services in the longer term.
