By EMEKA MAMAH The President of the Nigeria Internet Group, NIG, Adebayo Banjo, has hailed the establishment of the N75.2 billion Public Security Communications System, NPSCS, project for the enhancement of e-policing and public safety in the country. Banjo said that the project was cheering because ‘’major foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEM,’’  had ‘’consistently shunned […]

The United States might have Silicon Valley. But when anything technology is mentioned in Nigeria, the first thing that comes to mind is Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. Noted for the sale of all models of mobile phones, computers, accessories and other allied products, this villa has reigned as the capital of hitech in the country. However, this is about to change. The Lagos state government has concluded arrangements to relocate the settlers to Katangowa internet city which is just about fifteen hectares of land, in Oke-Odo area of the state, by the first quarter of 2014.

Constraints to the installation, rollout and deployment of base stations and fibre optic cable in Lagos state have been brokered between the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, ALTON , and the Lagos state government.

Microsoft Nigeria in conjunction with one of its partner, Ha-Shem Network Services Limited last week in Lagos exposed journalists to benefits of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Windows 8.1 at a one-day capacity building training for the Nigerian media.

Microsoft yesterday announced the appointment of Otema Yirenkyi as the company’s first country manager for Ghana.