Moniepoint’s co-founder only African on TIME’s inaugural Tech, Data list
By Juliet Umeh Nigerian engineer and Moniepoint Co-founder, Felix Ike, has joined some of the world’s leading technology executives after emerging as the only African representative on TIME magazine’s inaugural Executives of the Year: Tech and Data list.Ike, who serves as Chief Technology Officer, CTO, of Moniepoint, was named among 50 technology and data leaders […]
NITDA targets 100,000 jobs via outsourcing
As part of initiatives to fulfil it mandate, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA says over 100,000 jobs will be created in the country annually through Information Technology, IT outsourcing sector. The Director General of the agency, Dr. Ashiru Daura, made this known during the second National Outsourcing Conference held in Abuja.
Worry over ROW, multiple taxation, as 2.3 GHz frequency set for auction
Although the proposed industry structure based on Open Access model for Broadband Nigeria has been applauded for its strategic goals and objectives, Information technology experts who gathered last week in Lagos at the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) industry stakeholder’s forum on Broadband Nigeria were still worried that issues around high cost and approval of right of way, long delay in approving permits, multiple taxation, multiple regulation, damage to infrastructure, lack of reliable, clean grid electricity supply among others need to be resolved urgently for full implementation.
ASUS adds two devices to Nigeria’s mobile market
World’s third largest PC manufacturers, Asustek, last week joined technical forces with Intel corporation to launch two Intel-powered devices comprising the Asus fonepad 7 and the Asus Transformer Book T100, saying the features suited the Nigerian market.
No woman should be left out in National development – Onyeka
The Director General of National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Onyeka Onwenu, has said women should be carried along in the scheme of things to ensure that the country benefits from their wealth of experience to promote national development.
Microsoft honors Nigerian teachers for innovation
A school and three teachers from Nigeria were nominated amongst the world’s best as part of Microsoft’s 2014 class of Mentor Schools and the Inaugural Class of Expert Educators this week.
