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 […]
NCC axes vendors of unapproved mobile handsets
The Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC fight against undue interference on network took a new dimension when the commission, last weekend in Lagos clamped down on two illegal mobile phone dealers in the country.
World Bank to train 1,500 Nigerian graduates in ICT
THE World Bank, through the ACCESS Nigeria project, is to fund the training of about 1, 500 young Nigerian graduates in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Information Technology (IT) for the outsourcing Industry.
‘Nigeria ready for satellite-enabled e-education’
Considering that Satellite communication has always been a major backbone to the development of most advanced societies, Managing Director, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited Engr. Ahmed-Rufai, has said that his Nigcomsat 1R project was what Nigeria needed to achieve universal access, ICT development, backbone for social, political and economic re-engineering.
NCC and the refurbishment budget brouhaha
RECENTLY, some newspapers went to town with an obvious misrepresentation of facts as it pertains to the 2012 budget proposal of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Among facts contained in the draft budget is the proposal to refurbish and upgrade the six year old nine-storey head office building of the commission with the sum of N75 million. This fact has been twisted by a section of the media for still unknown purposes.
Too much phone texting reduces moral, spiritual goals
The latest communication craze among teens worldwide is SMS text messaging. Although a useful form of technology, texting can be abused or even dangerous.
