MTN Nigeria, has restated commitment to sustainable development in Nigeria, even as the company unveiled a staff_focused initiative tagged Employee Value Proposition (EVP).

Can Nigeria Leapfrog into the Information Age?The man with wisdom is a shining torch that sheds light in our darkness and guides us out of our ignorance. I am often asked: “How do we build a stronger Nigeria through technological innovation?”

While Nigeria awaits the outcome of feasibility studies to determine the viability of a science and IT park at the Oshodi, Lagos campus of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), President and CEO of the institute, Professor Raymond Akwule has said with optimism that Nigerian students will be the biggest beneficiaries of the park, adding that the initiative would prepare them for the challenges ahead.

While education is the single most important investment in the future of individuals, communities, nations, and the world at large, by the year 3013, about 250 teachers and students globally are to benefit from Partners in Learning, a 10-year $500 million commitment by Microsoft to transform education systems around the world through technology.

Last week, search giant; Google, launched it’s first ever voice recognition technology for Africa as part of it’s long term bid to extend it’s influence on the continent, even as Smartphone owners in South Africa now can enter a voice command in Afrikaans and Zulu to receive search results via Google’s search engine.