A preliminary research conducted by World Wide Worx for its 2009 annual Mobility study, with the support of First National Bank (FNB), leaders in cellphone banking in Africa, and Research In Motion (RIM), developers of the BlackBerry solution, has discovered that the South African cellular market which reached a milestone of 50-million connections at the end of 2008 had only 68% as individual users.

Last week, the Digital Bridge Institute, organised a programme hinging on ICT for development. The three day seminar was unique in the sense that it was structured to unlock the key barring Non Governmental organisations and indeed the civil society from accessing the fund necessary to carry out projects that can encourage a robust Nigerian economy.

Zain Group, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in the Middle East and Africa, has announced the appointment of Dr. Abdel Malik Al Jaber as CEO of the Zain Levant Region made up of Zain Jordan and Paltel which will soon be rebranded to Zain Palestine.

Nigeria may have taken the first step towards joining countries like India in leveraging the aggregate economy with the prospects of ICT, especially in the area of telemedicine . This is as Galaxy backbone Plc, last week, gathered a group of physicians, surgeons and ICT professionals at the National Hospital, Abuja to participate in the first demonstration of tele-surgery in Nigeria through its video conference platform.

IN furtherance of its commitment to bring services to the door steps of its customers, global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communication, Samsung Electronics last week officially opened a new showroom and service centre at Alaba International Market, Lagos.