“Digital transformation is top of mind for executives in the oil and gas industry, which is why we built the centre of excellence in the Middle East,” Omar Saleh, director for Oil and Gas at Microsoft, Middle East and Africa, said, adding that, “For the industry to transform, companies need to develop sound digital strategies, built on secure and agile platforms, either on a company’s premises or in the cloud. Continuous dialogue with our customers and partners is essential for enabling innovation and moving the industry forward. This is what the centre of excellence is built for.”

Taiwanese smart phone maker, ASUS has started singing a new song in the Nigerian smart phone market with the release of ZenFone Max, its latest flagship.

Gaming pioneer and subsidiary of Dell Inc., Alienware, has rolled out a fierce new line-up of powerful, VR-optimized products at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary as a trailblazer in specialty high-performance PC gaming systems.

“I found the center placed 13.0MP front camera on CAMON C9 quite intriguing, it added freshness to my pictures taken with the CAMON C9. With this device in hand, any photo lover has the right photography tools to make those baby steps in going pro,” Seyi Lawson, a Professional Photographer, said.

Mobile messaging apps, no doubt, are growing ever more popular – with added social networking features – competing to meet the growing demand for free mobile calling and SMS texting services, across the globe, especially in Nigeria and the rest of the African continent as a result of market demand.

Within just two weeks, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has scooped two top awards in two separate regions, for flawless regulatory practices. The first was at the Africa Information Technology and Telecom Awards in Ghana when the Regulator clinched the 2016 “Africa Telecom Regulator of the Year Award”

THE 2016 IT professionals Assembly of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, CPN held in Abuja, was another venue for IT practitioners in Nigeria to stoutly claim that local talents may never get appreciated until both public and private sector reduced dependency of foreign products.

THE result of the Economist unit report on Africa’s renewable energy goals, sponsored by mobile telecommunications Infrastructure Company, IHS Towers, has asked the continent to back down its high horse of ambitious energy targets and make some reasonable investments. Meanwhile, the report also admitted that Africa has the potentials to deliver a renewable power revolution that can replicate the wonderful growth being experienced in the telecommunications sector.

LEADERS of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, ALTON last week paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Communications Technology, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, handing over to him, a six point demand, which they said would ease the operations of telecommunications companies in the country.

By Emeka Aginam On the heels of securing USD 1 million in funding from local investment firm, Convergence Partners, Snapt has announced the appointment of 4Di Technologies as its African distributor. The Snapt Chief Executive Officer, Dave Blakey, said that the move is an indication of the company’s commitment to its home continent and the […]