COUNTRY Repre sentative for Messe Frankfurt, Omon Itoya-Abanokwu, has said that Nigeria’s economy will see a boost if the prospects of emerging sectors such as light and sound are prioritised. She said that when the growing demand for audiovisual technology meets budding events, cultural, tourism and sporting industries, the economy will experience a turnaround.

SAMSUNG Electronics West Africa has said that the turnout of users prer-registering for its flagship product, Galaxy Note Series, the Galaxy Note 8, in Nigeria is tremendous.

At a press conference in Paris, France, recently, world leading satellite operator, SES, launched a flexible satellite system called 03B mPOWER which, it says, would revolutionise broadband access and availability, particularly in developing countries where cost of taking broadband to nooks and crannies can be quite prohibitive, Nigeria happens to be one of such countries.

DIRECTOR General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, Dr. DanAzumi Mohammed Ibrahim, has disclosed that the agency has saved Nigeria N192bn in six years and secured about 38 patents for agencies and private researchers in six months of 2017. NOTAP is one of the 17 agencies under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology established to regulate the inflow of technology in the country.

CONTINUALLY recognizing the need for more diversity and female participation in the traditionally male high-technology industry, Cisco Systems Inc, has programmes and resources to help women develop their skills as individual contributors, managers, and executives, including an internal employee resource group dedicated to the development of women, called the Cisco Connected Women, CCW.