At the just concluded World Economic Forum held in Abuja, Nigeria, Charles Ding, Huawei global Vice President has said with optimism that mass deployment of fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband can help bring more Africans online, grow her Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) and job creation.

The role Information and Communications Technology plays in the stability of world economies resonated again recently in Nigeria.

To enable farmers access fertilizers and other farming subsidies, point of sale terminals are to be deployed as additional redemption channel by government under the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme.

It was almost a Nigerian affair, with the green white green flag controlling the airwaves at the Michelangelo Hotels, Johannesburg, South Africa, where frontline card and payment transaction promoters, Intermarc consulting recently hosted the world in Award dinner and ceremony tagged Card and ePayment Africa Awards.

Boko Haram and other related security issues are just because we are not applying relevant technology equipment to solve problems in the country.

Over time, there has been serious case over the dearth of infrastructure in Nigeria and operators have harped on it as subterfuge to poor services and poor return on investments.

The Lagos State Government (LASG), in collaboration with Oracle Corporation at the weekend, flagged off three IT Human Capacity talent building programmes expected to further promote the state’s objectives to deliver more effective services to the citizens.

One of the world leaders in mobile communications, BlackBerry Limited has announced that it would enable mobile device management (MDM) companies to directly manage devices with the BlackBerry 10 operating system.

At the ongoing Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit holding in Accra, Microsoft has announced new TV white space partnerships and projects on four continents, including its newest partnership with SpectraLink Wireless and Facebook to provide low-cost wireless connectivity to students and faculty at universities in Koforidua, Ghana.

A&P Foods, one of the leading Nigerian manufacturer of biscuits and confectionery has deployed Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 to automate its operations.

Since its launch few months ago, latest reports have indicated that more than 800,000 BES10 client access licenses have been issued to customers worldwide, according to Strategy Analytics

Having won the national finals after competing with eight other teams from the Nigerian Universities during a challenging day of presentations of innovative solutions recently, students from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho are currently jostling to fly Nigerian flag at the world semi-finals.

The music video ‘Áye’ by popular Nigeria artiste, Davido tops the list of the most watched video on video-sharing website, Youtube for the first quarter of 2014.

THE fourth annual Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa, OFAB review and planning meeting in Abuja ended Monday with Stakeholders calling Nigerian government to shift attention to new technology in their agricultural transformation programme.

SECOND national carrier, Globacom at the beacon of ICT awards last week, scooped three awards becoming the Best Telecoms Company of the Year, Most Innovative Mobile Player of the Year and Undersea Cable Company of the Year