IT is often said that Nigerians are heavy consumers of technology, but hardly produce any.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will not celebrate the recent feat of the country as the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world.

Nigeria’s most innovative and fastest growing telecommunications company, Etisalat, has confirmed that, as part of efforts to strengthen operations and improve efficiencies across all functional areas of the business, 74 members of staff were exited recently.

Axis Communications a market leader in network videos, has announced the AXIS M1025, an indoor, network camera with a compact design that delivers high video quality in full HDTV 1080p or 2 Megapixel resolution, in full frame rate.

Google Wednesday announced the five winners of the Africa Connected competition at an event held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has further consolidated its market position in Nigeria, demonstrating return on investment for the company in Africa’s largest operation.

Alcatel-Lucent , the world’s largest mobile operator, and China Mobile the world’s largest mobile operator, yesterday signed a one-year comprehensive frame agreement valued at up to Euro 750 million to provide technology that will move the world’s largest mobile service provider to an all-IP ultra-broadband network paving the way for future network functions virtualization (NFV) and cloud-based services.

APPREHENSION over the possibility of the Federal government achieving its target of a five-fold increase in broadband penetration by 2018 was cleared last week in Lagos by the Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson while answering questions bordering on realizing broadband penetration in the country.

THE teeming Nigerian women entrepreneurs,recently attracted the interest of international payment card solution providers, MasterCard, as it went into collaboration with Youth for Technology Foundation,YTF, in Nigeria,to boost entrepreneurial capabilities of over 1500 Nigerian women with technology hands-on trainings.

THE Federal Government has stated that it will enforce the ban on Aramex International Limited, following alleged indictment on unethical practices and manoeuvring of Nigerian courier companies.

STAKEHOLDERS at the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web forum on affordable internet have identified lack of fibre infrastructure, desired investment model to address the present challenges, public private partnership and multiple taxations, are major factors militating against the provision of affordable internet to Nigerian masses.

As Nigeria plans to become one of the top 20 economies in the world by 2020, government must be committed to a deliberate and focused investment in knowledge; science, technology and innovation, according to the Secretary-General, Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) Prof. Faborode.

ADDRESSING the level of threat and cyber attack in the financial market, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), in partnership with MAG Tech, a specialized information security and intelligence company, recently organized an information security session in Lagos for financial and technology experts to address issues around cyber attacks and fraud in the sector.

WHILE the country loses billions of naira annually to heavy patronage of foreign software by Nigerians and multinational companies operating in Nigeria, the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), has called for firmness in software pricing in both local and foreign software.

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Tuesday, announced a 34 per cent growth in its profit for the 2013 financial year.