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Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh

Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech EditorDespite the Nigeria First Policy designed to give indigenous businesses greater opportunities in government procurement, Nigerian companies are still not getting enough protection, Chairman of Zinox Group, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, has warned. Ekeh said the situation could spell doom for the economy, arguing that Nigeria cannot build a sustainable digital […]
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BlackBerry enterprise service 10  hits market

BlackBerry enterprise service 10 hits market

BlackBerry has announced enhancements to its award-winning multi-OS enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution with the release of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) version 10.2 globally.

Revoke spectrum  licence of dormant CDMA operators, GSMA tells NCC

Revoke spectrum licence of dormant CDMA operators, GSMA tells NCC

For efficient spectrum management in the Nigerian growing telecoms industry, the Chief Regulatory Officer of GSMA, Tom Phillips, has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to revoke spectrum license of dormant Code Divisional Multiple Access, CDMA, operators in the country.

Phone Doctors repair Nokia phones free at Gloworld

Phone Doctors repair Nokia phones free at Gloworld

Globacom has redefined customer service delivery in the telecommunications industry by providing a rare opportunity for all telephone subscribers, irrespective of their network of choice, to repair their smartphones free at the various Gloworld shops in the country.

‘Biotech’ll unlock Nigeria’s agric potentials’

‘Biotech’ll unlock Nigeria’s agric potentials’

Biotechnology has the capacity to unlock the agricultural potentials of Nigerians and indeed, the government could embrace the reinvented agric model in its present effort to actualize food sufficiency by 2015.

NIG commends N75.2b NPSCS fund for e-policing project

NIG commends N75.2b NPSCS fund for e-policing project

By EMEKA MAMAH The President of the Nigeria Internet Group, NIG, Adebayo Banjo, has hailed the establishment of the N75.2 billion Public Security Communications System, NPSCS, project for the enhancement of e-policing and public safety in the country. Banjo said that the project was cheering because ‘’major foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEM,’’  had ‘’consistently shunned […]

Traders recount pains, gains of Computer Village relocation

Traders recount pains, gains of Computer Village relocation

The United States might have Silicon Valley. But when anything technology is mentioned in Nigeria, the first thing that comes to mind is Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. Noted for the sale of all models of mobile phones, computers, accessories and other allied products, this villa has reigned as the capital of hitech in the country. However, this is about to change. The Lagos state government has concluded arrangements to relocate the settlers to Katangowa internet city which is just about fifteen hectares of land, in Oke-Odo area of the state, by the first quarter of 2014.

ALTON engages LASG, FMCT, on constraints of telecom infrastructure roll out

ALTON engages LASG, FMCT, on constraints of telecom infrastructure roll out

Constraints to the installation, rollout and deployment of base stations and fibre optic cable in Lagos state have been brokered between the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria, ALTON , and the Lagos state government.

Microsoft builds media capacity on office 365, windows 8.1

Microsoft builds media capacity on office 365, windows 8.1

Microsoft Nigeria in conjunction with one of its partner, Ha-Shem Network Services Limited last week in Lagos exposed journalists to benefits of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Windows 8.1 at a one-day capacity building training for the Nigerian media.

Sweden joins race for self-driving cars

Sweden joins race for self-driving cars

A hundred self-driving Volvo cars will roll onto public roads in and around the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 2017, the Chinese-owned car maker said Monday.

TECNO penetrates smartphone market with new Phantom AIII

TECNO penetrates smartphone market with new Phantom AIII

Mobile phone Company, TECNO Mobileis looking to further deepen smartphone penetration and expand its market share in Nigeria, with the launch of the latest addition smartphone to its phantom family, the Phantom AIII.

iPad wonder: Apple can Apprehend your ipad thief

iPad wonder: Apple can Apprehend your ipad thief

When robbers visited Mr. Tunde Makhinde’s house in Lagos last week and took his iPad with them, they did not know that they had shot themselves in the foot. The tech whiz had activated the tracking device on his iPad, and within a matter of days, had gone with law enforcement agents to catch the thieves red handed.

Nigeria’s $25bn telecom market, haven for businessmen – Toure

Nigeria’s $25bn telecom market, haven for businessmen – Toure

By Prince Osuagwu Traffic to the Nigerian pavilion, at the just concluded International Telecommunications Union, ITU Telecom world summit became unprecedented as the Secretary General of the union, Dr Hamadoun Toure encouraged investors to head to Nigeria, stoutly claiming that the country’s telecom market is haven for technology businesses. This was as the Executive Vice […]