From available statistics, the use of smartphones would continue to increase globally in the coming years and Nigeria is one of the emerging ICT economies where the boom would pitch and apparently make more impact.

Committed to providing qualitative training to fresh graduates and prepare them for fulfilling IT careers, the Computer Warehouse Group has graduated no fewer than 48 students from its academy.

The Ministry of Communication Technology has concluded arrangements to hold a Stakeholders Forum tagged ‘’Connected for Growth’’

Global payment processing company, SIBS International, has pledged its support and commitment towards the success of the cashless policy initiative in Nigeria.

WITSA Vice-Chair, Mr Roger Latchman of the Information Technology Association of South Africa will be speaking at the opening ceremony of AfICTS 2013.

The software giant, Microsoft Nigeria has formally announced the extension of its 9jApps contest deadline which originally ended on June 14, 2013 till July 19, 2013.

TECNO Mobile on Monday in Lagos unveiled its latest Android smartphone series, Phantom A into the Nigeria market. With the new product designed to battle Samsung galaxy tab, the smart phone maker at the launch said that it was designed for users with higher demand from smartphones.

Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Ewa, has said that plans have been perfected to send the first Nigerian into space by 2015.

A team of IBM experts completing a month-long consulting assignment, at the weekend presented recommendations to the Lagos State Government which they believed could help ensure a more efficient flow of traffic in Lagos.

Only 34,471,520 customers out of the 114.172 million active subscribers on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks use data.

Mr Akinwale Goodluck, the Corporate Services Executive of MTN Nigeria, has announced the decision of the company to discontinue SIM swaps by proxy with effect from June 7.

After sponsoring the training of about 30 application developers at the just concluded Mobile Web West Africa (MWWA 2013) in Lagos.Senior Director Business Development West Africa at Qualcomm, Mr Alex Dadson granted Hi-Tech Interview in his Victoria Island Lagos office to talk in details, reasons behind that gesture. At the end of the interview, we were able to discover that Qualcomm has the plan to ensure that every Nigerian owns a smartphone, since that is what is driving developments across the world. Here are the details:

Main One, West Africa’s leading wholesale Communications Services Company, recently announced its strategic entry into the nation’s manufacturing sector with bespoke connectivity offerings targeted at FMCGs, manufacturing companies and other businesses resident in the Ikeja, Agbara and Apapa industrial locations in Lagos and its environs.

Chairman, Open media Communications Ltd, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe has been named the chairman of the 2013 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), scheduled to hold in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

By 2015, it is expected that more than 85 percent of fortune of 500 organizations will fail to effectively exploit big data for competitive advantage, the former Registrar of the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Adenike Oshofisan has predicted.