Despite the recession and how expensive the iPhone is, a majority of people in Nigeria still buy and use the product. Most of these owners, however, are from time to time faced with the challenge of a cracked screen. No doubt, dropping your phone and cracking the screen can completely ruin your day.

Technology is one of the most dynamic industries in the world. It keeps changing and improving at a geometric sequence. So, expect groundbreaking innovation and changes in technology this year. So, which trends should you pay attention to this new year? There are uncountable tech trends you should, but jumia travel, gathers top five tech trends you should watch.

Data Science Nigeria is set to hold an intensive learning boot camp for young data scientists between Friday, January 20 and Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Lagos. According to organizers, the bootcamp will address varying capacity gaps in Data science for beginners, intermediate and experts with specific focus on Machine learning, R statistics and programming/Python for advanced data analytics.

It appears that the much publicised Digital Switch Over for Abuja residents is inconclusive. The problem started after subscribers were unable to activate some of the Set-Top- boxes. Some of the subscribers have complained about their inability to successfully activate most of the Set-Top-Boxes sold to them by the marketers, describing the project as huge scam by government to exploit them.

Stakeholders in the nation’s ICT industry have criticized the planned relocation of three Federal Government agencies : Nigerian Communication Satellite, NigComSat, Galaxy Backbone and National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA from the ministry of Communications Technology to ministry of Science and Technology.