Nigeria’s integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT), solution provider, Omatek Ventures Plc, has started a crusade aimed at plugging energy wastage in Nigeria. Omatek’s opinion is that Nigeria’s lingering electricity supply challenge would become a thing of the past when everybody understands the importance of conserving energy.

Information technology, IT, experts, have expressed fears that the new technology being employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may fail Nigerians in the forthcoming general elections.

Hu, who stated this while delivering a keynote speech at “The Road to 5G” session at the capacity building event last weekend, said that the driving forces for 5G will include demand for a superior user experience, the emergence of the Internet of Things, and the requirements of vertical industries in the upcoming industrial revolution, Hu said in a keynote speech at a forum held on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress.

The management of Etisalat Nigeria recently announced the appointment of Francesco Angelone as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Angelone was previously the Vice President-Commercial at Etisalat Group, where he led various programmes to develop and implement marketing strategies, expand sales and distribution channels, and drive efficiencies.

Information and Communications Technology, ICT, experts at the just concluded Signal Alliance Customer Week Workshop organized in conjunction with Cisco rose up from the forum calling for the consumption of local technology through strict implementation of the local content law and standardization of local technology products to enable them compete internationally.

Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.

Microsoft Nigeria has highlighted benefits of adopting its Dynamics offerings- (CRM and ERP) while also announcing that it is extending availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to Nigeria.

One of the reasons there are few outside broadcast vans, OBVs in Nigeria despite the numerous broadcast stations in the country is probably the cost. A standard OBV may not just cost an arm and a leg, it could cost both arms and legs. It runs into millions of dollars.Another reason could also be the processes of bringing them in. They must be imported and the rigours, according to those who have one, are enormous.

NOT many Small and Medium Scale enterprises bother about technology. But in the long run, when it comes down to efficiency and results, there is a wide gap between those who do and those who do not. This is the submission of Omatsola Barrow, the Acting Chief Enterprise Solutions Officer, MTN Nigeria. In this interview, Barrow, who is responsible for deploying core ICT solutions to enterprises that drive a substantial part of the Nigerian economy, is quick to point out that technology is always a fundamental enabler and never a distraction to business.

Chief executives of the world’s leading satellite operators met recently at the Satellite 2015 Conference in Washington, USA, to announce that henceforth, they will work with a common voice to detect the future of satellite communications. The world’s only CEO-driven satellite organisation also known as ESOA, is expanding to include satellite operators from the ITU’s region 1, namely Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS.