Technology

Visible Articles 5 10 15
85% of Nigerians use smartphones for product research -Google study

85% of Nigerians use smartphones for product research -Google study

While smartphones are becoming a vital part of online shopping across the globe as a result of mobile devices, new findings from Google’s consumer Barometer tool released Wednesday has revealed that 85% of people in Nigeria use smartphones for product research as against 30% using computers and 6% using tablets respectively.

‘Nigeria may lose N400bn telecom contribution to GDP by 2018 if…’

‘Nigeria may lose N400bn telecom contribution to GDP by 2018 if…’

When Dr. Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication Technology, while delivering a policy paper at the recently concluded International Telecommunications Union Conference, said that Nigeria was quickly able to contain the dreaded Ebola disease as a result of the widely available telecoms infrastructure, it again brought to the fore, how pervasive the impact of telecommunications is.

Growing your business through social media is easy

Growing your business through social media is easy

The advent of social media has made more Nigerian youths internet literate to a reasonable extent. They now access all necessary information via the internet using their mobile phone. The most visited websites by young people are social websites including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

We’ll walk our talk on digital dividends –  NCC

We’ll walk our talk on digital dividends – NCC

Executive Vice Chairman, EVC of the commission, Dr Eugene Juwah who has consistently reaffirmed this said his administration has deliberately made the distribution of digital dividends a cardinal point in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to ensure that every Nigerian benefits from the telecom revolution.

$3.7bn subsidy needed to connect 40m Nigerians on net

$3.7bn subsidy needed to connect 40m Nigerians on net

Going by the prohibitive cost of broadband, over two billion people in the developing and emerging countries, are cut off from the benefits of internet ubiquity. A major percentage of these people, according to a new report by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), are Nigerians. It becomes more worrisome considering the fact that women and rural dwellers are affected most in this unfortunate situation.

Strategic partnerships have greatly revolutionized our business —LG Electronics

Strategic partnerships have greatly revolutionized our business —LG Electronics

In the fast growing world of consumer electronics services, cut throat competition and relentless marketing have been adopted by many brands to retain their share of the market. Although these are important qualities, LG electronics says collaborating strategically with other brands has helped the company remain a household name

Etisalat kicks off 2015 customer forum in PH

Etisalat kicks off 2015 customer forum in PH

Etisalat Nigeria has kicked-off its 2015 customer engagement initiative in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with a pledge for improved quality of services and customer satisfaction. The Etisalat Customer Forum is a direct interactive gathering that pitches the company with its customers for first-hand undiluted feedback on its operations, products and services

FG not considering scrapping of CPN – Registrar

FG not considering scrapping of CPN – Registrar

Following recent media report that the Federal Government is considering scrapping of Computer Registration Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria, CPN, the Registrar of the Council, S.A. Shehu has said that the story was not true.