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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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TECNO targets youth market with N3 3G smartphone

If you think that the youth segment of the country does not have any hand in the mobile boom that Nigerian market has been known for, you will quickly change perceptions on first contact with Tecno N3 3G dual SIM smart phone.

Twitter fiction festival kicks off today

Twenty-nine storytelling projects from around the world are being showcased from Wednesday in the first-ever Twitter fiction festival, held over five days on the microblogging site.

Worry over low local content in ICT at eNigeria summit

Developing local content and leveraging information technology potentials for higher productivity, good governance and global competitiveness are some of the major issues that dominated discussions at the just concluded sixth edition of eNigeria 2012 Conference and Exhibition held in Abuja.

Battle over NigComSat bill shifts to Senate

If the calculations of the Nigerian Communications Satellite Company limited, NigComSat, is to be relied upon, the senate may soon pass the Nigcomsat corporation bill to become an Act.

Nigerian, US educators urge competences in science

Collaborating to reaffirm the importance of science and technology Nigeria and United States educators in a roundtable discussion at the US Consulate general Lagos held recently encouraged Nigerian students to become more inclined in sciences so as to help save the Nigeria economy.

Main One, Phase 3 link up on broadband

Two top indigenous telcos,Main One Cable Company and Phase3 Telecom, have formed a business pact to increase broadband Internet penetration in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.

eNigeria forum urges local content in education curriculum

A the just concluded e-Nigeria forum held in Abuja, participants at t5he event rose up from the conference saying that unless local content was introduced in the Nigerian educational in the curriculum, the country may not develop the expected information and communication technology (ICT) sector to meet global standard and best practice.

BuyRight Africa to unveil employees’ digital credit scheme

As part of its drive to offer Nigerian Nigerian Employees with opportunity to own ICT and electronics appliances, Buyright Africa has announced plan for the formal unveiling of its digital Digital Welfare scheme (NEDWS) next month in Abuja.

Bytesize wins Konga.com digital marketing account

Bytesize Digital Marketing agency has won the digital marketing rights to manage the account of Konga.com; one of Nigeria’s foremost ecommerce sites after a keenly contested pitch involving several other digital agencies.

Microsoft launches program for regional SMEs

The global software giant, Microsoft has announced the launch a new program focused on providing support, benefits and tools for the small and medium businesses (SMB) segment in theMiddle Eastand Africa (MEA) region.

Team UNILAG wins Google application contest

Three University of Lagos (UNILAG) students, have won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Enterprise/Small Business Solutions category in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ex-staff challenge Nokia with new Finnish smartphone

A group of ex-Nokia employees who quit over the company’s decision to abandon the planned MeeGo operating system in favour of Windows plan to launch their own smartphone next year, their start-up said on Wednesday.

Furore, as NigComSat bill splits telecom community

Barely two weeks after telecom industry stakeholders sharply disagreed with the management of NIGCOMSAT over the relevance of a bill designed to make the government-owned satellite company a corporation, more reactions and questions have continued to greet the bill which keen observers argued is antithetical to telecom deregulation.

Etisalat offers EasyFlex for voice, SMS, others

Etisalat Nigeria has introduced a flexible bundle package called EasyFlex that allows users to browse, text and make calls to any network without restrictions. The new product is an all-in-one plan which comes with four variants including Flex N1000, Flex N700, Flex N500 and Flex N300.

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