There are three general principles in line with the policy document that we believe can provide a consistent frame of reference in pursuing a broadband policy initiative for Nigeria:

Chief executive officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Steve Evans, has said that his company was using the opportunity of the Mobile world congress innBarcelona to negotiate with global phone manufacturers to see how prices of Smartphones below the $50-barrier can be made possible for his Nigerian subscribers.

SOftware giant, Microsoft at the weekend launched its signature no-cost enterprise-class technologies and cloud-based services for Lekki British School in Lagos.

Minister of Communications Technology, Ms Omobola Johnson has accepted to chair the eWorld 2012 Broadband Forum scheduled to hold on March 21, at Golden Gate in Lagos.

To further deepen it network capacity and quality across the 36 states in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has launched a 3.75 Generation (G) service targeted at boosting customers’ experience.

IT giant Microsoft Wednesday launched the test version of a new generation of its Windows operating system, designed to run seamlessly on computers and portable tablet devices.

As part of an empowerment programme for both hardware and software manufacturers and vendors in the country, the Nigerian Computer Society is seeking the support of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE) for the facilitation of funding plans for IT companies by creating IT venture capital.

Small and Medium Enterprise SME’s owners in the country last week went through the tutelage of digital marketing converged at a one day forum organized by the local search engine and information service provider, VConnect Global Services.

In its bid to advance the course of local content advancement through technology transfer in Nigeria, indigenous secure prints solutions provider, Superflux Nigeria limited has hosted a team of four Masters in Business Administration (MBA) students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, USA.

This paper makes the case for a National Software and Broadband Policy in support of the recently published draft National ICT Policy of January 2012 by the Ministry of Communications Technology’s Ministerial Committee on ICT Policy Harmonization which includes in its objectives, “To encourage the development of Broadband services that will enable Nigerians enjoy the benefits of globalization and convergence”.

Software giant, Microsoft has started the search for the 2012 software talents around the world, even as it is urging young Nigerians in tertiary institutions to avail themselves of the opportunity of participating in the world’s premier student technology competition tagged; ‘Microsoft Imagine Cup’.

An Africa-focused social networking site, Yookos, developed in Nigeria with current six million active users is targeting 20 million active users by the end of the current financial year.

Ministry of Communication Technology will next week in Lagos hold talk with the stakeholders in the Nigerian IT industry on the draft ICT policy earlier released last January by the ministry for comments and suggestions from stakeholders and the general public.

Man is always on the move. In this part of the world, the culture behoves him to cater for a lot of other people other than his immediate family. The environment, inadequate infrastructure and lack of maintenance culture also puts pressure on him.

With the fast growing access to ICT facilities, it has been disclosed that exposure of pupils to online competitions, will improve their performance in mathematics, spelling and other science-related subjects.