BY RICHARD UDOFIA The long awaited Lumen Christi television network, LCTN, a catholic TV station in Lekki metropolis is in operation now. The chairman of the Station, Prince Robert Soji, was on ground to commission the operation of the television station in Lagos, recently in company of many serving and retired Catholic leaders and faithful. […]

The age-old sage that necessity is the mother of invention played out positively for a group of Nigerian app developers, Team SOP, who out of the poor electricity situation in the country, developed an app that competed and won in Ericsson’s App awards competition. The team   grabbed the first prize in Company category for its […]

A key topic of discussion of Post Masters at the meeting of the West African Postal Conference, WEPCO, last week in Abuja was the need for coordination of postal activities and operations in the sub-region.

If Nigeria and indeed Africa harness the ubiquity of 4G mobile broadband, the continent’s Gross Domestic Projects, GDP among other things will greatly improve. This is the position of Huawei Global Vice President, Charles Ding, at the just concluded World Economic Forum held in Abuja.

BY EMEKA AGINAM Participants at the just concluded Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition held in Lagos last week called on African governments to show greater commitment to the establishment of ICT parks, incubation centres, as well as frameworks and policies for seamless broadband connectivity. The forum which brought together highly cerebral ICT practitioners, stakeholders, regulatory […]

Mobile solar-powered streetlamps made from old bicycle parts are transforming lives in Mali, where villagers often work by night to escape the heat despite 90 per cent having no mains electricity.

The Senate took a swipe at practitioners in the nation’s information and Communications Technology , ICT sector , over alleged non utilization of their expertise in the ongoing fight against the Boko Haram insurgence in the country.

Considering that infrastructural deficiency accounts for why technology has not optimally fast tracked Services and developments in governance, health, education and agricultural sectors among others, Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson has declared that the policies her commission and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC had put in place for broadband acceleration, are spot on.

The Lagos State Government (LASG), in collaboration with Oracle Corporation, at the weekend, flagged off three Information Technology, IT Human Capacity talent building programmes expected to further promote the state’s objectives to deliver more effective services to the citizens.

Delivering its key mandate of infrastructure development, inclusive development, local content and Information Technology, IT in government, the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology, (FMCT) since inception has been able to chart an increase in the contribution of IT sector to the national Gross Domestic Product, GDP, by unleashing ICT in governance.