MainOne last week hosted business stakeholders in Lagos to a Breakfast Forum aimed at showcasing its metro fiber connectivity solutions for increased productivity and improved business profitability.

The provision of infrastructure that provides stable and reliable internet access is a very important element that must be addressed if Africa is to quicken the pace of economic development and ensure that citizens are enabled to compete with the rest of the world, Chief Executive Officer of Phase3 Telecom, Mr. Stanley Jegede has said.

Microsoft’s first outing on mobile devices after completing acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services business, last month, has resulted in the release of Lumia 630 smartphone in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC last week launched a Service Charter to drive home the federal government’s excellence service delivery objective.

The Charter, when implemented, according to NCC, will ensure effective and efficient delivery of the commission’s mandates and programmes with the Nigerian populace.

It appears no bank wants to be left behind as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, piles pressure for a cashless Nigeria. Almost every bank in the country comes out weekly with different types of solutions and applications that would give leeway to the cashless project.

The newly deployed Permanent Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has underscored the importance of electronic data and urged all the parastatals in the ministry to leverage the opportunity provided by modern technology to convert all their relevant records into electronic form.

Rising from a digital Africa conference last week, technology professionals who form bulk of the participants at the event advocated for structured global partnerships, favourable regulatory environment, constant engagement with policymakers and increased investment in technology training if Africa’s economic growth prospects must be met.

One of the leading telecommunications services providers in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, has sealed a strategic partnership with leading mobile phone maker, Apple, to officially unveil the iPhone 5s in Nigeria.

There was excitement Tuesday in the Nigerian ICT market as Microsoft Devices brought Nokia XL, its flagship large screen offering under the Nokia X family for sale.

Check Point Software Technologies Limited , the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has introduced Software-defined Protection (SDP), a revolutionary security architecture that can protect organizations in today’s fast-evolving IT and threat landscape.