THE Senior Vice President of Middle East and Africa region, of Nokia solutions and networks, NSN, Mr. Igor Leprince, at the opening of its office in Lagos, last week, expressed his company’s commitment to improving connectivity in Nigeria.

WHILE condemning the management of the recent nationwide recruitment tests by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) that led to loss of lives, the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has urged President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to urgently consider the inclusion of the software professional association in the membership of the panel in order to provide expert insight to the considerations given or otherwise to modern, software-driven best practice in exercises of this nature.

THE National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA has graduated a total of 120 youths in Business Process Outsourcing, BPO.

Leading information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei, at the just concluded CeBIT 2014. Under the theme, “Connecting Business Opportunities in A Better Way”, showcased its comprehensive ICT product and solution portfolio and ICT infrastructure innovations.

Wait a minute! Could this be true-That all the iPhones in Nigeria have no official record? Does that mean that all the iPhones used by Nigerians came from either the back door or are at best not authorized?

The ability of African continent to sustain economic growth will depend largely on how quickly it can shift attention from traditional commodity markets to modern economic structures that focus on congnitive technology driven development to address local challenges.

Devices and Services giant, Microsoft Nigeria has begun search for best technology studenst in Nigeria to participate in its 2014 annual Imagine Cup student technology competition aimed at encouraging students to create imaginative technology solutions that can solve some of the world’s toughest problems.

The Chief Scientist of IBM Research Africa, Dr. Uyi Stewart has said that African governments are not spending enough money in building Informationa Communication Technology Infratsructure to leapflog into the information age which is the most valuable commodity.

While governments are increasingly partnering with local associations and vendors to combat the scourge of piracy and the associated risk of cybercrime, a joint new study by IDC and the National University of Singapore (NUS), has revealed that African continent account for ten percent of global cybercrime incidents.

To bridge the funding gap that plagued Nigerian technology companies and also realize the potentials of the software industry in the 21st century knowledge society, the Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has said that investments in the technology start-ups will grow indigenous software industry.