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Nigeria First: Indigenous businesses still need more protection — Ekeh

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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NCC sets pace for better telecoms regulation in Africa

NCC sets pace for better telecoms regulation in Africa

Nigeria’s telecoms revolution and the over $25bn FDI it brought, among other things, last week, became strong credentials that lured African regulators to Lagos to discuss ways regulatory policies could give hope to African telecom consumers.

Phone swap deals thrive at Abuja GSM Village

Phone swap deals thrive at Abuja GSM Village

Abuja – Scores of mobile phone users now head to the “Abuja GSM Village’’ for phone swap deals called “kankara’’. The deal is an exchange of phones which give the users new handsets of their choice in exchange for their old ones at little cost. The deal has become a popular trend at the market […]

Alcatel-Lucent receives best use of CSR HR award

Alcatel-Lucent receives best use of CSR HR award

For achieving outstanding results in Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR) and Human Resources (HR) , Alcatel-Lucent in Nigeria has been selected by CareerNation for its Africa Human Resources Excellence Awards, to receive the prize and recognition for “The Best Use of Corporate Social Responsibility in HR” Award category for the year 2013.

CTO Forum seeks easy broadband access for all

CTO Forum seeks easy broadband access for all

Participants at the just concluded 2013 edition of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization, CTO, forum held in Abuja have among other things resolved to develop, adopt and implement policies and establish regulatory environment that would encourage investments in affordable, safe and equitable broadband.

Nigeria, a telecoms country?

Nigeria, a telecoms country?

THou shall not live by bread alone! With the advent of the Knowledge economy, it has become a strategic imperative and mandatory obligation for Nigeria to reconsider the centric mission of living by Telecommunication alone! History of Telecommunications reveals that many thousand years ago, the art of Telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, then to the Americas and later parts of Asia – particularly in China. It must be emphasized that this write-up is not intend to understate the significance, value and power of Telecommunication in human endeavor and for Nigeria.