Capacity building, critical to Africa’s energy future
By Stephen Bolu Contrary to the new normal where technology leads business reformations, growth conversations in Africa’s business landscape, particularly in Nigeria energy sector, often begin with capital. Investment, infrastructure, and asset acquisition are frequently treated as the clearest indicators of progress. While important, they do not tell the full story of what is required […]
Why ICT hasn’t grown, by Adetunji
Unfriendly government policies have been described as major setbacks to the growth and development of Information and Communications Technology, ICT.
Liquidate NITEL, MTEL if… – Labour
ATTEMPTS by government through the Bureau for PublicEnterprises, BPE, to privatise the Nigeria Telecommunication Limited, NITEL and its GSM arm, Mtel, has become a national embarrassment
ICANN okays separate domain for porn sites
Internet overseer, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Icann has given final approval to the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography
CWG targets $500m revenue
The Computer Warehouse Group, a leading Information Communications Technology service provider in Nigeria, disclosed last week that it targets about $500m annual revenue as from 2015 financial year
Samsung stretches position in Nigerian tab market …as Galaxy phones get MTN exclusive bundle
Samsung Mobile last week advanced its fight with Apple, on who stays at the top of the growing Nigerian tab market. This is as it partnered with Nigeria’s leading telecommunications operator, MTN to load some of its phones, including the Samsung Galaxy tab with exclusive MTN bundle offers .
Broadband: Open access model’ll create level playing ground – juwah
AS broadband deployment for global competitiveness continues to top development agenda of developed economies of the world, the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, has made a case for an Open Access Model
WAR AGAINST HACKERS:Four ethical hackers emerge
For malicious hackers, it may no longer be business as usual as business solution and IT training institute, New horizon, in collaboration with International Council of E-Commerce Consultants, EC-Council, at the weekend, graduated four ethical hackers on Certified Ethical Hacker certification, CEH v7.
CSR: MTN unveils view book
As part of its renewed drive to take its corporate responsibilities to a new level, MTN Nigeria last week unveiled MTN Foundation view book tagged, “A hand and Smile”.
Microsoft invites entries for 2011 Imagine Cup competition
The global software giant, Microsoft yesterday in Lagos announced opening of entries for the 2011 Imagine Cup students software competition for students in the tertiary institutions across the nation.
With GIS, information on lands is now at your fingertips
EARLIER this month, the Lagos State Government launched the Lagos Geographic Information System (GIS). For ordinary citizens, individual or corporate
Broadband makes the difference, as the world reads aloud
As the world marked the second annual World Read Aloud Day, last week, Ericsson in conjunction with Airtel Ghana, exposed the power of broadband, enabling online, real time connection of students from three Ghanaian schools, to their counterparts in the USA, in a real life interactive reading exercise. The three schools are Opoku Ware in […]
New investors, Zen, locates Nigeria with 6 new mobile phones
Like the biblical thief in the night sage, Zen mobile crept in quietly into the high flying Nigerian mobile market at the weekend with 6 new models of mobile phones, creating a seeming revolution
Glo in No conditions tariff plan
Basking from the euphoria of over taking Airtel Nigeria in subscriber base according to NCC latest statistics, Second National Operator Globacom at the weekend gave its subscribers the opportunity of paying only 25 kobo per second for calls made to any network in Nigeria.
Report complaints to NCC if operators fail, Juwah tells subscribers
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah, has asked Nigerian telecom subscribers to report complaints directly to the Commission
Efficiency and cost to drive IT investments in CEMA – IDC
Manufacturers in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, or the CEMA region, must increase their spending on technology if they expect to support critical business applications and quality improvements in 2011.
