Western Union has just announced that consumers can now send money directly to the mobile wallets of M-PESA subscribers in Kenya, from 45 countries and territories in the world

For the teeming participants that thronged the Golden Gate Restaurants Ikoyi Lagos, venue of this years edition of Titans of Tech lectures and award night, last week, the major aim was to see how to tackle the issue of cyber crime which has continuously given the country sleepless nights.

Networking and technology company, Cisco has enrolled at least its 1 millionth concurrent student for its corporate social responsibility program, the Cisco Networking Academy.

In appreciation of the contributions of its dealers and partners across the country to the successes and growth of its business in 2010, Samsung Mobile last week, in a ceremonial atmosphere, feted its dealers to hobnob with them on issues of mutual benefit.

In a renewed bid to reward its loyal customers on its blackberry services, a major national telecom operator, Globacom, yesterday increased the portfolio of its promo with the introduced Glo Blackberry Points program.

DAPO Oladimeji-Hanah is an architect by training, an entrepreneur, and a project management consultant by calling. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Daedel Limited, a property development company that specializes in architectural designs, engineering and construction works, among others

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has been ranked amongst the top five firms in Corporate Reputation in India.

The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) last week inaugurated a service compact unit, tagged ServiCom. The unit according to the satellite company was in order to optimize customer-friendly service in line with global best practices.

Apparently showing concern over the poor quality of telecom services that has bedeviled the telecom industry in recent times, the Business Unit Manager, Weco Systems International Ltd, Mr Sidney Ogueri, has said that the operators should as a matter of urgency, begin to think of outsourcing most of their services.

Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri is both a businessman and politician who is Chief Executive of Typha Cenia Nigeria Limited. He is also President of the Nigerian Institute of Welding. Edebiri, a recipient of the national honour

At the flag-off of a nationwide SIM card registration exercise on Monday in Abuja, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) Engr. Eugene Juwah has said that the major significance of the exercise is the achievement of a Central Data base for all mobile phone users in Nigeria.

The Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Mohammed Abubakar last week at the 2nd scientific briefing on the utilization of research and development, R&D, listed about 72 products, developed by its parastatals for commercialization to improve standard of living of the people

At this year’s event, an in depth look was given into software development and deployment not just in Nigeria, but across board. The Finacle banking application manufactured by Infosys technologies but deployed and supported to banking institutions by CWG was recognised as the most preferred software application.

The Amnesty programme put together for the re-integration of Ex-militants back into the mainstream of normal socio-economic and political lifestyle in Nigeria finally yielded fruits as all the delegates last week, under the ICT training at New Horizons Systems Solutions, Nigeria graduated as Hardware Engineers.

Sometime last year, Nokia flagged off anti-counterfeit campaign drawing many stakeholders into it. But for sometime now, nothing seems to be heard about it. Has the counterfeiters overwhelmed you?