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 […]
Telecoms industry to contribute 25% to GDP by 2025
In order to help Nigeria maintain its status as the largest economy in Africa till 2025, the Telecommunications industry has made plans to improve on its10% contribution to the nation’s GDP to 25% tby 2025 worth over US$150 Billion. The Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, also promised to provide enabling environment, good policies and solved the challenges faced by the industry, in order to enable the industry actualize the dream.
$1bn set top box manufacturing plant coming soon in Nigeria
COMMITTED to fast track digital switchover and bridge the digital divide in the country, Media Concepts International, MCI, a Set Top Box, STB, manufacturer licenced by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. in partnership with South Korea, KAON will commence building of a massive N197 billion ($1bn) manufacturing plant in Abule Egba, Lagos State.
How ICT impacted MDGs in 15 years
RECENTLY, the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda was held in New York with a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. The summit was also meant for governments to make their final assessment of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which global leaders agreed upon in the year 2000. It is evident that in the past 15 years, the ICT revolution has not only impacted on the MDGs but driven global development in an unprecedented way.
Why your business should go for mobile ‘Appy-ness’
Big businesses are smart. That’s probably how they became big. Many of them have Chief Technology Officers who not only have many years of training and experience but are paid the big bucks to use technology as a gateway to economic success. It is no surprise then that many big businesses have mobile apps available to their customers. But as a small business owner, your budget might not even have room for an intern, how much more a CTO?
Telecom sector to witness fresh mobile competition
Rural telephony: Meanwhile, in a unique fashion, the operator revealed exclusively to Hi-Tech, that it has made an unprecedented investment towards rural inclusion, acquiring no fewer than five satellite companies which it intended to strategically deploy to complement other infrastructure that will carry services to the rural areas.the local satellites companies according to the operators would be deployed across the country to strengthen backbone network infrastructure.
