Nigeria has begun search for local e-content that has global relevance for the United Nation 2013 World Summit Award.
This year’s edition will be hosted by ICTA, the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

Retail foreign exchange, Travelex, last week commenced the pilot roll out of the recently strategic outsourcing partnership it had with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is even as it announced investment of over one million pounds (about N240million)in infrastructure, human capital development and equipment in its Nigerian operation

As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals( MDGs) approaches with wide debate as to what development goals the global community should set next especially on health, leading computer manufacturers, Dell, has embarked on a transformation agenda with the launch of its new Intel-powered tablet for healthcare system.

Procentric IQ, a leader in the development of commerce and industry in Africa and fostering the business that drives economic growth and technological advancement across the continent is delivering IT solutions to 100,000 students and 18,000 teachers in Ekiti State.

One of the leading commercial banks in the country, Heritage Banking company limited has partnered Infosys, a leading universal banking solutions provider for the deployment of Finacle banking solution.

Unless a sound intellectual property policies were created by Nigerian government to spur innovation in local economies, the fight against piracy may remain unabated, the global software giant, Microsoft has said.

MTN Business Next Titan has made its debut on national and terrestrial television stations. Aired, for the first time, weekend, the television reality show takes into account the current drive for entrepreneurship, among the over one million Nigerian youth population, from whom 16 selected contestants have been placed in an academy to be supervised and nurtured by seasoned entrepreneurs and international business consultants.

Nigeria, on Monday, joined other top countries of the world to launch the Mobile Number Portability. The scheme will give Nigerian subscribers the freedom to change from one network to another and still retain their number.

President of the Nigerian Computer Society, Sir. Demola Aladekomo has disclosed plans by the umbrella IT body to build a multi- million IT Park in Lagos while seeking regulatory approval from the Lagos state government.

It is unacceptable therefore, that with well over USD$54billion software revenue generation, India Software export revenue is more than 400% of what Nigeria generates from oil annually.