The Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotions (NOTAP), Engr. Umar Buba Bindir, has given the agency’s endorsement of approval to the Nigeria Technology Promotion Exhibition (NITPEX), scheduled to hold in December.

Former Member of the Presidential Committee on National Security, Hon. Leo Uche Okonkwo-Okom, has urged members of the House of Reps to treat the issue of registration of SIM cards by the Nigerian Communications Commission as a matter of national security importance to the nation and its citizens.

While Nigerian market continues to be the toast of international community, Microsoft’s chief operating officer, Kevin Turner at10 year anniversary of the company’s operation in the country has restated the software giant’s commitment to the economy, saying that Nigeria is an important market.

In furtherance of its reach in African emerging markets, Nokia has announced that Ovi Life Tools, its leading emerging market information service, is now available in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, recently held a Board and Management retreat in Abuja during which the Commission did an appraisal of its performance and charted a new focus for its new leadership.

The United Nations Information centre and the World Bank has launched an Information centre in Lagos to provide a special, accessible and dedicated public space for development communication in the state.

Since some members of the house of representatives, penultimate week, shot down the N6.1 billion Naira budget of the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC on SIM card registration, every who is who in the ICT sector has raised his voice against the act.

With virtually no other Nigerian operator at the recent concluded AfricaCom conference and Exhibition in Cape Town South Africa, the multitude of participants who may have attended the expo to learn one or two things from Nigeria on how to lead a market even from the backwaters, had to rely on the country’s fifth largest operator, Etisalat Nigeria .

One of the revelations of the just concluded AfricaCom conference in Cape Town South Africa was that the African mobile market has exceeded half a billion subscribers during the third quarter of this year.

In recognition of the astronomou s growth of ICT in Africa, Google has launched its first voice recognition search technology for Africa, as part of a long_term bid to extend its influence in the continent.

MTN Nigeria, has restated commitment to sustainable development in Nigeria, even as the company unveiled a staff_focused initiative tagged Employee Value Proposition (EVP).

Can Nigeria Leapfrog into the Information Age?The man with wisdom is a shining torch that sheds light in our darkness and guides us out of our ignorance. I am often asked: “How do we build a stronger Nigeria through technological innovation?”

While Nigeria awaits the outcome of feasibility studies to determine the viability of a science and IT park at the Oshodi, Lagos campus of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), President and CEO of the institute, Professor Raymond Akwule has said with optimism that Nigerian students will be the biggest beneficiaries of the park, adding that the initiative would prepare them for the challenges ahead.

While education is the single most important investment in the future of individuals, communities, nations, and the world at large, by the year 3013, about 250 teachers and students globally are to benefit from Partners in Learning, a 10-year $500 million commitment by Microsoft to transform education systems around the world through technology.

Last week, search giant; Google, launched it’s first ever voice recognition technology for Africa as part of it’s long term bid to extend it’s influence on the continent, even as Smartphone owners in South Africa now can enter a voice command in Afrikaans and Zulu to receive search results via Google’s search engine.