With the growing concern over digital colonization of Nigerian market by the foreign vendors in a way of technology transfer, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, (NOTAP) has drawn the line on technology transfer, saying that it is compulsory for foreign investors to strictly adhere to guidelines for the registration of Technology transfer agreements so as to achieve easy entry into the Nigerian market.

While Nigerian market remains porous to foreign vendors who operate without compliance to regulatory requirements , many Chinese firms operating in the country are yet to comply with technology transfer agreement despite several projects implemented by these firms.

To position West African sub-regions to optimize the use of Open Source solutions, Open source resource center has been launched in the Ghana-India Kofi Annam Center of Excellence in ICT in Ghana.

Despite intense efforts at curbing the exploding human population inside the nations biggest ICT market; the Otigba market popularly known as Computer Village by relevant law enforcement agencies in the state, traders at the market have, for the umpteenth time spilled out unto the roads and into neighboring communities behind the market, causing traffic jams while their activities make the living environment uncomfortable for residents there.

The worldwide leader in securing the Internet, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, has announced the introduction of Software Blade Architecture, the industry’s first architecture to meet businesses’ need for total, flexible and manageable security to the Nigerian customers.

Walk with me in memory to one of the greatest celebrations, the end of the colonial era in Africa. The day: October 1, 1960. The place: British West Africa. The setting: A crowded stadium in the Atlantic coastal town of Sapele. School children were waving green and white flags in honour of the birth of modern Nigeria, no longer part of the British Empire.

Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah last Friday held his first ever closed-door meeting between the regulatory agency and chief executive officers of telecom firms operating in the country.

As part of its Corpo rate Social Responsibility, (CSR), fixed wireless phone operator, Multi-Links Telkom, has donated medical equipment valued at about N6 million to the Paediatrics Department of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH)

Google Africa has gone into partnership with Nigerian universities to improve internet access to students in the country.

The Chief Executive Officer of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Christoph Riess has said that paid-for digital content holds the future for the newspaper industry as internet advertising revenues will never replace those lost to print.

If recent projections fall in place, Nigeria may have another Communications Satellite in the Orbit before November 2011. This is as reliable information from NigComSat, says that programmes leading to the actualisation of replacement for the lost NigComSat1 was making tremendous progress.

The lingering power or electricity problem in Nigeria has not only reduced the nation to a generator-driven economy but has increased the rate of criminal diversion of diesel and asset shrinkage which causes major losses to companies and their finances.

Vice President, Arc. Namadi Sambo, was in Nsukka last week to put a seal of authority to plans by MTN and a group of other corporations, including Main One, Google, HP and Cisco among others to put the Lion as University of Nigeria Nsukka is known, permanently on the net.

Global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems, SkyVision Global Networks has announced the establishment of the company’s new branch office in Nigeria.

The global software giant, Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 7, as part of its latest attempt to break into the smartphone market.