Known widely as the oracle of the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology, ICT sector, immediate past President of the Indigenous Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ISPON, Mr. Chris Uwaje has never been afraid of setting high targets for himself. His ideas of technology implementation in a society, particularly in Nigeria, at first, sound utopian. They hardly simmer down well to the ordinary mind. But at the end his blue prints become the pillar of sustainable national strategy.

The recently consummated partnership between global data storage giants EMC and Technology Distributions, one of the largest distributors of Information and Communication Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, has been heralded as a strategic initiative which will positively enhance technological innovation across the continent.

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Three tech-savvy female secondary school students last week grabbed federal government’s N1 million Application Innovation Awards price sum in Abuja for overcoming the fear of technology. The three lucky lasses emerged victorious in the contest out of over 89 other entries for developing website and software applications on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Child Adoption and Health.

As part of the initiative to provide Nigerian youths with the right skills to increase their chances of employ ability and make them more productive within the workplace, SAP Africa has launched Smart Academy. The project is aimed at promoting skills development on the continent and in alignment with SAP’s Skills for Africa programme.