This paper makes the case for a National Software and Broadband Policy in support of the recently published draft National ICT Policy of January 2012 by the Ministry of Communications Technology’s Ministerial Committee on ICT Policy Harmonization which includes in its objectives, “To encourage the development of Broadband services that will enable Nigerians enjoy the benefits of globalization and convergence”.

Software giant, Microsoft has started the search for the 2012 software talents around the world, even as it is urging young Nigerians in tertiary institutions to avail themselves of the opportunity of participating in the world’s premier student technology competition tagged; ‘Microsoft Imagine Cup’.

An Africa-focused social networking site, Yookos, developed in Nigeria with current six million active users is targeting 20 million active users by the end of the current financial year.

Ministry of Communication Technology will next week in Lagos hold talk with the stakeholders in the Nigerian IT industry on the draft ICT policy earlier released last January by the ministry for comments and suggestions from stakeholders and the general public.

Man is always on the move. In this part of the world, the culture behoves him to cater for a lot of other people other than his immediate family. The environment, inadequate infrastructure and lack of maintenance culture also puts pressure on him.

With the fast growing access to ICT facilities, it has been disclosed that exposure of pupils to online competitions, will improve their performance in mathematics, spelling and other science-related subjects.

The Senior Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media on Facebook’s partnership with the mobile industry, Paul Lambert , on Monday at the ongoing Mobile World Congress holding in Barcelona, Spain disclosed that the social network giant has pledged to help do away with fragmented mobile browser standards and to help operators bill for purchases made through internet applications.

The software giant, Microsoft has began search for software talents around the world even as it urges young Nigerians in the tertiary institutions around the country to enter the world’s premier student technology competition called Microsoft Imagine Cup software competition.

American multinational internet and software corporation specialized in internet search cloud computing, Google has introduced into the market Chrome, a web browser application now available on Android smartphone.

INDICATIONS emerged last week on why the Central Bank of Nigeria denied telecommunication operators the license to operate mobile money services.