GOogle’s Developer Relations Manager, Mr. Chukwuemeka Afigbo, has said that if universities produce quality developers, the shortage of locally relevant content on the web will be a thing of the past in Africa. According to him, a lot of the startup tech companies today who are looking to expand their businesses are having issues finding young affordable talent for hire.

Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has said that it would celebrate excellence and outstanding contributions in Nigeria’s Information Technology (IT) space at its 2014 National Information Technology Merit Award (NITMA)

A new country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide released last week by the United Nation Broadband Commission has indicated that over 50% of the global population would have Internet access within the next three years.

Continuing its strategy to arm mobile professionals with tools that make them more productive, Canadian smart phone maker, BlackBerry Limited has introduced into the market BlackBerry Passport.

As part of its efforts to spur more local innovation in Africa, Microsoft 4Afrika in partnership with AfriLabs, a pan-Africa network of innovation hubs have launched a new Collaboration Challenge to increase knowledge sharing across the hub network in Africa.