Team Nerds, a team of four students from University of Technology, Akure, represented Nigeria in the just concluded 2011 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals held in New York, the United States of America.

Even as a large percentage of the African population are yet to make their first phone call, many others are connected to the world through their cell phones. Today, the penetration of mobile phones in many African countries is higher than the world average and data on the number of mobile subscriptions per 100 people show that penetration rates in Algeria, South Africa, Gabon, Tunisia, Mauritius, Botswana, Morocco and Mauritania are all above the world average of 60%.

Computer Aid International, the world’s largest and most experienced not-for-profit (NFP) provider of professionally refurbished PCs will be holding series of information sessions in Kaduna, Abuja, and Ile-Ife as part of the bid to increase awareness on PC usage and improve IT capacity of Nigerians through affordable PCs.

Global electronics giant, Sony Gulf, at the weekend,highlighted the benefits of convergence of technologies when it unveiled 25 BRAVIA TV models into the Nigerian market.

HP and Intel have launched a one month campaign called the Summer Splash promo which targets lucky consumers who will get a 60 day internet connection from Airtel and a chance to win three grand prizes and then an all expenses paid weekend, with every purchase of elected HP Intel based notebooks.

Telecom giant MTN recently launched a new MTN talk on logo to mark it’s tenth year anniversary of operating in the country’s massive telecom and mobile business market at an elaborate ceremony held in Ikeja, Lagos.

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said all is now set for the commencement of the issuance of new national identity numbers to Nigerians, beginning next month.

THE International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced that the international dialling code 211, has been assigned to the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN member state.

Twitter developers, Biz Stone, Jason Goldman and Evan Williams have unveiled plans to launch a new startup venture.

LEADING technological solutions to the physical and technological security problems facing the nation was top talk at the recently held Physical Security and Building Management System Workshop organized by WECO Systems in Lagos.