Information Technology professionals are fuming at the N30 billion proposed allocation to the Ministry of Science and Technology, describing it as paltry change for a ministry that desperately needs funds for research and development.

Last week in Malaga, Spain, Samsung hosted its African dealers. At the forum that also attracted dealers from Nigeria, the Director, Hand Held Products – Emmanouil Revmatas and the Director -Consumer Electronics of Samsung Electronics West Africa,, Sunil Kumar Pankajakshan in an interactive with Nigerian Technology Journalists spoke on a number of things including Samsung plans for the Nigerian market, product range, digital village, among others. For Revmatas, Samsung will continue to improve lives through technology. Excerpt:

Even in today’s global village, there are 23 percent less women with access to the internet than men. This is despite the fact that the world has 51 percent more women than men. But women entrepreneurs need Information and Communication Technology to really succeed. Perhaps, that is why Diamond Bank Plc embarked on a recent ICT development for women entrepreneurs initiative.

The MTN twitter handle has been enjoying overwhelming engagement in the past one week, with record tweets and interactions following its ‘MTN Yello Valentine’ celebrity guest tweet series. Popular artistes like Praiz, Harrysong, KCee, Davido and Chidinma have all featured on the series, where they fielded questions relating to their careers, family and love lives.

Nigerian mobile phone users will be the first in the African continent to use Lenovo’s seven new flagship smartphones, including the popular Vibe X model. This is considering that the country has one of the highest smartphone penetrations in the world, according to Lenovo.