Capacity building, critical to Africa’s energy future
By Stephen Bolu Contrary to the new normal where technology leads business reformations, growth conversations in Africa’s business landscape, particularly in Nigeria energy sector, often begin with capital. Investment, infrastructure, and asset acquisition are frequently treated as the clearest indicators of progress. While important, they do not tell the full story of what is required […]
Worry over ROW, multiple taxation, as 2.3 GHz frequency set for auction
Although the proposed industry structure based on Open Access model for Broadband Nigeria has been applauded for its strategic goals and objectives, Information technology experts who gathered last week in Lagos at the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) industry stakeholder’s forum on Broadband Nigeria were still worried that issues around high cost and approval of right of way, long delay in approving permits, multiple taxation, multiple regulation, damage to infrastructure, lack of reliable, clean grid electricity supply among others need to be resolved urgently for full implementation.
ASUS adds two devices to Nigeria’s mobile market
World’s third largest PC manufacturers, Asustek, last week joined technical forces with Intel corporation to launch two Intel-powered devices comprising the Asus fonepad 7 and the Asus Transformer Book T100, saying the features suited the Nigerian market.
No woman should be left out in National development – Onyeka
The Director General of National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Onyeka Onwenu, has said women should be carried along in the scheme of things to ensure that the country benefits from their wealth of experience to promote national development.
Microsoft honors Nigerian teachers for innovation
A school and three teachers from Nigeria were nominated amongst the world’s best as part of Microsoft’s 2014 class of Mentor Schools and the Inaugural Class of Expert Educators this week.
CDMA operators not in NCC’s broadband picture
Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Eugene Juwah, last weekend sealed the hope of a possible bail out for the Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA, operators as he revealed that the Open Access Model, the commission was proposing to operators for broadband investment did not take them, (CDMA operators) into account.
