PERHAPS, not so many people would have known that Nigeria ranks poorly in the 2009 Global Competitiveness Rankings of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness of the Harvard University, United States. But the arrival of world’s renowned business strategist and revered scholar at Harvard Business School, Professor Michael Porter penultimate week, at a seminar sponsored by MTN Nigeria to discuss Nigeria’s economy, threw more light into the survey.

THE world’’s leading maker of mobile devices in, Nokia, in collaboration with the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), the apex consumer protection agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, have teamed up to address issues relating to the physical safety and economic interest of Nigerians consuming electronic produce flooding the market from the international market.In a capacity building event held last week that brought together stakeholders in the electrical/electronic sub-sector at the Alaba International market, participants at the event noted that there was need to tackle the incidence of fake products as well as sub-standard e- goods flooding the Nigerian market.

At the just concluded Nigerian Computer Society, NCS, Annual General Meeting held recently in Abuja, the International Syst of Brazil in conjunction with Leapsoft Nigeria Ltd presented to the Nigerian IT market Metasys Wazobia that targets educational institutions, especially primary and secondary students.

At the just concluded   Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Annual General Meeting, AGM, held in Abuja,  the Nigerian IT Professionals have  successfully implemented the electronic voting (e-Voting) process  which was automated and conducted electronically and exclusively by Nigerian IT Professionals. With this development, it is evident enough that with  real_time electronic_voting is possible for the 2011 […]

The introduction of APC by Schneider’s MGE Galaxy 7000 offers new levels of high efficiency power protection for IT and other mission critical equipment. Its digital design, coupled with a comprehensive range of options enables the new uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to be fully adapted for use in a range of applications from large data centres to industrial and manufacturing operations.

THERE was good news for the broadcast industry last Week. Greater news for the Nigerian Television Authority as the Federal Government eventually announced plans to putting the self-acclaimed largest network on the Africa continent on a proper footing to meeting the digital switch over deadline which the country has planned for 2012.

COMPUTER users are about to enjoy limitless access to the internet as Technology Distributions Limited, TD, partners front line telecommunications company, Multilinks-Telkom, . The partnership, automatically gives buyers of computers from Technology Distribution, access of to Multilink-Telcom’s internet package for up to 50 free hours.

IN continuation of its ef fort to increase accessibility of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to Nigerians, indigenous computer manufacturers, Omatek Ventures Plc, has opened a new sales outlet at Ikota shopping complex, Ajah, Lagos State.

THE Chief Executive Of ficer of Huawei Nigeria, Mr. Walter Ji Rengui has commended Etisalat Nigeria on their rating as the best GSM service provider by the Nigerian Communications Commission in its recent Quality of Service Audit. This audit was conducted to determine the performance of the various mobile operators in the country.

Apparently trying to take television viewing to the next level, Samsung Electronics has launched one of the world’s slimmest LED TVs. This is even as it launched three new mobile phones to put variety in the hands of Nigerian mobile phone users.