The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and stakeholders in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) have commended the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) on its strides in ICT development.

Team Gravity from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in the category of software design who designed a healthcare solution called SwiftER , an application aimed at improving the response of Medical, Security and other services to emergency situations will fly Nigerian flag in Sydney, Austrailia in July 2012 for this year’s Microsoft software competition.

With its recent International Arch of Europe award based on ISO QC100 standard, the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, (ISPON) has called on the United Nations to as a matter of urgency establish a $100 billion digital marshal plan fund’ (DMPF) for the current and emerging Africa digital disaster (ADD).

The software giant, Microsoft has announced opportunity for action a commissioned report from the International Youth Foundation, which documents the growing economic and social challenges facing youth around the world and the urgent need to provide the education, skills and employment opportunities required for them to succeed in today’s rapidly changing global economy.

While software piracy stifle innovation, harm local economies, the software giant, Microsoft in collaboration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission. NCC, at the just concluded World Intellectual Property day held recently in Lagos said that unless software piracy was fought with concerted efforts,local economies will continue suffer.