While the IT community awaits the national software blueprint, it may not business as usual again for local and foreign software makers as the Director of National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has said that the policy, when fully implemented would set standards for software acquisition and importation in the Nigerian market which has so far remained the exclusive preserve of foreign vendors.

We are where we are because while we like ourselves, we just don’t like our country, as a result of which we labour all our lives but other nations enjoy the fruit of our labours.

Ten glorious years have rolled by in Nigeria’s telecommunications history. Nigeria’s leading telecommunications operator, MTN, recently jolted Nigerians to this reality when it rolled out a programme to celebrate the milestone.

In a bid to provide specific, relevant and tailored telecommunications solutions to empower Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria has announced the appointment of Rajiv Seghal as Vice President: Enterprise, SMEs and Postpaid.

Microsoft has announced the winners and finalists of the 2011 Microsoft Partner of the year awards and the Microsoft West, East and Central Africa (WECA) partner awards this was made known at the just concluded Microsoft worldwide partner conference 2011, the company’s premier annual event for industry partners held last month in Los Angeles, the United States of America.