Telecom operators seek stronger infrastructure protection to sustain Nigeria’s digital growth
By Juliet Umeh & Islamiyyah Adekanbi For more than two dec-ades, Nigeria’s telecommunications operators have powered one of the country’s biggest economic success stories, connecting millions of people, driving financial inclusion and providing the digital infrastructure that supports banking, education, healthcare, commerce and governance. However, they have come out to demand stronger government support, policy […]
UN Scribe gives Imagine Cup students assignment on MDGs
Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems as the theme of the 2011 edition of Imagine Cup holding for the first time in the United States of America, the special advisor to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) Dr. Jeffrey Sachs has told the participating college high school students that they have a home to do in the Millennium Development Goals using Information technology as a tool.
Imagine Cup: Anxiety, expectation as 21 teams advance to final round
As the 2011 edition of Microsoft Imagine Cup student’s software competition in New York city, the United States of America is drawing to a close, there appears to be growing anxiety and expectations among 21 teams advancing to final round of the completion.
Nigerian team loses out in Imagine Cup 2011
Despite good outing, Nigerian students have failed to scale the hurdle to round two of ongoing Imagine Cup 2011 in the software design category.
8 countries fly African flags at Imagine Cup 2011
Eight African countries including Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda are currently flying African flags at the ongoing Microsoft Imagine Cup, the wouldc’s premier students technology competition holding in New York, the Unted States of America.
Microsoft CEO challenges students on MDGs using technology
While most talented global students gather for the 2011 Imagine Cup series in New York, the United States of America, the Chief Executive Officer of the global software giant, Steve Ballmer has challenged over 400 software incubators currently participating in the competition to solve the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) including poverty, education, disease, environmental sustainability among others with technology.
