National Telecommunications Operator, Globacom will be a key participant at this year’s edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair which opens on Friday, February 19 and ends on Sunday, February 28.

As technology is permeating every sector of life, creating unimaginable transformations, the marriage institution should not be left out. And that could be why a frontline internet services provider, iWay Africa recently introduced a website which provides the opportunity for couples who have not tied their nuptial knots to have a celebrity wedding worth over N4m.

While nations of the world, especially India are retooling their software products for global competitiveness, there has been growing concern in the Nigerian IT industry regarding the country’s over dependency in foreign software drive her economy, a development which experts say, may derail vision 2020 imperative

Overview: Several Research white papers on the strategies to accelerate national IT capacity building have zeroed in on the massive involvement of women in the IT development cycle. Compared to other countries, the number of Nigerian women in IT is rather low.

Meridian Technologies, an IT training & testing outfit has started training women students free of cost on computer basics at its Maryland, Lagos centre. With this Women IT empowerment offer, More than 100 students have already benefited from this free training. The school is in alliance with APTECH Ltd, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Microsoft and other leading vendors in IT.