Why many Nigerians spend more on phone repairs than buying new phones
By Miracle Onyemuwa The rising cost of smartphones in Nigeria is forcing more consumers to repair damaged devices rather than replace them with new ones. This is more so, as inflation and the depreciation of the naira continue to push phone prices higher. At Computer Village, Ikeja, phone repair shops are seeing increasing numbers of […]
Lagos empowers 1200 youths with computer skills
THE joy of 1200 youths knew no bounds penultimate week, as the Lagos state government, under its ministry of science and technology graduated 1200 unemployed youths from across the state, on various computer skills and competencies for self actualization and financial independence.
2.3GHz Licensing furore was a setback for Nigeria, Ekuwem, ATCON President
Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem is the Chief Executive of Teledom Group, a major player providing hi-tech solutions in the telecoms and ICT sector of the economy.
Political will needed to implement e-governance
Professor Charles O. Uwadia is the President of Nigerian Computer Society (NCS), and the Director of the Centre for Information Technology & Systems (CITS) at the University of Lagos.
Challenges for open source software in Nigeria
Open Source Software (OSS) has played very important roles in the growth of software technologies. Nigeria being a developing country that faces various socio-economic challenges; access to freely distributed solutions that have no restriction on selling the software as a component of an aggregated solution is invaluable.
Senate: 95% of IT infrastructure vulnerable to cyber criminals
While the menace of cybercrime continues to cause more economic harm than good across the globe, especially in Nigeria , where the ugly trend has remained unabated, the Senate Committee on Communication has raised alarm over the vulnerability of the Nigerian ICT infrastructure to cyber attack, saying that 95% of the nation’s ICT Infrastructures are velnerable to cyber attack.
