See pictures at the Oracle OpenWorld 2012 In a press statement made available to us,says Oracle known for delivering on the industry’s broadest and most advanced Cloud strategy, through Thomas Kurian, executive vice president, Oracle Product Development, has announced that Oracle is expanding her Cloud services portfolio, and continues to demonstrate significant customer…
As Oracle OpenWorld event commenced on the 1st of October,2012 in San Francisco, Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison announced the Oracle Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine – the latest generation of its Oracle Exadata Database Machines. The Oracle Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine is a key component of the Oracle Cloud. Oracle Exadata X3-2 Database In-Memory…
Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) is glad to invite you to participate in a one day Technology for Development Forum, designed to sensitize stakeholders on Internet and mobile technologies’ impact on kids. Date: 4th October,2012 Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Objectives of the Conference include: 1) To help stakeholders, especially parents, guardians and…
In a move that validates its mantra of being ‘sponsors of tomorrow’ global technology company Intel is sponsoring nine Nigerian science students drawn from three secondary schools in the country to South Africa to compete in a science competition involving all secondary schools in Africa. Known as the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, the fair…
At a well attended press conference in Lagos, Nigeria, Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smart phones and the BlackBerry PlayBook made major announcements, One of such is of the opening of a permanent local entity and the first fully branded BlackBerry retail store in Lagos, Nigeria. The move, which marks the expansion of…
“With easywallet from Etisalat, you won’t need to carry your physical wallet around anymore”-Lucas Dada, Director, Products &services at Etisalat Nigeria. Each time I hear Etisalat’s promotional jingle of 0809ja for life… feel this is a brand that is innovative and very Nigerian. And they tend to make telecommunications easy for Nigerians with different products…
Infrastructure is key to development,the Regional Coordinator of the World Infrastructure Summit for Africa and the President of Initiative for Infrastructure and Modern City Development IIMCD Nigeria, Mr .Daniel Omonze has lamented that the demand for infrastructure is outstripping supply all over the world, saying new strategies must be devised to address the deficit. Omonze…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the call for applications for the 2013 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). The Innovation Prize for Africa awards$150,000 USD to Africans who are thinking of innovative ideas in areas like agriculture, the environment, health, ICT, and manufacturing…
All over the world today, Technology is one tool that impacts on every aspect of an economy. It enables sustainable development and empowers the people for growth and productivity. We cannot afford in this age to continuously pay little attention to the importance of Technology for development (T4D). This digital gap has also created with…
To consolidate Nigeria’s position on the Global Internet Governance Forum, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Communications Technology, National Information Technology Development Agency, Nigeria Communications Commission and Global Network for Cybersolution is organizing a one-day Preparatory National Stakeholders’ Forum to call for contributions from various stakeholders toward the forthcoming…
This is an overview of the paper delivered by Mr Tosin Amusan, Datacenter/Virtualization and Cloud Solution Architect at Cisco during the 3rd Education Network Conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Global Trends in Education Online courses expand reach and complement traditional instruction: Education institutions are increasingly looking for opportunities to expand access to educational opportunities and increasing…
In Technology focused journalism in Africa, the name Remmy Nweke will always ring a bell. He is one Nigerian journalist that has won many international awards. For over a decade, Remmy worked and meritoriously stepped aside to grow his communication outfit, as the Senior Reporter and Head of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) desk at Champion…
Oracle recently announced the results of its “Making the Grade: Optimizing the Higher Education Student Experience” report, which surveyed more than 1,000 undergraduate students and 180 higher education administrators to examine where student services stand today, the impact those services have on overall student satisfaction and how higher education institutions can improve services and address…
It gets more exciting to know that Africa is gradually being regarded as a potential haven for business opportunities, as Oracle extends invitation for Tech Journalists in Africa to join them at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld Conference. Claire Alexander, Oracle PR manager for Africa made this known to us that this is the first time…
Blackberry battery runs down easily and that is one of the challenges users face but BlackBerry has introduced a new application to help you get the most battery life out of your BlackBerry smartphone. The app is called Application Resource Monitor. The Application Resource Monitor (ARM) is designed to identify and alert you to idle…
From Cyberschuulnews we learnt that the Republic of Cameroun has entered into agreement with Main One Cable Company -to provide a landing point at Douala on the Main One’s 1.9Tbps submarine cable which already has landing points in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal the Canary Islands, Morocco and London. Before now Cameroun was connected on…
SOFTWARE NIGERIA & LOCAL CONTENT ACT 2010 Suppressed Development and Under-development of Indigenous Software: The Nigerian Software Lion has roared in an effort to occupy the International software space – this has come to pass. Engr. Chijioke Simeon Agu, a Fellow of the Nigeria Computer society and Past President of the Institute of Software Practitioners…
Oracle Communications today announced that Etisalat Nigeria, a leading Nigerian communications service provider, has gone live with Oracle Communications Data Model, which helps it more quickly analyze growing volumes of diverse data, and make better business decisions. In a press statement issued to us, it states that Oracle Communications Data Model allows Etisalat Nigeria to…
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC –a Nigerian non-governmental organization working to encourage Nigerian girls and women to use information and communication technology (ICT) to empower themselves socially and economically through technology literacy training, technology-based projects, mentoring, work placement and research ,recently held her fifth Girls Technology Camp in Lagos, Nigeria. The W.TEC Technology…
Seun Ojedeji recently informed us that the Information and Communication Technology Centre of The Federal University Oye Ekiti is organizing Software Freedom Day (SFD) in conjunction with Computer Science department of the institution. He says” The goal in this celebration is to educate the public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education,…
More than seventy entrepreneurial mobile developers from the Nigerian developer community attended the BlackBerry10 Mini Jam developer event in Lagos recently at the CcHub in Sabo, Yaba, showing a high level of interest in designing apps for the forth coming BlackBerry10 platform. To date, RIM has held BlackBerry 10 developer events in cities across North…
Paper delivered by Dr. Olatunde Adekola,Senior Education Specialist, World Bank at EduNet2012 Fellow colleagues, friends and educators, Gentlemen of the press, Distinguish Ladies and gentlemen. … I am very pleased to be in your midst and really appreciate your invitation; it is always a wonderful experience to be among friends, distinguished colleagues and of course,…
Prowork– an innovative idea co-founded by Francis Onwumere of Digital Craft Studios, makes team collaboration on projects easy. This is one of the impressive Startups that solve real problems in work place, Interestingly, this idea has also been nominated for Meffys Award We wish Francis and his team the best!
Mobile advertising network, Twinpine announced it has been nominated for a 2012 Meffys award. The Meffys are amongst the most coveted awards in the mobile industry, recognising brands, start-ups and individuals who have helped shape the mobile content and commerce industry. Twinpine, which this month celebrates the end of its first commercial year, is shortlisted…
Just few minutes ago from the technology users group,this useful news reads : Samsung Mobile and Co-Creation Hub Nigeria are pleased to inform you about exciting opportunities to generate locally-relevant apps that will be on Samsung devices and the Apps Store. Beyond bragging rights and winning cool prizes, you will be well on your way to…
I had a Ghanaian teacher during my secondary school days that taught me that education is simply the training of a child to be able to live and to be lived with. Is it this simple? Yes, education is all about interactivity but people make it unnecessarily complex. Learning looks hard, but it can…
Welcome Address by Kenneth Omeruo, MD Emerging Media, Publishers of TechTrends (www.techtrendsng.com) at the 3rd Education Network Conference 2012(Edunet2012)on July 31st,2012 at Golden Gate, Restaurant, Ikoyi ,Lagos-Nigeria. Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Academics, Captains of ICT industry, the media, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of Emerging Media, the organizers of EduNet Conference, I have the honor…
Hey Nigerian developers,BlackBerry is pleased to invite you to be part of the BlackBerry 10 Mini Jam in Lagos on August 14th.BlackBerry 10 mini Jam is a full-day event dedicated to providing the developer community in Nigeria with insights on the BlackBerry 10 platform; its strengths, the vision, and how developers can make apps that…
Read part1 and 2 of the article. http://techtrendsng.com/internet-bandwidth-key-national-developmentpart1/ http://techtrendsng.com/internet-bandwidth-key-national-development-part-2/ According to Wikipedia, access to the Internet grew from an estimated 10 million people in 1993, to almost 40 million in 1995, to 670 million in 2002, and to 2.45 billion in 2011. With market saturation the phase of rapid growth is ending in…
The Mobile advertising network- Twinpine today celebrates the end of its first commercial year and has marked the occasion by announcing some company highlights for the past 12 months. At launch, the company set a target of reaching 100 million monthly impressions within a year. It has far surpassed this, now handling over 500 million…