The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC is now accepting applications for its 6th Girls Technology Camp, which is scheduled to take place from August 11 – 24 in Lagos, Nigeria.I remember vividly they had a great camp last year. The W.TEC Girls Technology Camp is a technology education and mentoring programme designed to inspire…
Nigeria Technopreneurs and the Software developers in particular are beginning to solve real problems with Technology. Recently, a team of techies and health professionals using technology to revolutionize the way blood donation is done in Nigeria had a three day hackathon to commemorate the 2013 World Blood Donor Day in which they built an…
As a demonstration of its commitment to the Nigerian and African market, Deloitte, one of the leading professional services firms in the world, has announced the formation of an integrated practice across Africa with Nigeria playing a strategic role in the new growth process. The establishment of the integrated Deloitte Africa and the dedicated investment…
Indeed smart phones have clearly emphasized the importance of a mobile phone in being personal, mobile and as one of the most important tools we cannot afford not to have at anytime, what a device! managing our life, business and relationships If we go by the prediction that over 69% percent of…
Gulf Information Technology Exhibition 2013 – in Dubai promises to attract a superlative global audience in the knowledge economy by establishing a Nigerian Pavilion – with assurance of improving the FDI index of the Federal Government. This is made possible through the Consulting expertise of Mr. Akande Ojo of Pinnacle International Consulting of Iowa,…
iStore, home of everything Apple in Nigeria has advised Nigerian consumers to avoid buying grey Apple products from unauthorized resellers, as these products do not conform to the brand values and service promise of Apple. The reputation of several notable global brands in Nigeria is being tarnished by the influx of grey products into…
As the adoption of cloud computing is revolutionizing the product and service delivery all over the world,Salesforce.com, the world’s largest provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software and Oracle a leading Global engineers of hardware and software that works together in the cloud, have announced this strategic partnership agreeing to Integrate Salesforce.com and Oracle…
This article started from part 1 and part 2 The advancement in human activities has also affected the level of businessing all over the world, even in our home soil. We must wake up to the fact that it is no longer business as usual. One must equally advance in tools of operations in…
Every1Mobile (E1M), which specialises in building mass audiences via mobile in sub-Saharan Africa, announced recently that it has raised $1.7m in angel investment. Every1Mobile, founded in 2010, uses the power of mobile-enabled social networks to transform how organisations engage with young people aged 15-35 in sub-Saharan Africa and other emerging markets. E1M’s ultimate aim is…
Continued from Business Sophistication Part 1 The next area today’s business must be sophisticated is in their machinery. Your machines By machines, I am talking about the tools, the weapon and the technology you employ for your business war. It is a known fact that a fighter is not better than his tools;…
Symantec and the Ponemon Institute recently released the 2013 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis which reveals human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012 and pushed the global average to $136 per record. Issues included employee mishandling of confidential data, lack of system controls, and violations of industry…
TradeStable, one of the leading classified ads sites in Nigeria has today announced the launch of its new and intuitive online marketplace that makes buying and selling safer,easier and closer to you than before. In a press statement made available to us,the new platform provides an easier and faster access for users to search…
The Nigerian media space has recently been awash with news of a multi-million dollar Internet surveillance contract, ostensibly intended to enable the government monitor internet communications of citizens. According to the Nigerian online newspaper,Premium Times, the Nigerian Government had signed a $40 million contract with an Israel-based company, Elbit Systems, to monitor internet communication…
This is the age of human sophistication as evident in every facet of our lives, even in our business lives. The way of doing business in the 80s, 90s and at the dawn of this century are different from what we experience today. Sometimes I wonder if the likes of Lee Iacocca and Jack Welch…
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile handsets, has announced that it will be providing its customers in Nigeria and other pan-African countries with a 24-month ‘Accidental Damage from Handling’ (ADH) warranty to cover screen and liquid damages to its new, flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, at no extra charge. A world first from the…
Eskimi, one of the largest social media platforms in Africa announces that it has joined forces with Jobberman, a leading jobs website in Nigeria to launch a Job section on Eskimi. The new Job section will allow 6 million Nigerians on Eskimi to find and apply for jobs easier. Eskimi members can browse all…
Every genuine product comes with a warranty from the manufacturer. Ideally, a warranty could be defined as a written guarantee issued to the buyer of a product by the manufacturer of that product with promise of repair or replacement of the product under certain spelt out conditions and covering a period of time known…
The highly anticipated launch of Kranta, a fully educational social network that affords its members access to loads of academic resources and past questions in various examinations in Nigeria ranging from common entrance to professional examinations all for free. Loaded with social networking features including profiles, activity feeds, comments and groups functionality, Kranta is…
The lead architect of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) at ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Dr Richard Lamb is set to speak at AfICTA ICT Summit (AfICTS). He is also to facilitate free specialized workshops on securing your presence on the Internet to prevent domain name hijacking and cache poisoning….
African mobile social network 2go has launched its long awaited for app for Android on the Google Play Store. The company, which scaled to over 10 million active users with only four developers, has been actively recruiting developer talent over the last 6 months to help accelerate it into the smartphone market. In Nigeria, where…
In this digital age, the backbone of every economy is hinged on Technology with entrepreneurship driving the growth of the entire system. We see Technology powering every facet of human endeavor, enabling effective governance, empowering security, driving economic and social changes. No nation especially the developing countries can afford to neglect the importance of…
The Nigerian chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) and telecom solution provider, Phase3 Telecoms have drummed support for the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable 2013, scheduled for Thursday, June 6, in commemoration of the this year’s World IPv6 Day. The Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable is an annual symposium organized by the DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Limited in…
BlackBerry has announced that the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will be officially available in Nigeria from today Monday 3rd June from authorized retail partners, alongside the already popular BlackBerry® Z10. The BlackBerry Q10 will be available in both black and white color models.
G|Days Nigeria formerly called g|Nigeria is a community-organized conference by Google with the mission of building an ecosystem of top developers, businesses / decision makers and students in some of the most exciting emerging countries like Nigeria. The event this year is powered by the Google Developer Group and the Google Business Group.There will…
By Janet Sernack Editor’s Note: Janet L. Sernack is our latest contributor from Israel, she gained her consulting, education, facilitation, training and executive coaching skills, from over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing and retailing and learning and development businesses to Australia’s top 100 companies as Compass Learning Pty Ltd.She now resides on…
Lanre Aina of Google Nigeria invited me to join this Google+ Hangout with ex-Nigeria International Footballer, the legendary King Kanu Nwankwo. Kanu in his words said”Join me for my 1st Google+ Hangout on Tuesday, May 28 as I talk Football, the Kanu Heart Foundation and my work as the Super Eagles Ambassador. You can…
Few weeks ago at the Mobile Web West Africa conference in Lagos, some interesting statistics were given on what majority of Nigerians really want from phone manufacturers. Majority of Nigerians want to use smart phones; they want them affordable and of good quality too. Also in that conference, Mr Alex Dadson of Qualcomms revealed…
Africa Information and Communication Technologies Alliance(AfICTA) is pleased to announce the convening of its first ICT Summit (AfICTS) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN), Nigeria’s Ministry of Communication Technology, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA),Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, Edo State Government, National…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on recently revealed that telephone lines in the country had increased from 450,000 to 116 million from 1960 to 2013. Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the lines were mostly of the Global System Mobile Communication (GSM) stock. He…
Main One Cable Company, West Africa’s leading wholesale communications services company and the first privately owned, open access submarine fiber optic cable to land in Nigeria and Ghana, has re-branded itself as Main One. The rebranding marks the conclusion of the company’s evolution from a submarine cable company to a full-fledged communications services provider, poised…