The Global Public Policy Summit (GPPS) 2009 ended at Fairmont Southampton yesterday and was hailed as a great success by attendees who came to Bermuda from over 25 countries. GPPS 2009, a flagship event of the World Information Technology And Services Alliance (WITSA), focused on business technology as an enabler in world economies and featured…
1.2 The New Creative Class The New creative class is like the Managerial Class of the 1950s, they are the norm-setting class of the present era – applying and using technology. The growth of the Internet’s now most-infamous component, the World Wide Web, has been even more spectacular. With more than 700 million…
ComBIT Africa Expo is a product of strategic re-branding of NICOMM Exhibitions & Conferences organised by our Association since 1995. The event has been adjudged the biggest ICT expo in Nigeria and West Africa and is currently attracting ICT trade missions from United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong, China, India, Israel, Korea, Dubai, Taiwan, Canada,…
As the global demand for energy sours, scientists have stepped up their quest to find sustainable and practical solutions to the problem. Other factors such as climate change, high oil prices and demands for CO2-neutral energy production have all lent credence to these calls, hence the renewed interest in renewable energy technologies.
In 1982 and 1983, the first desktop computers began to appear, many were equipped with operating system called Berkeley UNIX which includes Network Software – which allows relatively easy connection to the Internet. The personal computer revolution continued through the eighties, making access to computer…
Google is a double edge sword and you can use it either ways. if you choose to be a bad person then Google will be very useful to you , it can sometimes be a hackers best friend. You will be surprise on the amount of restricted info available and open via Google, by using…
If you have had any problem making payment online as a Nigerian or being branded as a scammer before, then you will appreciate this level of challenge we face online as Nigerians. The recent ‘malicious playstation3 commercial’ on the Internet is regrettable, I am happy the step government and other concerned individuals are taking to…
Not many people seem to know how to use Google, or any search engine, effectively. Most browsers don’t know 10 percent of the facilities in Google search engine, they just type what they want in the search bar and there they go. Once you figure out the best ways to use Google, it will be…
6.The Law of Advertising-First publicize your business, then advertise it both online and offline. Your business dies without advertisement. First seek ways to publicize your online business through the methods of driving traffic to your website, let people tell others about your business. Give out e-books, softwares, business cards, embed your business contact in them.
4.0 How do we recover faster and build a foundation for long-term stability? Many economists say that the standard Keynesian macroeconomic prescription is to stimulate the economy by increasing borrowing, reducing interest rates, lowering taxes and raising spending on public works such as infrastructure. These measures are exactly what the bailout plan and stimulus packages…
The basic cornerstone of good governance are quality of service, quick response mechanism and above all, accountable and transparent process mechanism but the existing systems does not reflect any of these in any of its activities across all sectors and arm of government in Africa.
Presentation at IT Public Private Forum Kano by Dr Jimson Olufuye, President, Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria (ITAN) on 29.09.09 Introduction There is no doubt that transformed leadership is what matters most in the quest for national development in the contemporary world of today. There is no magic to it. Leadership requires deft and…
What is Facebook? How did it come about? Why is so hugely popular? What are the merits and demerits of using it? These pertinent queries will be explored by this piece and proffer reasons as to why Facebook has become the “in-thing” in the world today.
A few years ago, I would have scribbled a few lines of text before putting together anything longer than one paragraph. But things have changed: for most people, it’s now directly from the brain to the keyboard – with immense support from the backspace key and other text editing functions such as Cut and Paste…
With the global population souring and energy demand rising above energy supply, the need to find lasting solutions to the energy debacle has never been more profound as it is now. Many scientists have called for the endorsement and adoption of renewable energy technologies as the way out of the energy problem. Though this is…
The Internet is a marketing tool which when fully maximized will help you sell your product or service profitably while building your Brand online. This is made possible by leveraging the high interactivity the Internet offers. The process of Internet marketing involves setting up a repeatable system on the Internet through e-marketing strategies to create…
The Connection We have learned that customers do business in pursuit of the emotional experience they seek. They return to the same businesses and become loyal to the brands because of the way these businesses and brands make them feel. And when customers feel good about your ‘product-service’, they tell their friends. Put yourself in…
At a first glance, many businesses in Nigeria have all it takes to hit it big in business locally and internationally. Of course, we are good business people with sound business acumen and savvy. I know that you will agree with me. Ironically, countless number of businesses, including those favoured by political, economical, social, technological,…
Has the Internet come to replace the traditional mainstream media? This is a question I believe you have asked at one point or the other, which you are about to find the answer. The truth is media has evolved over the years with technological advancements. Al Ries and Laura Ries in their book-22 Immutable Laws…
Google AdWords Google AdWords is a global advertising program that enables advertisers to reach the people who are interested in their products or services. Advertisers use automated tools, often with little or no assistance from google, to create ads, place bids to serve their ads, select the types of sites where they’d like their ads…
There is an instinct in man that propels change. The change can either be positive or negative. However, there is no one that wants to be a loser; rather everyone wants to be a winner. Therefore, the inherent virtue of man is for a positive change for the better and this is expected to result…
Google being the largest search engine is more than a search engine. It is the most successful online business for now (www.wired.com). Majority of people use Google only for search without knowing other applications that can help their businesses and search experience.
Mobile phones can enable Banks and their existing and new customers to interact remotely in a trusted way through local retail outlets like the super markets, Gas stations, lottery points, post offices and even airtime dealers.
By any standards The Punch Newspapers is a favourite of most Nigerians because it offers deep insight and objectivity in its publications hence I have been addicted to the Website to get the juiciest news. So it came to me as a shocker when a few months ago they decided that access to the hitherto…
Nigeria with 5 Mobile Operators and 7 CDMA operators with total subscription of 62 Million under an addressable market of 140 Million people is the largest market for Mobile telephony in Africa.
Firefox: What’s all the noise about! Firefox is one of the most useful browsers with tons of extensions and according to w3schools is already used by 47.9% of computer users. Firefox is already a standard (default web browser) on most if not all Linux O.S and will become increasingly popular with the advent of Windows…
In the late nineties, cybercafé business used to be a very lucrative business with lots of abnormal profits. The market became contestable and lots of entrepreneurs entered and exploited the abnormal profit and then it became a normal profit venture. Put together 10-20 systems in a strategic location like a campus environment, with a dependable…
The Challenge It is intellectually lazy as well as factually inaccurate to treat emerging markets as a homogenous group. While there is no doubt that mobile telephony is rapidly progressing in a pretty impressive fashion in some parts namely Latin America and the Indian subcontinent, in others mobile telephony faces the systemic problems that hamper…
Internet brands or brands on Internet? The advent and use of Internet has really changed the way business is done. Businesses have become smarter with increased technological development. The business potentials of the Internet which is characterized by the semantic features of web 2.0 has given birth to web-applications that help small businesses grow with…
The best way to strengthen a society and increase development, they say, is to improve health, education and other services for its citizens. Over the years the government and people of many nations have sort to ensure that these necessities are met by employing the most up to date advances and trends in science and…