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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…

  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…

Core Group Africa-authorised distributor for Apple in Africa, announced that the new iPad will officially be available in Nigeria from today. Their statement reads: We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the new iPad in Nigeria. You are now able to purchase official iPad products in Nigeria with the peace of mind that…

Oracle recently announced a new agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Skire, , a leading provider of capital program  and facilities management  management applications available both in the cloud and on-premise. This report was made available to us by Claire Alexander, PR manager for Africa. Skire’s software provides a complete set of…

From Cyberschuulnews and industry news (ATCONnews) this week, Main One Cable, Nigeria’s leading submarine cable earlier in the week launched a Global Video Connect, a product that will enable the distribution of live video content worldwide as well as enhance international media reach into key emerging regions. MainOne in partnership with Tata Communications connects customers…

This is the era of knowledge –based economy. The new information and communication technologies (NICT) especially the Internet has become a veritable tool for learning, research, business development and growth, mass communication, social empowerment for social changes. With the Higher education in developed world playing key roles in research of these new technologies and how…

Reading through this report titled Magic Quadrant for CRM Multichannel Campaign Management, Gartner Inc-a leading analyst firm has placed Oracle’s Siebel CRM in the Leaders Quadrant for 2012. Gartner Magic Quadrants position vendors within a particular market segment based on completeness of vision and ability to execute on that vision. According to Gartner, “Leaders consistently…

As the closing date for entries for 2012 Google Apps Developer Challenge draws near,it becomes necessary to remind our developers to be part of this great opportunity. Developers in 6 regions across the world will win prizes that include Chromebooks and up to $20,000 USD . Innovations from students and female developers will be given…