The Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr Bashir Gwandu has now taken over as the Chairman of The Commonwealth ITU Group (the CIG). Gwandu was unanimously elected as Chairman by the meeting of CIG, at Marlborough House -the Headquarters of the Commonwealth in London following his nomination to the Membership…
As part of the ongoing efforts to harmonize the Information Technology and the Communications Technology sector in Nigeria through a unified National Information Communication Technology (ICT) policy, the Ministry of Communication Technology has announced plans to host a public forum on the Draft ICT Policy on Friday, March 09, 2012 at the Lagos City Hall,…
The Google Nigeria team has announced her third annual gNigeria event, happening between March 15-16 at the Lagos Civic Center,Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue,Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria. According to their statement on the event, gNigeria a two day event where Google engages with the growing community of developers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs in Nigeria who are passionate…
Research In Motion, makers of the leading smartphones in Africa, recently announced that the first-ever BlackBerry Curve model with a touch display, the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 smartphone and also the Bold 9790,are now available in Nigeria. The sleek and stylish all-touch BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphone is powered by the BlackBerry® 7 operating system, which…
Tom Pegrume Vice president, Oracle Hardware Sales, Middle East and Africa, will be in Nigeria on February 27th to interact and answer relevant questions as to the future of data with Oracle solutions. Following an Oracle report released recently and made available to us by SY&T Communications Limited ,entitled Next Generation Data Centre Index Cycle…
Business has a life cycle. And each stage of this cycle introduces a new business order or dispensation that would partly, and in some cases totally alter what we may have known. Everything has a shelf life, whether it is a product or even a business. Undoubtedly, we are in another phase of enterprising, and…
There are emerging facts from global reports that doing business in the present age is no longer a joke, even in the most stable markets and economies such as Europe and America.Indeed, the business world is no longer fair!There have been so many political, economical, social, infrastructural, and other discomforts that have led to the…
Now with the Global meltdown, the Nigerian knowledge workers are in want. And stories are circulating in the Valley of immigrants abandoning their cars and homes to move back in with their parents abroad. But beyond the outflow of techies, Intel, Microsoft, and others have begun worrying publicly about a much broader problem: overall U.S….
“In Africa we don’t lack ideas,we only lack people who believe in our ideas and can genuinely invest in them” said Terry- a young Nigerian i met recently who shared some of his great ideas with me. Terry, no doubt is one of the millions of African youths whose ideas are yet to see the…
Look! Africa is fast becoming a digital colony without her realizing it.Am deeply afraid with the way we are going,that one day if nothing is done, we will wake up and see one smart kid in say China remotely controlling the economies of nations in Africa!Yes,it is as bad as that, if you have keenly…
Let’s now look at eCommerce in a bigger picture by comparing the relationship between these groups of people: Nigerians in Diaspora Nigerians at home Foreigners in Nigeria Foreigners abroad In the Internet marketplace, Nigerians in Diaspora will like to shop for their relatives at home while still abroad. Also foreigners in Nigeria will like to …
Bring them Home – Nigerian Knowledge Workers (NKW) – Worldwide! The Nigerian dream, vision, mission and Enterprise Agenda does not need 160 million people to realise and deliver the mission critical assignment of 21st Century development. No. We only need a few, three million (3 million) smart hot-heads and thinking & creative mindset to take…
Waserise.com a job search engine which took over 5 years of study and research on human needs and the recruitment process was recently launched in Nigeria.According to Seyi Eluwole”We have a job navigation model where users are able to pick several tags describing themselves and exactly the type(s) of job(s)they want. Our system uses a…
The time was 10.29am,on that day in September 1996.The venue was Broadway Computers Limited,Surulere and the Mission Critical Subject was Windows 95 softpack with its Embedded Virtual Basic Program. The encounter that led to the formation of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria(ISPON) occurred in the month of September 1996,and the two professionals in this…
The central message of the national fuel subsidy removal and related economic crisis is: “The Industrial Era has ended and the Information Society Era has commenced”. All these noise about oil and gas, oil and gas – yes, removing the subsidy has created hardships, but focusing on this and identifying or calling it our central…
On 18th day of January,2012,the Internet World woke up to see that Wikipedia,the fifth most visited website on the internet,has blacked out its content to protest two anti- piracy bills;the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) being moved by the US house of representatives and the Senate respectively. I quickly recalled…
How did we totally lose our way?Indeed is the question! But I did not ask the question. It is one articulated by Ms Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne Cable Company in a Guests’ Comment Register at the breakfast meeting by CEO members of ATCON for Engr Victor Haffner’s 92nd birthday last September. Therein, she wrote:…
There are two kinds of countries in the world, those that are fully integrated into the Internet marketplace and those that are not. Humankind now rests on a new economy where a bottle of milk is just a mouse click away. Ecommerce will allow us to search for a product online in our locality, giving …
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encourage women and minorities to excel in computing and technology through her Google University Programes, Google has announced the following scholarships for 2012. -Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2012: Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can find more details at http://www.google.com/anitaborg/emea/ -Google Europe Scholarship for Students with…
Nigerian content creators can now leverage the power of a localised version of YouTube to showcase Nigeria’s rich cultural, social, educational, Journalism, Entertainment and other relevant content as Google recently announced the launch of YouTube in Nigeria, showcasing the best and brightest local talent. YouTube Nigeria will now offer some of the most informative and…
As the mobile and online card games are gaining followers due to the addictive multi-application availability and the exciting interaction with plenty of twists and surprises,the Nigeria- owned nKanika,a multi-platform, global interactive entertainment and licensing company based in Silicon Valley is creating the next generation of free -to play games for mobile devices and the…
Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, recently announced that SECURICO has won the US $100,000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, SECURICO provides guarding services and electronic security solutions, and is the first security company in Zimbabwe to be ISO (International…
Welcome address delivered by Chris Uwaje(FNCS) at the National Software Conference and Competition organised by Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria(ISPON)at Tinapa,Calabar,Cross River State. It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you all-and indeed a special honor to welcome our distinguished guests,guests of honor,members of the NITDA Board,Our keynote speakers,captains of the IT Profession…
Mr Olatunji Ariyomo raised very good and informed points in his ‘Sustainable Electricity: How Nigeria Can Get It Right’ which I had read on Saharareporters.com and found compelling especially as I am one of the author’s Facebook contacts. As a concerned Nigerian, and part of the long suffering citizenry, while I think we should revisit…
In July during the Education Networks Conference Africa held at University of Lagos Nigeria,the leading education network-Students Circle Network was presented to the participants with great enthusiasm.The rate of growth and expansion of the network for students globally is really exponential,we had this online interview with Mr Gossy Ukanwoke,the Founder of Student Circle Network who…
Nigeria as a developing nation is faced with youth unemployment, poverty, diseases, corruption, lack of power, lack of Transparency in government at different levels among other issues. Interestingly, facts have shown that the population of young people in Nigeria(even in Africa )is greater than any other group; therefore it becomes important to channel the energy…
At the just concluded 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Information Technology (Industry) Association of Nigeria (ITAN), Mrs. Florence Seriki, CEO of Omatek Computers was elected as the 6th President of the Association. Also, the new Constitution was approved by consensus at the AGM. The AGM which took place at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, on…
There is no doubt that Africa’s techsphere is fast evolving with great opportunities orchestrated by the broadband and fibre initiatives into and around Africa which lights up the continent with affordable internet access.This has also increased the appetite of foreign investors into Africa as seen by several delegations to Africa in recent times just to…
You don’t have any reason not to be part of YouWin because Innovative young Nigerians will be supported with training in Entrepreneurship and a total of 1200 existing and start-up businesses will be given up to N10m grant(each) over the course of one year as they meet target milestones. The date for the submission of…
Research In Motion today announced that BlackBerry® smartphones running on the BlackBerry® 7 Operating System (OS) have been independently evaluated by a third-party Common Criteria evaluation facility and meet the security criteria for evaluation assurance level (EAL) 4+. The Common Criteria is an international standard for validating that products meet specific security requirements. Widely respected…