The traffic situation in Lagos,Nigeria is one social problem that affects every aspect of life in this densely populated city.To help solve this,Traffic.com.ng a traffic monitoring application developed by Nigerian technology innovator to address the traffic situation in the country. The product was featured at the recently concluded Mobile Web West Africa held at Eko…
Do you love solving complex problems? Do you code in your sleep? Are you a student at an African or Arabic university? Are you interested in internships at Google? If so, Code Jam Africa & Arabia is for you! Code Jam AA is a new coding competition for African and Arabic computer science students. It’s…
One of the heroes of the ongoing mass protest in Egpyt is Google Executive-Wael Ghonim. Wael Ghonim, shortly after being freed from custody by the Egyptian government Monday, gave a quick video interview about his experience to Egypt’s On TV network. Ghonim is Google’s head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa. He…
Broadband and Broadband Divide (BBD) is here! Download, Download, Download – When will Nigeria start to upload creative digital content into the global IT Knowledge Space? The first equation for today’s knowledge-sharing lesson is: “Broadband without accelerated indigenous software engine, applications and local content equals = 21st Century Digital Slavery”. Nations that fail to develop…
Mobile Web West Africa Conference Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, This is a unique gathering and one which I feel privileged to address. It is a gathering assembled by a guy who, my investigations reveal, is fast becoming a ‘young veteran’ in the business of putting people together to discuss. I ran into some colleagues who were…
Technology Africa, leading information communications technology (ICT) content provider, has announced that the 2011 edition of the popular “TITANS OF TECHNOLOGY” conference cum exhibition will focus on cyber Security. In a statement signed by Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa disclosed that the event which will hold between March 17 and 18, 2011. He…
In a recent report from Cyberschuulnews, President of Information Technology Association of Nigerian, ITAN, Dr. Jimson Olufuye has been appointed by United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) as a representative to the new Working Group on Internet Governance. As one of only five business representatives globally, Dr. Olufuye will play an…
The competition for the prestigious Technology in Government in Africa Awards (TIGA) for 2011 has opened. The education category of the awards is organised jointly with the eLearning Africa Conference and Scholarship Trust. The competition for the third TIGA Technology in Government Awards 2011 has opened. The awards are organised by the United Nations Economic…
Adopt Creative- Innovation To remain competitive in this ever increasingly aggressive business climate, enterprises have to adopt a positive attitude that tilts towards unending business model reinvention and creative innovation. True innovation means demolishing and recreating an entire business concept so that you won’t be limited by your past experience, some of which might not…
What has ICT got to do with this? And what has Christmas got to dowith ICT4D or even ICT4Change? Perhaps everything! A quick search at Google reveals that indeed, the Internet and Cyberspace is now a deep rooted culture especially among the youths of the world and that Cyber Santa has contributed to the propagation…
The E-payment Providers Association of Nigeria will hold its 6th series of Techno-Interactive Forum on Tuesday 25th January 2011, by 9am prompt .The venue of the event is Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme is “Payment Cards in Nigeria: Exploring the Future of payments cards 2011-2015” The Chairman of the event is…
All amber, the leading company specialising in organising interactive, discussion-based events specifically aimed at high level strategists, today announced that Titi Omo-Ettu, the President of ATCON, will deliver the opening address at the Mobile Web West Africa conference, February 2nd to 3rd, 2011. Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas, has also confirmed that he will…
Today, Institutions of all kinds – especially the Fortune Five Hundred Multi-Nationals, Financial Institutions, Mega Business outfits, Government entities, Electoral Processes and e-Voting, e-Government Operations, Banking and Finance, Sports complex Stadiums, Airports, Hospitality and Entertainment Centres, Shopping Malls, Organised Sports and leisure facilities, Mass Transport facilities and Train Stations, such as Hospital, Court Rooms, Server…
The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) is pleased to advise its members, other industry players, and the public that as part of the implementation of the 2011 business plan, it welcomes collaboration on initiatives which conform to its mission for the year. The framework and process of implementation to get endorsement and collaboration…
At the end of last century, everybody was apprehensive of what the new millennium would hold. One word became a buzzword, and that was being ‘Y2K compliant’. Not few of us were talking about that because of the fear of the so called ‘millennium bug’. (I know that you can recall that, and was probably…
“Pathway to Connecting the Last Man” Being excerpt of the Lecture delivered by Engr.Titi Omo-Ettu, FNSE (President ATCON) at the 11th Distinguished Electrical and Electronics Engineers Annual Lecture (DEEEAL), Dec.16, 2010 at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Lagos,Nigeria Nigerians have spoken The transformation of the mindset of the Nigerian from a position of the telephone not…
COMPUTER FORENSICS Computer forensics is the application of computer investigation techniques to thoroughly analyze digital media, software program, suite of applications, computer network resources, or a group of related cyber activities and therefore gather evidence suitable for presentation in a court of law. The goal of computer forensics is to perform a structured investigation while…
Africa’s leading mobile focused event-Mobile Web West Africa 2011 will hold in Nigeria on 2nd and 3rd February, 2011 at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Official website for the event is www.mobilewestafrica.com The theme of this event is Harnessing the potentials of the Internet and Applications on Mobile devices in Africa….
INTRODUCTION Computer security is a vast field that touches all aspects of data confidentiality, integrity and availability for suitably controlling access to data. Access control is only one of the ten domains of Information Systems Security categorized by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC) 2 which is responsible for certifying Information Systems Security…
As the report for an emerging Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry in Nigeria is being studied by the government, it becomes interesting to follow the imminent convergence of the Communications Technologies (CT) and the Information Technology industry (IT). This was evident at a recent forum organized by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) where the…
It is interesting as the number of hours we spend on the Internet becomes more than we spend on any media even the TV, the internet has become increasingly important to advertisers. Many are aware of the unlimited opportunities businesses and brands could be exposed to through online advertisement ,but they get frustrated each time…
“Pathway to Connecting the Last Man” Excerpt of the Lecture delivered by Engr.Titi Omo-Ettu, FNSE (President ATCON) at the 11th Distinguished Electrical and Electronics Engineers Annual Lecture (DEEEAL), Dec.16, 2010 at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Lagos,Nigeria Introduction Why the DEEEAL Lecture? An idea similar to what is now called the DEEEAL lecture was mooted in…
Ms.Nkemdilim Uwaje, the MD of Future Software Resources Ltd has been nominated for the Future Awards in the category Best Use of Technology Nkem Uwaje who apart from being the daughter of top IT guru, Chris Uwaje, has contributed in no small measure to the development of ICT in Nigeria and Africa at large in…
A full text of the speech by the Director-General of NITDA at the Nigeria Computer Society Discussion Forum on Friday December 10,2010 at the Events Center,Ikeja ,Lagos. I am happy to observe that over the years, NCS has demonstrated commendable leadership as an association of information Technology practitioners. The discussion today on the impact of…
On behalf of the Nigerian Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, NIEEE (A Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers) I am pleased to send this advance notice of invitation to the Distinguished Electrical Electronic Engineer’s Annual Lecture, DEEEAL, 2010 entitled “Pathway to connecting the Last Man” which, owing to my nomination by the Institution,…
With the recent development that INEC will display voters register on the Internet for validation and verification and as Mr. President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is set to Launch a book on his social media Interaction on Facebook on 20th December, 2010 what quickly comes to my mind is the use of social media and…
Reading about The President of Nigeria,Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan writing a book about his interactions on Facebook,what quickly came to my mind was few years ago, when one of my mentors Chris uwaje, popularly known as the Oracle of IT in Nigeria wrote an article titled: Is your President Computer Literate? That article was really…
An integral and sometimes unhealthy part of our discourse is the incessant carping about the failures and inadequacies of our political and socio-economic system. Whilst there is some merit in such arguments, some rant often offers nothing more than stating the bleeding obvious. While it has become customary to hear about public officials bemoaning the…
Nigeria has approximately a 50-year supply of oil if no new oil is found. In a world without oil, the cutlass will replace the farm tractor. We know most oilfields have been discovered and that oil exists in limited quantities. We know that oil wells dry up after 50 years. Rather than debate the exact…
The Golden Jubilee celebration of our nationhood should be a period of stock-taking and sober reflection. We must identify missed opportunities and what we need to do to make Nigeria truly a giant of Africa. In view of that, Nigeria Computer Society is organizing a one-day forum to review the impact of Information Technology on…