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…
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…
Prelude: As I conclude this series on “It’s Time to Listen to Emeagwali and one million Nigerians under “Part four” of this write-up, I wish to thank all those who have read and followed this presentation on issues of knowledge, technology and brain drain; and the need to refocus our development national mindset to positive…
Mina, a Ghanaian Lady that I met on my recent trip from Accra, the capital city of Ghana to Aflao, the border town with Republic of Togo, was traveling to conduct withdrawal transactions with her ATM card and nine other cards belonging to friends. The distance to Aflao from her rustic roadside village is close…
For those who live in the developed economies, mobile telephony has surpassed its raison d’etre of exchange of information between peoples and seamlessly moved into the socio-political realm of politics and consumption. With the unrest following the Iranian presidential elections of 12 June (whaoh! June 12 again!), the leading question in media and academic circles…
Facebook is the fastest growing social networking website on the Internet today with over 200 million users world wide, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 2004 with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes at Harvard University. It is a free-access website organized by city, workplace, school, region to…
There is no doubt that technology has come to stay. And more importantly, it has come to reshape and redefine the way we live. Technology has bridged the time, making what was seemingly impossible yesterday, possible today. It has still gone ahead to show us that anything we ever imagined can be achieved with time….
NIGERIA YOUR TREASURE: Today, if man or history challenges us to produce our treasure house (our legacy?) what will it be? The ‘Accumulated Hydrocarbons, the ‘Rain Forest’ or ‘Human Resources’? None of the above! Truth is, we are yet to consciously recognize, appreciate, collect document and preserve nationalknowledge – which is and remains the greatest…
The internet is a honey pot of information. No hyperbole. Often described as one of mankind’s greatest innovations yet, it is versatile, indispensible, invaluable and useful. This unfortunately also makes it a veritable tool for criminals. The media around the world is awash with stories of scams particularly those in which Nigerians have ripped foreigners of their monies. However, this piece will dwell on how to tell a scam email, what to do when you receive a scam email and how to avoid becoming a victim of scam emails allegedly known as “The Nigerian Crime”.
Nigeria with only 18 million Bank accounts and 62 million Mobile Phone subscribers is posed to be Africa’s biggest market for Mobile Money in coming months. Despite the late start of Mobile Money in Nigeria, the strong compelling needs of the millions of unbanked populations will propel it to enviable heights that will surpass Kenya’s…
Looking back to what life used to be for all of us before the GSM evolution in Nigeria; it gives one a clear understanding of the positive impact GSM has on Nigerians. The way we used to communicate and do business have changed tremendously, the life of the common people has also been touched in…
The Brain Drain Challenge! First, there is a fundamental need to refocus the nation’s information mindset from the current standard of “WHO YOU KNOW” to “WHAT YOU KNOW!” In order words, it’s time to start to pay homage to ‘knowledge’ (technology) than to (individual) Wealth – Dr. Pius Okigbo’s wisdom on building a knowledge-based society…
In recent times, many people have taken to online business transactions in one way or the other, some even without knowing it are already living a ‘web lifestyle’like me. People who do not have their businesses online at least use e-mail facilities, do online transactions or get online to search for one information or the…