Nigeria no doubt is in dire need of medical interventions. From the colleague who died of the simplest medical condition, to the random accident victim who didn’t even make it to the hospital before they gave up, everyone has directly or indirectly experienced poor medical attention.Today we see new technologies and the mobile devices…
WELCOME ADDRESS BY CHRIS UWAJE (FNCS) PRESIDENT, INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA (ISPON) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESIDENT DINNER 2014. VENUE: SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, IKEJA, LAGOS. FEB. 28, 2014 Theme: “Software: As Sustainable Intellectual Property for the Development of Nigeria” FOCUS: Software Nigeria: Innovate or Perish? It is my pleasure to welcome you all to our President…
Entries to the 2014 African Blogger Awards, the continent’s very first awards programme that measures online and social influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis, are open to bloggers, Instagrammers, Tweeters and YouTubers across Africa. The Awards have been divided into 36 categories, providing the opportunity for influencers on these platforms to…
Synclie applies sophisticated automatic listening logic to television content recognition, pulls and pushes contextual and actionable content and ad serving through social persona targeting and natural language processing patented AJ technologies that allow brands and their agencies to launch interest and demographically targeted campaigns and get real results to a wider engaged audience….
We are pleased to announce that EduNet 2014 will be hosted by the ICT Centre of Obafemi Awolowo University and theInstitute for Entrepreneurship Studies(IFEDS)of Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria in collaboration with Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurship Centre (StarTAU), Israel. Theme: Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities Date: May 20-22, 2014 Venue: Obafemi Awolowo University,…
Erudite scholar and a past president of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Charles Uwadia has accepted to preside over the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development 2014. Confirming this to newsmen in Lagos, the Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, the organizers of the event, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke,…
We got this report from Cyberschuulnews that the University of Lagos has commissioned a high speed internet access infrastructure under a partnership with MainOne Ltd on whose initiative the project was conceived.The infrastructure was commissioned to service on February 1,2014. In less than three years, MainOne has emerged the preferred provider of bandwidth connectivity…
Programos Foundation Nigeria in collaboration with the International Association of African Non-Governmental Organisations with support from the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) India and Public Interest Registry, will host an eNGO workshop for 100 Nigerian based grassroots NGOs. The workshop will focus on training the organisations on capacity building using information and Communications Technologies. The…
Last week we brought you a report on the launch of Lenovo Smartphones in Nigeria, Yesterday in Lagos at a well-attended event, Lenovo launched its smartphone portfolios in Nigeria .Nigerian consumers will be the first in Africa to get their hands on these seven models, including the flagship Vibe X smartphone which will…
Few days ago,Google publicly announced the winners of the 2013 Google Cloud Developers Challenge.As one of the judges for Sub Saharan Africa on the just concluded Cloud Challenge,It is really interesting to have seen the level of ingenuity shown by these young Africans in their applications.This shows that there is a huge opportunity…
The dynamic nature of the modern job market is fueling the need for deeper workforce insight across all levels of a business so that managers can make proactive personnel choices that will positively impact their operations. Today, the foundation for informed decision making lies in the vast amounts of employee data that businesses collect…
It is of interest to know that such project is going on to map the Innovation Clusters in Nigeria.I found this recently and decided to share it here.This is a good step in the right direction for Nigeria and innovation. Executive Summary of the Project Information and communication technology (ICT) is…
JUMIA, one of the leading online retailers in Nigeria announces its new CEOs; Nicolas Martin and Jérémy Doutté. They will replace former Managing Directors, Tunde Kehinde and Raphael Afaedor, who decided to leave JUMIA Nigeria to start their own businesses according to reports from JUMIA Nigeria. The press report made available to…
We just received an invitation of the official Launch and presentation of Lenovo Smart phones in Nigeria for next week. Lenovo being a Multi-billion dollar technology company acquired IBM Computers some years ago. It is planning a great entry into the Nigerian Mobile market. During the event, Lenovo top executives will share Lenovo’s…
News reaching us from the African Press organization says that Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company founded by Tony O. Elumelu, CON, has announced its investment in US start-up Planet Labs’ innovative satellite manufacturing technology. Heirs Holdings is the only African investor in the project, which is based in San Francisco….
The success of any new technology can be measured by its impact on the users of such technologies. Often times because of the digital bridge in Africa it is more difficult to define the socio-economic and cultural implications with new technologies and how they affect the people. This has also made it more…
Today’s brand can be tomorrow’s trivial question.A great brand is built by creating value via the creation of meaningful experiences. These experiences are built or based on perceptions and thus fostered by interaction with the brand. In the world of Beverages, there are few companies that can match the excellent spirit of Chivita let alone…
It is worthy to note that the tri-angle of innovation around the world is held together by the cooperative endeavor of the Government, the Academic Community, and the Technology Industry. A deficiency or disconnect in any of these key drivers of innovation will definitely bring an imbalance in the innovation ecosystem….
Just few days into the 2014 and with our projections in the tech ecosystem in Nigeria, Digital Direct, a fast rising ICT Retailing and Consulting Company, is planning big for 2014. The company that is responsible for revolutionizing ICT retail with an innovative and inspiring contact-based retail model in Lekki Phase 1…
The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) whose major goal is building a State of the Art Network Infrastructure for Research and Education in the region, will hold its first annual conference on 13 March 2014. Focused on cost-effective access to high-capacity bandwidth, connectivity and services, the conference will bring together…
A Lead Paper on the Theme Transforming a Nation with Broadband Telecom as an Instrument for Sustainable Development ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Brainchild of the Summit Subject Matter for appreciating the need to discuss all about Access, The Customer. Quality of service NCC for being passionate about these matters Homage Because they did it SUBJECT…
Market your product-service benefits I would be dwelling a little more on this; it appears to be pivotal to this whole topic. According to Brian Tracy, ‘The best sales presentation shows the prospect how much better off he will be if he buys and simultaneously how much worse off he will be if…
Few months ago President Barack Obama during his visit to Africa announced the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the new flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Beginning in 2014, the program will bring more than 500 young African leaders to the United States each year for leadership training and…
Read Strategic Marketing Part 1 by Tony Ajah Marketing and the buyers’ personalities As people differ, so are the strategies for reaching them. Our ability to resolve this earlier would give you access into their ‘comfort-zone’ – the zone where every buying decisions are made. To achieve success in marketing, you…
The Internet Society announced few days ago the appointment of Kathryn C. Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer effective 1 January 2014. Ms. Brown brings more than 30 years of experience to her new role having most recently served as a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group, an international consulting firm, and…
Microsoft, world software giant, has appointed Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman, Zinox Group, as one of its Global Partner Advisors, for a-two year tenure. Mr. Ekeh, the only African among the Advisors, was appointed in recognition of his pioneering and pivotal role in ICT development in the continent, more so, for his intuitive…
Marketing is a very serious activity and it is the fundamental part of every business. It is your ability to win in the marketplace that makes you a true business winner. Most business failures known to me are mainly those relating to the market or marketing. The subject of marketing is becoming harder…
Nelson Mandela stood for an equal African society where people will have the freedom of speech, freedom of association, rule of law and total emancipation from racism and all the characteristics of the apartheid era. It is very significant to recall that his struggle for an egalitarian African nation took over 27 years…
African consumers are increasingly choosing to purchase gifts online – DHL With the increased availability of broadband access, more affordable data costs offered by mobile operators and the consistent development of mobile devices, online shopping is gaining great traction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fatima Sullivan, Head of Retail at DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa says…
See pictures of the event here Preamble: The Association of Telecommunications of Nigeria (ATCON) on November 28, 2013 held a one day Telecoms Executives and Regulator’s Forum at Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos. The forum is designed to bring the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to a roundtable interaction with the operators in the…