The National Finals Nigeria for the Microsoft/Nokia Imagine cup competition holds in Lagos,Nigeria.The Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition,where innovative students use their imagination and passion to create technology solutions with Microsoft resources. Over the past ten years, more than 1.65 million students from more than 190 countries have participated…
All Amber Uk, the organizers of Mobile Web Africa conferences are set with the West Africa edition of the event-The Mobile Web West Africa conference 2013.The event which has positioned itself as a leading mobile focused event in the region will be held from May 7th-10 in Lagos, Nigeria. Speaking about this year’s conference, the…
As humans thrive in their ecosystem with physical and biological factors so are businesses. A healthy environment promotes entrepreneurship. For a developing country like Nigeria, am sure everyone knows that entrepreneurship is the way to go because it has the potentials to create jobs, boost the growth of our GDP and then impact on the…
Things are really changing so fast in the Technology ecosystem all over the world and i think Nigeria is beginning to be more relevant than before in the scheme of things.In this invitation from Oracle,Oracle is set to unveil her New SPARC Servers with the world’s fastest Processor.According to Oracle the breakthrough speed and power…
“Can I move my legacy software to cloud?” A common question asked by many CIOs and tech heads. Cloud is considered an ideal platform for the latest applications built on newest technology and programming language. It has added scalability and flexibility to modern tools. But problems arise when we consider transferring the age-old, legacy applications…
Nokia recently announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as Managing Director for its West and Central Africa operations.Covering a territory that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon,Liberia, Chad, Niger, Benin and Togo, Imudia will be based in the Nokia office in Lagos. Nick Imudia joined Nokia in 1998 and has held several senior positions within…
Oracle has established an aggressive integration strategy with the goal of unification across its Oracle Social Relationship Management Suite and with key Oracle enterprise applications. Oracle Social Relationship Management is the latest evolution in Oracle’s strategy of socially enabling the enterprise. The industry’s first unified, end-to-end social management solution for the enterprise was unveiled today…
Latest Cyber Security Software Developed in UK by Assuria Limited and exported worldwide and brought to Nigeria by her Partner/Distributor-Tolvoks Nigeria Limited. Assuria limited have over 250 customers in the US, South America, Europe, Mid. East, Asia and also have sales partner in more than 30 countries including Africa. Assuria supplies its SIEM technology…
The Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013 are already attracting high-quality entries from the best journalists around the world. The Awards celebrate their ten-year anniversary in 2013 and will once again showcase the most influential and innovative journalism from and about Africa. All journalists, writers, photographers, reporters and media houses are encouraged to apply as…
Acer, a leading global manufacturer of Information and Communication Technology products, has announced plans to strengthen relationship with her channel partners in Nigeria with a view to increasing her market share in the country’s growing IT market. According to Mr. Amin Mortazavi, Acer Vice President, Middle East and Africa, during a working visit to the…
Written by Bolaji Israel If you’ve got an iPad, the following tips will help you get the most out of it. 1. Conserve battery The iPad has pretty impressive battery life: 10 hours should be more than enough between charges for most people. If you are on a very long-haul flight, however, or you need…
As the exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries has become an increasingly common problem, especially in relatively small markets around the world. A ccTLD is an internet domain registry generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory, such as .co.uk (for United Kingdom) or .fr…
A press statement reaching us says Blackberry and the Lagos State Innovation Advisory Council have today signed a Letter of Intent outlining their intention to build a BlackBerry Apps Lab in Lagos. Commenting on the agreement, Managing Director for West, East and Central Africa Waldi Wepener said: “With over 250 Nigerian developed applications already available…
BlackBerry yesterday officially launched its next-generation platform to Nigerian customers with the sleek Z10 smartphone, which is now available in black and white from carriers Etisalat, Glo, Airtel and MTN Nigeria and at authorized retail outlets through distributors EMS and Brightstar. The press statement issued at the event says the BlackBerry World storefront currently…
Ten years ago, the representatives of the peoples of the world, assembled in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005 for the first and second phases of the World Summit on the Information Society adopted a common vision of the Information Society, identified its key principles and outlined the main challenges towards an…
If am writing this article with reference to customer service and experience in developed countries, I will probably not start this way. Each time I hear most companies and organizations especially the banks in Nigeria talk about customer service and customer service day, I don’t ever take them seriously because am yet to see any…
Just few weeks ago Blackberry launched two Phones-the Z10 and the Q10 riding on the new Platform 10. Two days ago BlackBerry officially announced the new BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone is launching in Nigeria. The BlackBerry Z10,powered by BlackBerry® 10, will come in black and white and will be available from Friday 1st March from carriers…
The Student Research Showcase is an innovative web-based competition which affords a great opportunity for students to compete in an international event without paying expensive travel costs. Students are invited to submit project descriptions for consideration to present.Judging categories include Behavioral Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Geo-Sciences,…
All is now set for the two-day 2013 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), holding at the Welcome Centre Hotels, Lagos between March 7 and 8 under the chairmanship of the chief executive, Condata Systems and former President, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Dr. Chris Nwannenna. Executive Director, Operations at…
Later today,The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) will hold her annual President Dinner where Sir Jim Ovia – Founder of Visafone Networks, would be delivering the Keynote on “Framework for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in the ICT Industry – The Role of Software”, Highlight of the event will be the unveiling of Jim…
Engr. Ajayi is the Managing Director of Pinet Informatics Limited, one of the first ISPs in Nigeria. He is the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). He has served as the Vice-Chairman of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) and Africa ISP Association (AfrISPA). He is a founding member…
In a bid to help promote the expansion of broadband services in Nigeria,Telecoms Answers Associate in collaboration with Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) mobilizes Telecoms experts and companies in a Broadband Expansion Program for Nigeria. Read all about the event here.
ATCON News this week have it that Phase3 Telecom, a Nigerian aerial fibre infrastructure company, will provide high-speed broadband connectivity via its Open Access Network to schools in rural parts of Nigeria. Stanley Jegede, Chief Executive of Phase3, said the project will allow schools to further utilise ICT. The company already supports education in Nigeria…
Today, consumers call the shots. With globalization and the internet providing nearly unlimited choices, power has shifted from corporations to consumers. This shift makes it nearly impossible for companies to sustain differentiation based solely on price or product. The only option that remains is the customer experience.Devices and channels such as mobile, social and web,…
The eLearning Africa Photo Competition is back this year in its fourth edition. Under the theme of “Tradition and ICT innovation: a couple with potential”, budding photographers are encouraged to send in their photos depicting how ICT is enhancing the way individuals and communities in Africa live, learn, cooperate and connect. ICT can offer…
It really makes sense when Peter Drucker-a business philosopher says the very best way to predict the future is to create it. Realizing that Technology is one vital sector that impacts on every aspect of the economy, be it Health, Agriculture, Education, Finance and also governance, helps nations make adequate budget and plan for her…
As the year unfolds gradually, many companies are strategically aliening themselves for to leverage the opportunities of the time,one of such company is Symantec Corp recently announced a new strategy that will streamline and simplify the company so it can deliver significantly improved performance for customers and partners. This plan by the company was made…
Few days ago I got this detailed press report that Research in Motion(RIM) has finally changed their name to Blackberry and launched two phones on the much awaited Platform 10. I am yet to have access to the new phones to review them but within few days of this launch have received more than ten…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),the regulatory body of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria has announced a new price cap of N4.00 per message for all domestic off-net short messaging service with effect from February 5, in the first regulatory intervention of the year to bring down the cost of SMS.Read the rest story here.
As part of the ITU’s Girls in ICT project & Tech Needs Girls campaign, Women in Technology in Nigeria brings Technovation Challenge to Nigeria. The Mobile App Challenge was opened on Monday for secondary school girls(ages 13-18) who would work in teams of 5s to develop mobile apps, conduct market research, write business plans, and…