LAGOS: Airtel Nigeria will be showcasing the data and internet services on its newly upgraded 3.75G network at this year's edition of the West African Information and Communication Technology congress which is billed to hold in Lagos this (...)
LAGOS: Leading Telco, Globacom emerged Telecoms Operator of the Year at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards held last weekend, where it also clinched two other awards for its excellent performance in the telecoms sector.
At the award ceremony which (...)
LAGOS: Olusola Ajayi and Tosin Oguntuase are two young Nigerian internet entrepreneurs who, at the weekend, emerged millionaires in the Nigerian Internet Group, NIG's Internet for Job I4J competition.
The competition which kicked off in April was (...)
LAGOS: Alhaji Aminu Musa-Yusuf has been approved as the substantive Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Kaduna State.
His appointment was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan in a press statement (...)
LAGOS: A Tema-based computer firm, Socio Computers Limited, has presented 170 pieces of early warning computers to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in Accra.
These computers worth GH¢1,530,000 is expected to help to improve the response (...)
LAGOS: Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that it has detected 4,000 multiple registrations had so far been detected nationwide.
It has therefore, allayed fears that the problem occurred in a particular Region that could favor a (...)
LAGOS: The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Prof. Cleopas Angaye, has urged ICT stakeholders to support the campaign to involve girls in the ICT profession.
He made this known while speaking in (...)
LAGOS: The Presales Manager for Oracle Solutions, Hamilton Iyoha, has revealed that over 1 billion records have been hacked from database servers in six years.
This was made known at a database security forum organized by Computer Warehouse Group (...)
LAGOS: The Minister of Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson has stated that Nigerian ICT companies must eliminate bottlenecks to be more attractive for listing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE).
Some of these bottlenecks include double (...)
LAGOS: Alhaji Bukar Tijian, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday that farmers in Nigeria are to redeem their Growth Enhancement Support Program (GES) fertilizer and seeds through the electronic wallet system.
This (...)
LAGOS: The federal government of Nigeria has revealed that it is committed to infuse information and communication technology, ICT, into education.
This includes the curriculum of primary and secondary schools for the purpose of empowering the (...)
LAGOS: Huawei Mobile, a Global Information Communications Technology firm, has disclosed its plan of introducing six new smartphones for the Nigerian market.
This statement was made yesterday by the Managing Director, Huawei Mobile in Nigeria, (...)
LAGOS: The company behind the BlackBerry solution, Research In Motion will be reaching out to African developers at the Mobile Web West Africa event in Lagos next week. The conference, which will take place April 24th through 26th at the Lagos (...)
LAGOS: Due to the threat issued by the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) to blow up MTN Nigeria's infrastructure in the Niger Delta, the company has called for tighter securities.
MEND last week, threatened to destroy MTN Nigeria (...)
LAGOS: Nigeria's leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in the telecommunication industry, Starcomms Plc, is spreading love to its customers by offering a flexible subscription plan.
This offer began yesterday and would last till (...)
LAGOS: All is set for Ghana to host the 2nd annual Mobile World Ghana Telecom Awards due to hold on Friday the 20th of April at the Holiday Inn in Accra.
This event recognizes the achievements of companies in Ghana's Telecom & ICT sector and is (...)
LAGOS: As part of their aim to enhance technology in the country, the staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede have designed and constructed the first electronic scoreboard for the ongoing 17th Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA).
The (...)
LAGOS: Motorola Solutions has recently appealed to the federal fovernment to put in place holistic measures that would eradicate activities of the grey market in Nigeria.
They made this appeal while speaking at the launch of a new smart two-way (...)
LAGOS: The federal government has been urged by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization to reverse the $200m annual economic loss accrued by the country.
This appeal comes as a result of high rate of cybercrime in Nigeria.
Prof. Tim (...)
LAGOS: It has been revealed by the Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr. Mustapha Ahmed that Ghana will have a space center by May this year.
According to him, Ghana is collaborating with South Africa, United States and (...)
LAGOS: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has made a call to all ICT companies in the country to take advantage of the various opportunities available at the nation's capital market as it will aid their expansion strategies.
This statement was (...)
LAGOS: The Co-Founder of SoftTribe and BSL Africa, Herman Chinery–Hesse, has disclosed that Internet businesses need trust to survive in the telecommunication sector.
He made this statement yesterday during a presentation titled “Managing An (...)
LAGOS: Former deputy governor of Anambra State, Chinedu Emeka, has developed computer software that could be used to track criminals and check their activities in the country.
Emeka, who is a computer scientist said he decided to embark on the (...)
LAGOS: A robust drive has been kicked off by the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) to commercialize its research results.
This was revealed yesterday in a one-day conference organized by FIIRO with indigenous equipment (...)
LAGOS: According to a recent report by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, it was revealed that broadband can help the world transit from high-carbon economy to a low-carbon economy and address the causes and effects of climate (...)