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Internet Society urges African policymakers to key into internet opportunity

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2016 0

The Internet Society has urged African policymakers to key into the opportunity offered by the expansion and growth of the Internet across the continent. The Internet Society made the call for the adoption of policies and frameworks that expand access and create greater demand for the Internet

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FG to build 6 Science, Technology Museums, fund SHESTCO Silicon Valley

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2016 0

Federal government has disclosed that it will build a Science and Technology museum in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, who disclosed this in Abuja, explained that the idea was to stimulate children’s interest in science and technology. “The science museum is very important. […]

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NCC receives European award for best practices in regulation

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2016 0

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again received the 2016 European Society for Quality Research Award for Best Practices in regulation from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR). This European Award for Best Practices is coming less than two weeks after the Commission in Ghana received the 2016 “Africa Telecom Regulator of the Year Award” […]

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NCS to induct over 500 IT/ICT professionals, others

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2016 0

   In the quest of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) leadership’s agenda to grow the membership base, the society is set to induct over 500 newly registered members at the 26th national conference that will hold from July 19th to 21st, 2016 at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. Professor Sola Aderounmu, NCS’ president confirmed the […]

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FG orders use of ICT backbone top implement master plan

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2016 0

  For the Federal Capital City of Nigeria, to attain the standard of other Capital Cities in the whole world, the city should advance from the analogue style of developing  and managing  the city, to a high technology powered Information and Communication Technology ICT backbone. This revelation was made by the Director of Finance and […]

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Telecommunication companies to enjoy wider access in NCC new regulation

Ihesiulo Grace 3 June 2016 0

Telecommunication companies are to enjoy wider access berth in the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) new regulation strategy’s Over-the-Top (OTT) services. The NCC quarterly magazine made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that the OTT’s regulation strategy was contained in a report issued by the commission’s Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis

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Stakeholders harp on ICT growth at DigitalSense forum

Ihesiulo Grace 3 June 2016 0

Stakeholders at the eighth edition of the Nigeria DigitalSense Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) are of the consensus that the Federal Government should focus on using the Information Technology (IT) to engage the youth and also to create wealth for the nation. Mrs Nkemdilim Nweke, Executive Director Operations DigitalSense Africa Media, the […]

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NCC confirms new spectrum investor gets license soon

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2016 0

Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) is currently fine-tuning the process of the saleand licencingof buyers of the cumulative 30MHz in the 2.6GHz microwave frequency recently put up for auction in the telecommunication industry. In a signed statement the industry regulator said the licence will be issued to the investor (name not mentioned yet) for the broadband […]

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Africa leaders highlight need to create jobs for youth through ICT

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2016 0

African leaders and businesses executives have harped on the need to step up investments in skills development and promotion of entrepreneurship to create jobs for young people. Available data shows that although between 10 and 12 million young Africans enter the workforce each year, only three million formal jobs are created annually. Besides, the youth […]

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FG to build science, technology museums- Onu

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2016 0

The Federal Government says it will build a Science and Technology museum in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, disclosed this in an interview on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. Onu explained that the idea was to stimulate children’s […]

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MTN unveils Nigeria’s first converged digital TV, OTT-VOD service

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2016 0

 Nigeria has now ventured into the era of Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Media convergence as MTN Nigeria unveils the pilot of its digital television broadcasting service in Jos, Plateau State. The TV service, which has gone live, is sequel to the issuance of a digital broadcast licence to MTN by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) last […]

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NCC adduces reason for still holding Telecoms Consumer Parliament

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2016 0

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has adduced reasons why it has continued to hold the Telecoms Consumer Parliament (TCP) it started since the liberalization and issuing of GSM licenses in 2001. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta said, while declaring open the 77th Edition of the TCP gathering of all ICT stakeholders in Nigeria said the Telecoms […]

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ICT, right tool for diversification of economy

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2016 0

Information Communication Technology (ICT), the knowledge economy, the fourth economy in the series of economies that the world has experienced to date, is an appropriate tool for the much talked-about diversification of the economy. But in spite of the sector’s growth and its attendant benefits which include employment, access to internet and data, improved means […]

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El-Rufai supports NCC against telecom infrastructure vandals

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2016 0

  The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has thrown his support behind the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s fight against telecom infrastructure vandalisation, which he described as economic sabotage. “I will personally lead the advocacy against some of the ills in the telecom industry like multiple taxation, vandalism of telecom equipment,

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IS Internet Solutions Nigeria bags Internet Service Provider of The Year award

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2016 0

IS Internet Solutions Nigeria, one of the leading internet service providers in Nigeria has bagged an industry awards at the just concluded Beacon of ICT Awards ceremony which held recently in Lagos.. The company won the award of the Internet Service Provider of the year 2016. At the event, IS Internet Solutions outstanding achievements in […]

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Vodacom trains 25 Lagos female students on Internet of Things

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2016 0

Vodacom Business Nigeria has said it has trained twenty-five female students of Clemmy High School, Agodo-Egbe, Lagos, on Internet of Things (IoT) as part of its support for the Girls in ICT programme. The students who were drew from SS1 and SS2 learned how IoT is used in ensuring people’s safety and in securing property […]

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Airtel, Facebook partner to bring basic internet services to Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2016 0

BhartiAirtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 17 countries across Africa, has said that it has launched Free Basics in Nigeria in partnership with Facebook that will enable Nigerians with an Airtel mobile connection to access all the services that are available through Free Basics without paying extra for data charges or […]

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HP boss claims many Nigerians lack awareness of ICT potentials

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2016 0

Mrs. Ify Afe, managing director of Hewlett Packard (HP) Nigeria, has said the economic potentials of ICT are hugely untapped because many Nigerians still lack the basic education and awareness of what the information and communications technology (ICT) can do them. Afe asserted that education and awareness creation will expose Nigerians to tap from such […]

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 Hacker trades 272m passwords on social media platform

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2016 0

Security researchers have revealed a hacker bragging online that he’d amassed a mountain of passwords, but he didn’t want much in return for them. That’s the message coming from a hacker who traded more than 272 million account credentials to a cybersecurity company in exchange for praise on a social media platform for hackers. The […]

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ITU declares 18 winners of WSIS prizes 2016 at Geneva CICG

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2016 0

ITU has declared 18 winners of WSIS Prizes 2016 at Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG). Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General announced the 18 winners of the WSIS Prizes 2016 at the WSIS High-Level Opening Segment, which was held at CICG. However, no Nigerian project was among the 18 projects that won in this year’s contest as […]