Information & Technology Archives — Page 12 of 13

July 21, 2018 No Responses

Okonjo-Iweala Joins Twitter’s Board

Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to the board of directors of Twitter. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala served under President Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2006 and President Goodluck Jonathan from 2011 to 2015. She tweeted the news of...

May 14, 2018 No Responses

Abuja Firm Partners Austrian Institute, Unveils Research, Innovation Facility

A new Nigerian R&D laboratory has been unveiled in partnership with Ars Electronica, an Austrian scientific and artistic institute. The Institute is experimenting with groundbreaking digital art technological innovations. The Abuja-based research a...

May 14, 2018 No Responses

Adinde, DBI Boss Seeks More Investment In ICT skills

Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Administrator of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) has canvassed more investment by governments at all levels in the development of ICT knowledge and skill. The Institute is an arm of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Thi...

May 5, 2018 No Responses

Fero Mobile Pace 2 Smartphone Debuts In Nigeria With 13MP Selfie Camera

Fero Mobile, the fastest growing smartphone brand in Nigeria, is consolidating its position with the introduction of the Pace 2 smartphone dubbed the ’Selfie Boss’ into the Nigerian market. The new device comes with a 13MegaPixel selfie camera and...

May 4, 2018 No Responses

Power Of Social Media In Sustained Marketing

By 2025, Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce. As their population grows, so is their influence. Award-winning author Jeremy K. Balkin calls this the “Millennialization of Everything.” Millennials – the generation born between 1980 and 20...

January 19, 2018 No Responses

Agency probes Apple, Samsung

Italy’s competition authority is looking into charges that Apple and Samsung are surreptitiously slowing down old phones to push consumers into buying new products. Consumer groups across the world have accused the two tech giants of so-called planned obsole...

December 20, 2017 No Responses

Digital marketing expert, Lynda Omerekpe unveils ‘Cash Your Passion’ entrepreneurship book

Digital media expert and motivational speaker, Lynda Omerekpe has unveiled her new book on entrepreneurship, titled CASH YOUR PASSION (Practical steps to making money from the things you love doing). The bookis a guide to helping young Nigerians overcome the.....

October 14, 2017 No Responses

Management Crisis: Samsung CEO resigns

Citing “unprecedented crisis”, Samsung Electronics chief executive Kwon Oh-hyun has resigned. It is the latest management upheaval at the firm after the heir of the entire Samsung Group was imprisoned for corruption in August. Mr Kwon is one of thr...

September 9, 2017 No Responses

‘Preparation is key to successful cyber security management system’

The key to a successful cyber security management system is to prepare well and expect incidents in the system, writes Scott Yang, Cybersecurity Manager, Taiwan Stock Exchange. Under the crossfire of system vulnerabilities, human behaviours, and task schedul...

August 30, 2017 No Responses

GOCOP at Presidential Villa, seeks accreditation of more members

The recently elected executives of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Friday visited Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock. The GOCOP team, led by its new President, Dotun Oladipo, was received by the Special Adviser to the President...

May 4, 2017 No Responses

Fero Mobile begins nationwide activation campaign

Following the successful launch of its mobile phones into the Nigerian market, Fero Mobile has embarked on a nationwide activation campaign to showcase the full range of its affordable devices to consumers. The brand will be visiting ICT markets, shopping...

April 28, 2017 No Responses

Maersk teams up with Microsoft on digitalization

Global transport and logistics powerhouse Maersk announced on Wednesday that it has joined forces with Microsoft Corp. on digitalization in a move targeting to “revolutionize supply-chain management and global trade.” Under the terms of the agreement, Mi...

February 25, 2017 No Responses

ICC lauds WestBlue Consulting on improved trade facilitation in Ghana

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Office in Ghana has commended Westblue Consulting Limited, technical consultant of the Ghana Single Window Project, for its salutary role in simplifying the country’s cross-border trade, thereby enhancing the compe...

December 23, 2016 No Responses

‘Digital Switch Over to provide N100b boost for Nollywood distribution network’

The Digital Switch Over (DSO) in Broadcasting is set to create a N100 billion per annum FreeTV distribution network for Nollywood, among a number of positive spin-offs, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday. Speakin...