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October 29, 2024 No Responses

NASENI, Imose Rollout Made-In Nigeria Laptops, Tablets

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and Imose Technologies Ltd, an indigenous Nigerian company, are rolling out made-in-Nigeria laptops and tablets for use by Nigerians.City Business News reports that the 14-inch laptops and 10.5-inch tablets are manufactured...

October 24, 2024 No Responses

Microsoft Harps On AI As New Report Highlights 600m Cyber Attacks Per Day

Commercial Solutions Area Director and CTO at Microsoft South Africa, Colin Baumgart, has identified Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a pivotal ally in the fight against cybercrime.Baumgart explained that AI’s ability to analyse vast amounts of data at li...

May 30, 2024 No Responses

NCC: A Digital Enabler Of The Renewed Hope Agenda

In Nigeria, a young tech-savvy and upwardly mobile population is teeming, and exploring derivable benefits of digital technologies. They are propelled by rapidly expanding internet access and steady broadband penetration, currently about 43 per cent. Our digit...

September 2, 2021 No Responses

Mobile Phone Users Hit 5.3b Worldwide

Although the COVID-19 caused the worst smartphone market contraction in history, the total number of mobile phone users continues growing with no signs of stopping any time soon. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the number of people usi...

August 28, 2021 No Responses

Towards Digital Literacy For Nigerian Youths

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Rising from the recently concluded nationwide digital literacy training for Nigerian Youths, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta cha...

April 16, 2020 No Responses

ITU Unveils ‘G5 Benchmark’

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has launched the 2020 Global ICT Regulatory Outlook which includes the Benchmark of Fifth Generation Collaborative Regulation, a new tool for policy-makers and regulators to leverage digital transformation for...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Constitutes Task Team To Overhaul Media Advertising

The Nigerian Government on Thursday constituted a seven-member task team to overhaul the nation’s media advertising industry to attain sustainable advertisement ecosystem.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced this...