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Wed, March 6th, 15:47 · Paul Adepoju

NITDA DG urges Nigeria’s education stakeholders to invest in e-learning

Stakeholders in the Nigerian public and private sectors have been advised to invest more in e-learning as a way of unlocking the potential of Nigerian youths. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 15:41 · Paul Adepoju

Zinox boss urges government to subsidise computer costs for Nigerian students

An IT expert has asked the Nigerian government to initiate a policy through which it will be able to support personal computer ownership by the nation’s students. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 08:38 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian parents know nothing about cyber security – Funke Babatola

Funke Babatola, chief executive of FB Initiatives and Innovations Limited, has declared Nigerian parents know nothing about cyber security. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju

Zinox Group relocates iDirect internet evolution hub from Washington to Lagos

Nigeria’s ICT sector has received a major boost with the creation of an ICT hub in Lagos by Zinox Group. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 15:27 · Paul Adepoju

Etisalat acquires new messaging service for messaging and social media on every mobile

Etisalat Group, which has 138 million mobile subscribers in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has partnered with Mahindra Comviva to give low-cost access to social media. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 15:41 · Igor Hobotov

Q&A: Obi Asika speaks to HumanIPO post-SMWLagos2013

On the final day of Social Media Week Lagos, 2013, HumanIPO caught up with chief organiser and founder of Dragon Africa Obi Asika on how he thought Africa’s first attempt at the event went and his hopes for the future. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 14:24 · Richard Cutcher

Social network Eskimi teams up with Nigerian Tiketmobile

Lagos-bases startup Tiketmobile has sealed an important partnership with mobile social network Eskimi to make the purchase of bus tickets more accessible. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 13:50 · Paul Adepoju

NCC hits operators with US$139,000 fine for contravening ban on promos and lotteries

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has slammed mobile operators with various fines totalling NGN22 million (US$139,000). → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 11:25 · Paul Adepoju

Expert tasks Nigerian youths on new technologies and software development

Jim Ovia, co-chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Committee on Broadband Development, has stressed the need for the country’s youths to solve the basic ICT challenges the nation is facing with innovative software solutions. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 11:11 · Paul Adepoju

NCC boss has confidence in Capcom’s ability to compete with GSM companies

Eugene Juwah, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) executive vice chairman, has expressed confidence in the ability of Capcom to promote healthy competition between Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operations and GSM service providers. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 14:27 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: Improving healthcare in rural areas across Africa with mobile telecommunications

On a recent road trip to a South Western rural part of Nigeria, the decadence of rural health care that many writers have published volumes of articles about became strikingly obvious. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 10:24 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government reveals partnership deal with Omatek Computers

Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria’s trade and investments minister, has revealed the government will partner with computer manufacturing company Omatek in a bid to promote indigenous technology. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 08:02 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Nigeria reveals new data plans for BB Z10, lowers cost of device

MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest operator, is promoting the sale of the latest BlackBerry device, BB Z10, by slashing its price. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 15:57 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria using social media for disaster management – NEMA

Nigeria's Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is using social media in facilitating swift responses to disasters and other emergency situations. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 13:57 · Richard Cutcher

iROKING partners with 2go in Nigeria

More than nine million Nigerians on the 2go mobile messaging service now have access to popular West African free music streaming service iROKING. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 10:17 · Paul Adepoju

University of Lagos could host SMWLagos2014 Youth Hub – Obi Asika

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) could be set to feature at the next Social Media Week Lagos in February 2014, which the organiser has told HumanIPO will be bigger and better. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 16:19 · Paul Adepoju

We overachieved with SMWLagos2013 – Obi Asika

The chairman of the organising committee for Africa’s first ever Social Media Week, Obi Asika, believes the week-long events in Lagos surpassed original expectations. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 14:47 · Paul Adepoju

Lagos State government relocates Ikeja Computer Village, projected cost US$3 million

Designs for the relocation of the popular Lagos Computer Village from Ikeja to Katangowa Market are underway, with the project expected to cost around 500 million naira (US$3 million). → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 08:27 · Paul Adepoju

Expensive technologies responsible for the informal sector categorisation of Nigeria’s SMEs – BCX Group

Africa's leading provider of data centre and cloud computing services, Business Connexion (BCX) Group, has declared expensive technology is the major reason why small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are still categorised in the informal sector. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 05:31 · Paul Adepoju

Lagos hosts IFSEC West Africa next week

Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos is set to host the 2013 edition of the biggest exhibition in West Africa showcasing commercial and homeland security, fire and safety. → Read more