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Nigerian Govt. to connect half the population to broadband in 2015

The Nigerian Government has revealed plans to connect 50 percent of its population to 3G broadband during the course of 2015. Nigeria's ICT Ministry intends on achieving this through the "Wireless Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade and Expansion Phase 1," which...

2014’s Most Important Africans in Tech

The technology space in Africa is growing at an exponential rate. Naturally, the African continent is booming with potential in this sector. Over the past few months, we have seen a great number of influential technology leaders as well as...

Nigeria: MasterCard-branded National eID Card launched

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan received his National eID card, heralding the official launch of the eID pilot program. In the pilot phase, the Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) will issue MasterCard-branded identity cards with electronic payments functionality to 13...

Nigeria to seek accelerated African tech transformation

The UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Ministry of Communications Technology (FMCT), and Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) will hold a high level policy dialogue on...

Nigeria to intercept text messages

Nigeria’s Federal Government has brought into action a draft bill that will allow the government to intercept and record electronic communications, and acquire internet usage data from internet service providers and mobile networks. While the bill still needs to be...

Nigeria: Bringing broadband to the masses

Nigeria’s Communications Commission has announced that the framework for the implementation of the National Broadband policy has been concluded. The actual implementation of the policy is set to start at the end of October. The country’s National Broadband Plan was...

Nigeria to include ICT in school curricular

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be incorporated into the National Education Curricular at primary school level. Jonathan inaugurated the presidential committee on broadband, and said that children need to pe exposed to ICT....

New DG for Nigeria Institute of Transport Technology

Alhaji Aminu Musa-Yusuf has been appointed as the permanent Director-General (DG) of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Kaduna State. His appointment was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan in a press statement signed by the institute's Chief Public Relations Officer, Paul...
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Windows 10 Reaches EOL: Here’s What You Need to Know

As the calendar pages roll, a significant milestone for Microsoft's popular operating system, Windows 10, approaches. Microsoft stated that "starting...
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