We wrote recently about the search for an ICT minister in the country, on Wednesday a new minister was sworn-in in the person of Omobola Johnson. Mrs. Omobola Johnson is the Former Chairwoman and Country Director of Accenture Nigeria. With this appointment, the president hopes to revitalize the sector and position it for 21st century [...]
Mobile Money is the next big thing in the world, expert will gather today to discuss the opportunities and everything in-between. The summit is starting this morning at Oriental Hotels, Lekki Lagos. Here is the programme flow, if you still want to attend, not sure if registration is still open to the fee is [...]
We covered the Nigerian finals in details here and tomorrow being the grand-finale, 3-students will be representing Nigeria in New York to present their idea to the world. You can watch it live here. These three guys will be representing Nigeria: David Olaniyan, Oluwafemi Alaba, Taiwo Orogbangba
President Jonathan has just createdit new ministries amongst them is Communication Technology Ministry. Report reaching us said, the president is in search of a versatile person who is in tune with the current technology trends. The report is quoted as ” person who is very versatile in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)…to give it [...]
The marriage of network(s) and personal computers (PCs) catalyzed the optimization of the internet as a collaboration and communication tool – beyond its initially planned usage as a global resource sharing super-network. Another technological conjunction is about to re-define new media, particularly in the areas relating to rural – urban communication and product advertising and [...]
Some time ago (December 2009), I wrote about the buzz in the Job and bulk SMS businesses in the country. After a couple of month, usually, we expected the craze to subside; it did just that! But you expect Nigerian to join the next bandwagon. Ad Network How does it work? According to [...]
The industry is buzzing up, and in couple of months, we’ll see many more joining the bandwagon as other hyped up sectors (Jobs, Bulk SMS and Forum Sites) have saturated. Here are the list we could muster together for now. If you know any, do drop them in the comment section. Ad networks in [...]
There has been uproar on the internet about the proposed increment in minimum account balance for account holders with UBA starting from July 1, 2011. Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, Executive Director, Resources said the initiative is based on Management’s continuous efforts to improve on customer service delivery in the bank. “This decision is motivated by our [...]
As brands battle the decision whether to go social media, how to engage new media platforms and exploring the new ways to sell their products and engage their rapidly changing consumers. While some are busy considering what to do, some are brilliantly leveraging on social media to meet the rapidly changing consumer behavior to promote [...]
I have heard people complain several times that there are no investors in Nigeria, that if ONLY there were, they would be competing with FB and co. This July edition of Mobile Monday, we will have investors in the houe, so you can pitch your app/startups idea/prototype to them. On the 25th of July, it [...]
