Crisis in Tahrir

Section: West Africa

Attacks against Christian minorities in Nigeria and Kenya

Attacks against Christian minorities in Nigeria and Kenya

30 April 2012 | Comments (0)

CAIRO: Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has firmly condemned the recent attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria and Kenya. “I am horrified by news of the barbaric killing of members of the Christian minority in these two African countries. I condemn this atrocious massacre utterly and wish to express my profound condolences for the victims”, declared [...]

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Charles Taylor first former head of state convicted since Nuremberg

Charles Taylor first former head of state convicted since Nuremberg

27 April 2012 | Comments (0)

  CAIRO: United Nations officials today welcomed the welcomed the guilty verdict handed down against former Liberian President Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). “This is a historic and momentous day for the people of Sierra Leone, for the region and beyond. The Secretary-General’s thoughts today are with the victims of [...]

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Kenya’s ICT Master Plan

Kenya’s ICT Master Plan

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

NAIROBI: Paul Kukubo CEO , Kenya ICT Board presented Kenya’s ICT Master plan at the ICT technology summit taking place in Cape town, South Africa. The summit consists of delegates from well accredited firms in Africa. Their agenda is to brainstorm on how CIOs (Chief Information Officers) will be able to overcome today’s IT challenges [...]

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Oracle.

Nigeria: ‘over 1 billion records hacked from database servers in six years’

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The Presales Manager for Oracle Solutions, Hamilton Iyoha, has revealed that over 1 billion records have been hacked from database servers in six years. This was made known at a database security forum organized by Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) in conjunction with Oracle Corporation in Lagos recently. Iyoha said two-third of the sensitive and [...]

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Nigeria: NITDA takes gender campaign to ICT Girls Day celebration

Nigeria: NITDA takes gender campaign to ICT Girls Day celebration

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Prof. Cleopas Angaye, has urged ICT stakeholders to support the campaign to involve girls in the ICT profession. He made this known while speaking in the light of the upcoming International Girls in ICT Day event being organized by eBusiness Life Communications on April [...]

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Ghana’s Electoral Commission.

Ghana: 4000 multiple registrations detected at voter’s registration

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has disclosed that it has detected 4,000 multiple registrations had so far been detected nationwide. It has therefore, allayed fears that the problem occurred in a particular Region that could favor a particular political party. The Director, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department of EC, Gilbert Akomea, said such registrations [...]

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Ghana National Fire Service.

Ghana Fire Service gets early warning computers

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: A Tema-based computer firm, Socio Computers Limited, has presented 170 pieces of early warning computers to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in Accra. These computers worth GH¢1,530,000 is expected to help to improve the response time to fire outbreaks in the country. The devices were presented by the Chief Executive Officer of Socio [...]

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Goodluck Jonathon.

Jonathan appoints Director General for Nigeria Institute of Transport Technology

19 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Alhaji Aminu Musa-Yusuf has been approved as the substantive Director General 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 Mshelizah, in Zaria on Wednesday. The statement said the appointment, which [...]

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Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.

Nigeria: fed commits to introduce ICT into education

18 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The federal government of Nigeria has revealed that it is committed to infuse information and communication technology, ICT, into education. This includes the curriculum of primary and secondary schools for the purpose of empowering the next generation for national development. The Minister of State for Education, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike declared open the National [...]

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Farmers to receive fertilizer, seeds by e-wallet

Farmers to receive fertilizer, seeds by e-wallet

18 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Alhaji Bukar Tijian, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday that farmers in Nigeria are to redeem their Growth Enhancement Support Program (GES) fertilizer and seeds through the electronic wallet system. This disclosure was made by the minister at the flag-off of the GES program in Abuja. The GES program is [...]

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Nigeria: ICT firms must overcome obstacles

Nigeria: ICT firms must overcome obstacles

18 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The Minister of Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson has stated that Nigerian ICT companies must eliminate bottlenecks to be more attractive for listing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE). Some of these bottlenecks include double taxation, right of way, site approval for base stations, among others which needs to be resolved with immediate effect. The [...]

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Ghana ready to host 2nd Mobile World Telecom Awards.

Ghana ready to host 2nd Mobile World Telecom Awards

17 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: All is set for Ghana to host the 2nd annual Mobile World Ghana Telecom Awards due to hold on Friday the 20th of April at the Holiday Inn in Accra. This event recognizes the achievements of companies in Ghana’s Telecom & ICT sector and is fast becoming a popular event in Ghana’s technology space. [...]

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Nigeria: Starcomms kicks off flexible subscription plan

Nigeria: Starcomms kicks off flexible subscription plan

17 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Nigeria’s leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in the telecommunication industry, Starcomms Plc, is spreading love to its customers by offering a flexible subscription plan. This offer began yesterday and would last till April 21, 2012. According to Starcomms, Chief Executive Officer, Logan Pather the plan will be available on both the IZAP [...]

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Nigeria: NCC, MTN want tight security for facilities

Nigeria: NCC, MTN want tight security for facilities

17 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Due to the threat issued by the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) to blow up MTN Nigeria’s infrastructure in the Niger Delta, the company has called for tighter securities. MEND last week, threatened to destroy MTN Nigeria infrastructure in the Niger Delta because of alleged incarceration of its leader Henry Okah by [...]

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Nigeria: BlackBerry reaches out to African apps developers

Nigeria: BlackBerry reaches out to African apps developers

17 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The company behind the BlackBerry solution, Research In Motion will be reaching out to African developers at the Mobile Web West Africa event in Lagos next week. The conference, which will take place April 24th through 26th at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, will cater to the entire range of individuals involved in the West [...]

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Huawei to ship new smartphones to Nigeria

Huawei to ship new smartphones to Nigeria

17 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Huawei Mobile, a Global Information Communications Technology firm, has disclosed its plan of introducing six new smartphones for the Nigerian market. This statement was made yesterday by the Managing Director, Huawei Mobile in Nigeria, Tony Liang. He said this was part of the company’s moves to expand its business operations in the country. He [...]

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Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Nigeria: NSE wants ICT companies to leverage on market platform

16 April 2012 | Comments (3)

  LAGOS: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has made a call to all ICT companies in the country to take advantage of the various opportunities available at the nation’s capital market as it will aid their expansion strategies. This statement was made by the Chief Executive Officer of the Exchange, Oscaro Onyema at a Sectorial [...]

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Ghana will have a space center by May this year.

Ghana set to have a space center soon

16 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: It has been revealed by the Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr. Mustapha Ahmed that Ghana will have a space center by May this year. According to him, Ghana is collaborating with South Africa, United States and Nigeria in the establishment of the space station. This announcement was made at the second [...]

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Nigeria: CTO urges fed to reverse annual losses

Nigeria: CTO urges fed to reverse annual losses

16 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: The federal government has been urged by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization to reverse the $200m annual economic loss accrued by the country. This appeal comes as a result of high rate of cybercrime in Nigeria. Prof. Tim Unwin, the Chief Executive Officer, CTO, recalled that Earnest & Young investigation had revealed that the cost [...]

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Nigeria: Motorola wants fed gov’t to tackle Grey Market challenge

Nigeria: Motorola wants fed gov’t to tackle Grey Market challenge

16 April 2012 | Comments (0)

LAGOS: Motorola Solutions has recently appealed to the federal fovernment to put in place holistic measures that would eradicate activities of the grey market in Nigeria. They made this appeal while speaking at the launch of a new smart two-way communication radio device. The Director of Sales, Africa and Middle East for Motorola Solutions, Laurent [...]

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