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The duo of a first class electronics and telecommunications engineer, Dr. Kenneth Okereafor, and the chief executive officer, Wisdom Computer Technology, Mr. Francis Uzor, have joined the growing selected speaker faculty, at the 2018 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable billed for Wednesday, June 6 in Lagos. According to the Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of NDSF series, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, both Dr. Okereafor and Mr. Uzor would be addressing data protection and web entrepreneurship respectively, alongside other speakers, at the forum slated for Cooperative Hall, Oshodi-Isolo Secretariat, Oshodi-Lagos. The…

  By Austin Okere The recurrent mistake we keep making as a Nation is failing to anticipate and plan for our oil windfalls. There have been many boom opportunities since Nigeria joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1971; Oil prices increased by 400% in six short months after the Yom Kippur War following the Arab Oil Embargo. Crude prices doubled from $14 in 1978 to $35 per barrel in 1981 following the Iran/Iraq war. The price of crude oil spiked in 1990 with the uncertainties associated with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War…

The Chairman, Board of Directors of CWG Plc, Mr. Phillip Obioha, in this interview with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke speaks on his appointment, what must be done to move the Nigeria’s ICT industry forward and what CWG is doing to impact the Nigerian economy positively through technology. You were part of the CWG’s team from inception. Now that you have been appointed as Chairman, Board of Directors, what extra are you bringing to the table to move CWG forward? First of all, the board is the highest leadership level in an organization, and the involvement in its strategy process brings along…

  Mobile operators Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone Group have successfully completed the first international roaming trial in Europe, using the licensed NB-IoT technology. The GSMA announced the trial through a statement, saying that service will ensure seamless coverage and service continuity for millions of connections using Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks. According to the statement, the trial was performed using global SIMs from Deutsche Telekom on Vodafone Spain’s network and global Vodafone SIMs on T-Mobile Austria’s network and commercial NB-IoT modules, adding that the trials will also provide guidance to other operators in delivering a consistent level of implementation.…

  There are strong indications that Samsung Electronics is set to launch the Galaxy Note9 Smartphone later this year by August 9 at the Samsung’s Unpacked event, which will be held in New York. The new smartphone, according to a source closed to the arrangement will come with a revamped camera and an upgraded processor from Qualcomm Inc. ET Telecom reports that Samsung is also working on a smart speaker coupled with its digital assistant Bixby, taking on Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo line of devices and Apple’s HomePod. Samsung had 23 percent of the smartphone market in the first quarter versus…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Academy of Engineering are discussing possible collaboration that would lead to the development of engineering in the country. This discussion took place yesterday when the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, led by the Vice President of the Academy, Professor. Fola Lasisi paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, at the Commission’s headquarter in Abuja. In his remark during the visit, Danbatta noted that the Nigerian Academy of Engineering has been making a profound impact towards the growth of the Nigerian economy, especially…

By Kester Omu The Chairman, Board of Directors of CWG Plc, Mr. Phillip Obioha has highlighted some of the challenges perturbing the Nigerian Information and Communications Technology sector. Obioha, who was until his appointment a Non-Executive Director and served as the Chairman of FARCOM for CWG’s board; noted that the double ache with the ‘lack of power and the unavailability of long term funds’ for building ICT infrastructure have stunted the desired growth of the ICT industry in Nigeria. “There have been several business challenges, some of which are not really restricted to the ICT industry, but we can easily…

  The latest update of Smartphone sales across the globe by Gartner has revealed an increase of 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2018, with Huawei and Xiaomi experience the largest growth in the quarter, while Apple returned to growth after sales declined last quarter. According to Gartner, this is a return to growth compared to the first quarter of 2017, where sales of total mobile phones were a little above 378 million. First quarter of 2018 recorded nearly 384 million smartphones, representing 84 percent of total mobile phones sold. “Demand for premium and high-end smartphones continued to suffer…

By Martin Ekpeke Bridgeways Global Projects Limited, the  concessionaire for the proposed new Computer Village has spoken of plans on what industry watchers expect to be world class ICT Business park, promising that the new market will transform the industry. The Lagos State government and the Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (CAPDAN) have agreed to relocate the Computer Village market presented at Ikeja to a  new location along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Chief Executive Officer of Bridgeways Global Projects Limited, Jimmy Onyemenam, who spoke of some of the plans, stated that the new facility would be…

Organizer of the prestigious Information Communication Technology Exhibition (ICTEL EXPO), the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has announced plans for this year’s edition, scheduled for 25th to 26th of July, 2018 at the Eko Hotel and Suites with the theme: ‘Developing Efficiency and Competitiveness in the Digital Age. The plans were unveiled yesterday during an interactive session with the media at the Commerce House in Lagos yesterday. According to Mr. Babatunde Ruwase, the Chamber’s President, ICTEL EXPO 2018 will bring together the key players in the Nigerian ICT sector to brainstorm towards a greater contribution to national economic…