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Fisayo Adeleke - last
updated 08-05-2007 12:56 |
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Microsoft,
Bola Ige Centre to train 1,500 artisans on productivity skills |
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CHIEF Bola Ige Information Technology Centre has
concluded plans with Microsoft to train over 1,500
artisans on basic computing and IT skills. The
training, which is said to align with
internationally recognised certification
requirements, are free and provide step-by-step
course in IT-skills, including computer literacy,
information literacy and productivity applications.
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Article
by Emeka Anuforo,
06.05.2007 |
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Zenith Drives Banking Services
Through e-Products |
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The unflinching faith of Zenith Bank
in technology and its skillful deployment in service
delivery seem to be placing the bank ahead of the
pack, a factor that has further edged the Zenith
brand above competitors. It is common knowledge now
that when it comes to the deployment of technology
in the banking industry in Nigeria Zenith Bank holds
the ace.
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by Hilda Esin,
07.20.2006 |
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Microsoft to Train More Than 45 Million People in
Africa By 2010 |
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Chairman of Microsoft,
Bill Gates has stated that affordable and
accessible Information and Communications Technology
is a critical key towards ensuring a vibrant future
for developing countries and central to helping
Africa achieve its Millennium Development Goals.
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Article by
Efem Nkanga.,
07.20.2006 |
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eShekels Releases Nigeria ICT Outlook |
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In over five years of
extensive service through research on the level of
Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
market uptake in Nigeria's fastest growing sector,
eShekels, Africa's foremost market research brand
dedicated to information and communications
technologies has released Nigeria ICT Outlook and
Forecasts (2003-2007).
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Article by
Frances Ovia,
07.20.2006 |
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Nigerian and Middle Eastern IT Companies form
Alliance to Boost ICT Market |
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An alliance between
two leading ICT companies in Nigeria and two ICT
companies from the Middle East aimed at boosting the
market in Nigeria has been formed.
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Article by
Efem Nkanga.,
07.20.2006 |
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Intelsat Extends Footprint on Africa |
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Intelsat, now the world's largest
global satellite communication solutions company
after acquiring PanAmSat for over $3.2 billion, has
increased satellite communication coverage across
Africa.
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Article by
Frances Ovia, 07.20.2006
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FG: FDI in Telecom Sector Hits N1.143
Trillion |
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The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in the nation's burgeoning telecommunications sector
is revealed to have exceeded N1.143 trillion.
Cornelius Adebayo, Minister of Communications who
disclosed this through his Senior Special Adviser,
Akinloye Oyebanji at the City People one-day seminar
on IT/Telecom which held in Lagos recently. He said
that the influx of such funds has made possible
massive expansion programmes of service providers
and those in the infrastructure provisioning
services.
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Article by
Frances Ovia, 07.20.2006 |
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How SMEs Can Leverage on Technology |
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Small businesses in Africa are
capable of competing effectively with their
counterparts in developed countries if only they
could leverage on the opportunities provided by
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in
their business applications and operations, Dr.
Lloyd Atabansi, Managing Director Hewlett-Packard
Nigeria Limited has said.
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Article by
Frances Ovia, 07.20.2006 |
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Transcorp Acquisition of Nitel:
Issues of Cash |
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Nitel is in the news again and the
problematic organization is not going quietly. I
opined a couple of weeks ago that the new parameters
adopted by the BPE somewhat made the Nitel
acquisition deal more tenable to a potential buyer,
given the Federal Governments pledge to absorb
retrenchment and pension obligations, which are
considerable within the scheme of things.
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Article by
Olufemi Adeagbo, 07.20.2006
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DCC's
agreement with Gilat to benefit Nigerians
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As one of the world’s VSAT Technology and satellite
giants, Gilat, angles to take the Nigeria market by
storm, its Nigerian partners, frontline VSAT
company, DCC Satellite networks, said it has
enhanced its support agreement with the company to
add more features necessary to booster its (DCC)
services to her clients. This new agreement is
expected to redefine the scope of DCC Support to her
clients.
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Article by
Prince Osuagwu,
07.19.2006 |
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e-Registration: The NeGst strategy for interactive
government |
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Apparently proving that it has not drifted into
oblivion as percieved, the National e-Government
Strategy, NeGst, has recently engaged itself into
many programmes aimed at evolving a true interactive
governance in the Nigerian polity.
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Article by
Prince Osuagwu,
07.14.2006 |
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