The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
In Abuja last week, at a small gathering of IT professionals indulging in talk on the future of the World Wide Web, I was forced to return to an old but still raging debate on an African space in Internet governance. read more »
I fear that I may have unwittingly joined the growing legion of critics of the Nigerian government’s increasing investment in telecoms companies while it makes a public show of its commitment to a private sector-led economy, particularly in the telecommunications sector. read more »
August was Nigeria’s seventh anniversary of when the GSM mobile phone became a part of our national life. October is when we remember the 48th year that political independence came from the British. But, somehow, it appears the GSM mobile phone has made more progress socially and economically in seven years than the 48 years of its host country, Nigeria. read more »
The director general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Yomi Bolarinwa, is angry with the media, particularly those reporting the telecom sector. He thinks the controversy over convergence in Nigeria is a media thing. read more »
Malaysians have a moonlight tale they love to recount to the ultimate discomfort of Nigerians. They had ridden on the back of Nigeria’s prodigality to become a major net exporter of rubber, which they first took out of Nigeria about four decades ago. They love to tell the story to teach Nigerians a lesson on how providence rewards those who astutely seek after newer height. read more »
Funding start-ups and ICT micro schemes are still a challenge here. Small players in Nigeria’s technology business sector will readily tell you that it is easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a struggling software company to get loans for its ‘knowledge’ enterprise. read more »
Nitel will always be in the news, and like Nigeria, it will always excite a mix of resentments, doubts, and ‘near’ faith. As some critics are wont to say, and not without good reasons, it is dangerous to absolutely believe that things would get better soon with the contraption called Nitel. read more »
If you are one of those account holders in Nigeria, here’s one piece of news that should get you thinking. Banks have withdrawn about 20 million ATM cards to reduce fraud associated with them.
I have always known that there was something queer about forcing an illiterate population to accept the use of ATMs (automated teller machines). read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
