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- 1 Sept 2017
Indo-Africa ICT Expo & Summit to Explore Africa’s ICT Future
As new technologies and innovations emerge and become ubiquitous and demanding, African communications ministers led by Barrister Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Communications Minister, and Mrs. Ursula…
- 28 Oct 2025
Research ICT Africa Develops AI Framework for Africa
Non-profit think tank and research network Research ICT Africa (RIA) has developed the Just AI Framework of Inquiry. The contextually-grounded and action-oriented position paper aims to help African…
- 29 Aug 2017
Sub Saharan Africa’s ICT Industry Valued at $10Bn - Ramesh
In a continent of over billion people, the ICT market in Africa, excluding South Africa is valued at only USD 10 billion. South Africa’s ICT market is valued at over USD 22 billion. The country alone…
- 8 Aug 2012
IT News Africa Tells Story of Africa's ICT Rise with African Innovator Magazine
IT News Africa, www.itnewsafrica.com has taken the wrapper off African Innovator Magazine, a quarterly magazine dedicated to the coverage of Information Communication Technology and its impact…
- 23 Aug 2010
Nairobi to Host East Africa ICT Summit
Computing and communications professionals throughout the East Africa region will convene in Nairobi for the first AITEC East Africa ICT Summit. The Summit will gather ICT suppliers, service…
- 29 Apr 2013
Zinox Group Builds Africa Largest ICT Mall
Africa’s largest single authentic ICT product market being built by Zinox Group is to be commissioned in 2016, according to Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, group chairman of the Nigeria’s world class IT…
- 9 May 2013
Africa Free ICT Trains 370,000 Nigerians
The Africa Free ICT, Kaduna, an NGO, said in Jos it had launched an Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) centre to train 370,000 Nigerians on ICT annually. Mr Abel Ishaku, managing…
- 28 May 2024
Dr. Krishnan Ranganath honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa's ICT Gala
Dr. Krishnan Ranganath, Regional Executive West Africa at Africa Data Centres (ADC), received a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Africa's Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards held…
- 15 May 2018
Indo-Africa ICT Expo, Nigeria to Cooperate with India on ICT – Minister
Barr.Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications has assured of Nigeria’s readiness to forge closer cooperation with India, to achieve meaningful growth in the ICT sector. Shittu made this…
- 6 Aug 2018
Gartner Names Key Technologies to Impact on Africa ICT Market
Research and advisory firm Gartner has identified the four technologies that will have transformational impact within Africa's ICT market over the next two years. Based on its 2018 Hype Cycle report,…
- 5 Aug 2013
Buyright Africa Begins 1st Annual African ICT Promo
Buyright Africa Dotcom, leading ICT and lifestyle products distribution Company has inaugurated the first African ICT promo designed to give consumers a feel of the latest technology in the past…
- 12 Mar 2019
Nigeria, Tanzania Take First Prize in Huawei's Sub-Saharan Africa ICT Competition
Students from Nigeria and Tanzania were the overall joint winners of this year's sub-Saharan regional finals of Huawei's global ICT Competition. Together with second prize winners, Angola and Kenya,…
- 19 Oct 2009
Computerize Nigeria Commissions Africa’s Largest ICT Mall
Management of the Computerize Nigeria Project (CNP) will launch the biggest ICT Mall in Africa, in Abuja, in the first quarter of 2010. This ambitious project which commenced last year, and is…
- 27 May 2024
Chibuokem Onyekwelu Wins Outstanding Product Engineer Award at the 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT Awards
Chibuokem Onyekwelu, a distinguished Mobile Product Engineer, has been honoured with the “Outstanding Mobile Engineer” award at the 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards. Chibuokem Onyekwelu The…
- 25 May 2024
Cynthia Duru Wins Outstanding DevOps Engineer Excellence Award at 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT Awards
Cynthia Duru, a distinguished professional in the DevOps engineering field, has been honored with the "Outstanding DevOps Engineer Excellence Award" at the 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards.…
- 13 Mar 2019
6 Nigerians to Represent Africa @ Huawei ICT Global Competition
Nigeria, at the heart of development, is playing a key role in representing Africa on the global scale of ICT knowledge and capacity building. With a growing youth population and rapid advancement in…
- 1 Nov 2016
AfICTA Targets 1m ICT Jobs Across Africa by 2020
Africa Information and Communication Technologies Alliance (AfICTA) has continued to mediate on how best to create no fewer than 1 million new Information Communications Technology (ICT) jobs by 2020…
- 22 Apr 2021
Proposed New Measures by ATU and Ericsson Set to Expand Africa’s ICT Space
African Countries and telecommunications stakeholders have launched the first set of ATU spectrum recommendations that focus on transforming Africa into a knowledge economy through the development of…
- 22 Mar 2024
Kodex Africa, Anambra State ICT Agency Host Young EDC Entrepreneurs on Innovation, Entrepreneurship Tips
Kodex Africa and the Anambra State ICT Agency on Thursday,21st March 2024, played host to a delegation of budding entrepreneurs from the Enterprise Development Centre (@EDC4SME), fostering innovation…
- 29 Dec 2014
Africa, Mideast ICT Market to Grow 9% in 2015- IDC
Spending on ICT products and services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will cross the $270 billion mark in 2015 and the IT market expected to grow 9 per cent year on year in 2015, according to…
- 31 Aug 2009
FG to Make Nigeria ICT Hub for Africa
The Federal Government is poised to make Nigeria a major Information Communication Technology (ICT) hub in Africa, Vice-President Jonathan Goodluck has declared. Jonathan, at a one day international…
- 12 Dec 2013
Growth Meets Reality in Africa’s ICT In 2014, Predicts IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) on Thursday offered the first of its annual predictions for the coming year for the African information and communications technology (ICT) industry. IDC's…
- 1 Oct 2015
ICT Offers Africa Opportunity for Job, Wealth Creation- NITDA DG
Blessed with over 1.2 billion people and a huge opportunity for growth and improvement, information communications technology offers Africa tremendous opportunity for job and wealth creation, Mr.…
- 15 Jun 2020
ATU, Ericsson Sign MoU to Accelerate Growth of ICT in Africa
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ericsson to help fast track roll out of technology across the continent. According to ATU, a specialized…
- 16 Feb 2018
UNESCO urges Youths to Restore Pan-Africa Through ICT
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO ) has advised African youths to tap into the power of the Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ) for the…
- 23 May 2024
Kolawole Ogunlana Emerges Winner of Tech Product Designer of the Year at 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT Awards
Kolawole Ogunlana has been recognized as the Tech Product Designer of the Year at the 2024 Africa Beacon of ICT Awards, a prestigious platform that celebrates excellence and recognizes outstanding…
- 23 Jan 2018
Samsung Boosts Education in Africa with ICT Solutions
Sthe Shabangu, Lead: Public Relations, Public Affairs and Corporate Citizenship, Samsung Africa Office, recently, shared insight on Samsung Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa especially Smart…
- 4 Oct 2020
Mozilla Partners ATU to Promote Rural ICT Connectivity in Africa
A project aimed to promote rural ICT connectivity in the African region has been established by Mozilla and the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). Mr John Omo, secretary-general of ATU A…
- 11 Nov 2021
Ericsson wins ‘Green ICT Champion’ at Africa Tech Festival 2021
Ericsson has been awarded the Green ICT Champion of the Year Award 2021 at the Africa Tech Festival for its Breaking the Energy Curve initiative. The 14th edition of the Awards acknowledges and…
- 8 Dec 2008
Nepad Harps On ICT In Africa
Dr. Edmund Katiti, adviser, e-African Commission, a sub-department of National Economic Partnership for African Development (Nepad) has said African initiative study on feasibility of its Umojanet…