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- 13 Jun 2018
NITDA Reaffirms Commitment to Implementation of the Nigerian Content Development Program in ICT
In line with the mandate of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to promote the development of IT in Nigeria and Executive Orders 003 and 005 of the Federal Government of…
- 9 Jan 2017
Local Content Development: A case for Nigerian Start-Ups & Enterprises
For a holistic development of all sectors of the Nigerian economy, every sector that operates within it will have to enjoy a policy of inclusiveness. This is why the Nigerian Tech industry has been…
- 20 Aug 2019
NCDMB Seeks Extension of Nigerian Content Act to Telecoms, Others
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), said it plans to collaborate with the 9th National Assembly to continue the process for amendment Nigerian Content Act to cover others…
- 20 Oct 2014
Nigerian Content Board Invested $5Bn in Local Content Devt
Ernest Nwapa, executive secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMD), said the board had invested $5bn in the country’s economy. Nwapa explained that the fit was achieved as…
- 1 Nov 2015
SPDC JV Collaborates with PETAN, Foreign Manufacturers on Nigerian Content
The development of indigenous manpower for the oil and gas industry received a boost last Friday as 40 engineering and geosciences graduates passed out from a one-year internship programme organised…
- 9 Jul 2014
FG sets up Nigerian Content Office for ICT
Federal government has moved to replicate the successful implementation of the Nigerian Content policy in the oil and gas industry in other key sectors of the economy with the setting up of the…
- 10 Sept 2021
FG Laments Poor R&D Expenditure, Floats $50m Research Fund
The federal government through the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), floated a $50 million Nigerian Content Research and Development Fund (NCRDF) to boost innovation in the…
- 13 Mar 2016
Nigerians Develop Location Base App, BarFinderNaija
A team of Nigerian information technology experts have developed a location based App with local content for the recreation services known as BarFinderNaija. BarFinderNaija is an app where…
- 2 Mar 2017
NCDMB Inaugurates ICT Local Content Body
The Nigerian Content Consultative Forum ICT (NCCF-ICT) sectorial working group by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has Inaugurated the ICT Local Content Association…
- 6 Aug 2013
Egina Project: Samsung Toss Nigerian Content Act Over-Board
Total and Samsung appear to have tossed the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act over-board in the execution of the $15 billion Egina oil project scheduled to deliver first oil in 2017, pleading…
- 5 Jan 2018
NITDA Pledges Commitment to FG’s Policy of Content Development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Thursday said it was committed to driving local content development policy of the Federal Government. Prof. Isa Pantami, Agency’s…
- 25 Oct 2015
Stakeholders Blame Access for Poor Local Content Development
Stakeholders in the country’s information and communications technology space have attributed the poor growth in the local internet content to lack of broadband penetration. They said that low…
- 1 Jun 2009
Need for Nigerian Content Forum
Nigeria is witnessing a broadcasting revolution which has resulted in impressive growth of radio and television stations as well as pay TV operators. Despite huge investments in the broadcast…
- 1 May 2019
Danbatta Says NCC Plans to Develop Local Content Policy to Reduce Youth Unemployment
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the commission is ready to fully develop local content policy in the country, to reduce…
- 31 Aug 2018
Stakeholders Canvass for Concerted Effort in ICT Local Content Development
Stakeholders in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector have urged the federal government to do everything in its powers to support local content in ICT. They stated this at…
- 10 May 2008
Enabling Environment for Nigeria Content Development in the ICT Sector (1)
This is a word that has been misused to the detriment of overall development of indigenous content. Some years back when car and truck assembly plants were still functional in this country, the then…
- 15 Nov 2020
Local Content Development: FG Drums Support for Arravo
Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said the federal government will continue to support Arravo, a technology solution provider, on its local content…
- 8 Apr 2019
Shell Emerges Nigeria’s Most Impactful Local Content Company
Shell Companies in Nigeria have emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful Local Content Initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas…
- 28 Sept 2016
Local Content: The Panacea to Imbalances in Telecom’s Sector- ATCON
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said it is supporting the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Office for Nigeria Content Development in ICT (ONC) moves to…
- 16 Feb 2023
FMN Set to Unveil Innovative Businesses Driving Local Content Development
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), has announced its Prize for Innovation 2.0 pitch event, which will stream on digital platforms. In a statement, FMN said the live pitch event is set to air on…
- 25 Jul 2017
Nigerians Develop Free TV, Movie Streaming App
Bamidele Adetayo and Suleiman Nadabo, two US-based Nigerians, have developed a Web App, “Entertale’’ to give TV audience in Africa and the world quality experiences. Adetayo yesterday in Abuja said…
- 16 Oct 2018
NCDMB Partners Dangote Refinery on Local Content Implementation
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has praised the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Free Trade Zone Enterprises (DPRP) over its adherence to the local…
- 30 Dec 2015
Local Content Development: A Bridge to Unemployment & Diversification
Nigeria is currently at an interesting crossroad in its economic journey. The country’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria is implementing policies to counter the effect of the reduced forex…
- 20 May 2008
Enabling Environment for Nigeria Content Development in the ICT Sector (3)
All these initiatives of Zinox involves much expenditure of resources, but the most saddening thing is that we are not encouraged by people defaulting after the initial deposit. Marketing Credit…
- 29 Sept 2023
Nigerian Develops AI-powered Writing App
As the globe advances towards Artificial Intelligence (AI), a swirl of ideas has captivated the worldwide tech sector. This has resulted in an influx of AI developers, whose inventiveness is…
- 19 Mar 2019
Stakeholders Reiterate Need For Development of Local Content in the Financial Sector
Stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have reiterated the need for the use of Nigerian software in the financial sector. They made this call at the ongoing…
- 23 Jun 2008
We Need More Nigerian Content in Broadcasting-Bolarinwa
Engr Yomi Bolarinwa director general, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the agency that is responsible for the regulation of broadcast services in the country is one of Nigeria’s finest…
- 4 Jun 2018
Shittu Reiterates Buhari’s Support for Local Content Development
Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication Technology, has commended Nigeria’s indigenous financial technology firm, FinTrak Software, for showcasing its products alongside other international…
- 22 Apr 2014
NCDMB Calls for ICT Development Initiative for Secondary Schools
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has sent out requests for proposals (RFP) for its ICT Development Initiative for Secondary Schools in Ondo State, according to statement…
- 1 Jul 2014
CBO Capital Supports ONC/NITDA Local Content Drives
The management of CBO capital, a leading Private Equity and Financial Advisory firm, on Monday, supported the official inauguration of the Office for Nigerian Content Development, in a bid to…