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- 10 Aug 2017
FG to Partner Huawei on Smart Cities Initiative
Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications said that the Federal Government would partner Huawei, a global technology giant, in its smart cities initiative . Shittu stated this in Abuja, at a Smart…
- 21 Feb 2018
Smart Cities Initiative Technologies to Gulp $80 Billion in 2018 -IDC
Forecast by International Data Corporation (IDC) has shown that worldwide spending on the technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives will hit $80 billion in 2018. In the first release of the…
- 5 Feb 2016
NITDA, States Collaborate On Smart City Initiatives
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched a multi-year National Smart Cities Initiative designed to kick-start the drive towards using smart, scalable solutions…
- 24 Feb 2021
9mobile Affirms Support for Lagos' Smart City Initiative@ Ehingbeti 2021
Alan Sinfield, chief executive officer of Nigeria's innovative telecoms company, 9mobile, has affirmed the company's support for the 'Smart City' initiative of the Lagos State Government. Sinfield…
- 14 May 2018
Smart City Initiative: Lagos Plans to Deploy 10,000 CCTV Cameras
The Lagos state government on Friday said that it has concluded plans to deploy additional 10,000 High Definition (HD) CCTV cameras across the State as part of the comprehensive Smart City Programme…
- 7 May 2018
Lagos Set to Launch Fresh Skills Training for Smart City Initiative
Lagos State Government has concluded plans to introduce it’s Smart City objectives through the train–the– trainer workshop, aimed at ensuring the right skills and competences required for the…
- 21 Aug 2016
Lagos, ALTON Agreement on Smart City Initiative Expires
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Lagos state government and Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) as part of efforts to mitigate the challenges…
- 26 Oct 2015
Tight Field of Leaders among Smart City Business Analytics Software Vendors- IDC
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics are central to smart city initiatives. These solutions are what puts the "smart" in smart cities and cities need to have an independent assessment of which…
- 31 Mar 2018
Spending on Smart City Technologies in MEA to Reach $1.26 Billion in 2018
Spending on the technologies that enable Smart City initiatives is forecast to reach $1.26 billion for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in 2018, according to the latest insights from…
- 9 Jun 2017
Nigeria Eager to Embark on Smart City Project- Shittu
Although, there is never a time to be fully ready for a smart city project, however it remains critical process in the wheel of city urbanization and renewal, said Adebayo Shittu, Minister of…
- 31 Oct 2018
Developing Smart Cities to Boost Tourism Experience in Nigeria
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke You may question why one should discuss smart cities when there is arguably no smart state in Nigeria. You may say Lagos, but when you look at the indexes for identifying a…
- 6 Dec 2019
Lagos State Begins Move to Transform into Smart City
The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans that would transform the state from a mega city to a smart city equipped with infrastructure and facilities that work seamlessly to enhance life…
- 21 Jul 2016
MTN, Chams Address National Audience on Smart City at EBS
MTN Nigeria and Chams Resort will address a national audience on Smart City at the August edition of Ennovators Breakfast Series , themed Building Tomorrow’s Cities, an information technology…
- 17 May 2018
Huawei Launches $1.5B Fund to Help Build Africa's Smart City Ecosystem
Huawei has confirmed the introduction of a US$1.5 billion global financing program, with capital from IOT/ smart solutions focused funding company Smart City Solutions, to fuel the development of…
- 10 Jun 2015
ITU standards to integrate Internet of Things in Smart Cities
ITU members have established a new ITU-T Study Group to address the standardization requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, with an initial focus on IoT applications in smart cities.…
- 26 Aug 2016
World’s Leading Standards Bodies Join Forces on Smart Cities
Representatives of IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, CEN-CENELEC and ETSI convened at a follow-up meeting initiated by IEC to discuss means of accelerating and better aligning their standardization work in…
- 29 Feb 2016
Ericsson Reaffirms Commitment To Africa's Smart Cities Drive
During Mobile World Congress 2016, Ericsson hosted a discussion on the impact of smart cities for a connected Africa with a distinguished panel of leading players in the information and…
- 14 Dec 2019
LASG, Tech Co-create Solutions for Smart City Agenda
In fulfillment of Lagos State’s promise to engage with the technology ecosystem in co-creating solutions for its Smart City agenda, Art of Technology 1.0, themed ‘Bridging The Gap’ was held on the…
- 24 Mar 2018
MainOne Partners Ogun on Smart City Development, Builds 250km Optic Fibre
Communications Service and Network Solutions Company, MainOne, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ogun State government to build two hundred and fifty (250) kilometres of Optic…
- 10 Jan 2017
Uber Offers to Assist Smart Cities Drive with ‘Anonymized’ Ride Data
Uber Technologies is offering data from trips on its ride-hailing platform to city officials, planners and policymakers to help them better understand traffic patterns and improve investments in…
- 9 Jun 2017
Expert Urges Govt. to Make ICT Compulsory in Schools
Mrs Getrude Kalu, an ICT expert has called on the Federal Government to make Information Communication Technology a compulsory subject and course in schools. Kalu made the call in Abuja in an…
- 18 Aug 2016
Smart Waste Management Market Will Reach $2.37Bn by 2021
Latest "Smart Waste Management Market” published by MarketsandMarkets shows the management market is estimated to grow from $1.08 Billion in 2016 to USD 2.37 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual…
- 11 May 2016
E-PPAN Announces NITDA as Partner for eGovernment Summit 2016
The Electronic Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) on Tuesday announced a partnership with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the 5th annual E- Government summit…
- 9 Feb 2017
Lagos to Train One Million Residents on Computer Coding
Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and…
- 19 Aug 2020
Lagos Supports 23 Innovators, Tech Firms with N100m Grant
The Lagos State Government has awarded a total grant of N100 million to twenty-three young innovators and tech firms to pursue various technology-driven innovations across the six pillars of the…
- 4 Dec 2014
IDC Releases ‘Worldwide Internet of Things Predictions for 2015’
International Data Corporation (IDC) has hosted the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Internet of Things 2015 Predictions Web conference. The presentation provided organizations with insight and perspective…
- 11 Dec 2023
Lagos Embarks on 6,000km Metro-fibre Project to Accelerate Digitization
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos state, Nigeria, has announced a 6,000km Metro-Fibre Duct Project to accelerate digital transformation. He remarked this recently during the opening ceremony…
- 1 Dec 2015
Hitachi Unveils Predictive Policing To Support Safer, Smarter Societies
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. recently announced new enhancements to its Hitachi Visualization solution portfolio: Hitachi Visualization Suite 4.5…
- 1 Dec 2016
Nokia, HP Enterprise Expand Collaboration on Enterprise of Things
Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a strategic collaboration on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for enterprise customers. The companies will jointly market and sell…
- 14 Feb 2019
Stakeholders Seek Increased Adoption of IT in Governance
Information and Communications Technology stakeholders have urged Lagos State Government to increased adoption of Information Technology in its governance. They made this call at the Nigeria…