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- 20 Feb 2017
Disruptive Expo ‘17 Centers On Smart Cities, Citizens’ Participation
Some decades ago, the internet became a world-wide sensation, as people no longer wait for a post office, telegram, fax or physical libraries to send or receive information. The society has been…
- 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…
- 29 Apr 2021
Eko Atlantic City: The Making of a Smart City
Technology is changing the way humans live and interact with things around them. However, cities have also adopted technology in the provision of infrastructure making them smart. A smart city is an…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 29 Jan 2018
Akwa-Ibom: From Smart City to Smart-State
Chris Uwaje First, it is essential to state that Akwa Ibom was the first State in Nigeria to establish and enthrone a State Information (IT) Policy and created a Science and Technology Office at the…
- 5 Sept 2022
Aladekomo Calls for Development of Smart Cities As Nigeria’s Population is Estimated to Hit 411m in 2050
Following the United Nation’s estimate of Nigeria population hitting 411 million by 2050 and the attendant rural-urban migration challenges, Sir Demola Aladekomo, Founder of Chams Plc and Executive…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 28 Oct 2016
IoT, Catalyst for Nigeria’s Smart Cities – Vodacom Boss
Futurists have long painted a vision of the revolutionary “smart city”; a gleaming metropolis of clean streets and punctual public transport, where issues of crime, congestion and pollution…
- 27 Mar 2019
Datacrest Technology Unveils its Smart City, Cloud Solutions in Nigeria
Datacrest Technology Limited, an Information Technology and Software Developer organisation that partners globally recognised Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), has unveiled its Smart City…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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 Jul 2016
Understanding IoT & Path to Nigerian Smart City
Today, it is almost impossible to go through a week in global technology news without reading something to do with Internet of Things (IoT), especially with the ongoing innovations in driverless…
- 13 Apr 2017
Smart City ‘Eko Atlantic’ to Host Artists at Gidi Culture Festival
Eko Atlantic, Nigeria’s premium rising smart city situated on the shores of Victoria Island, has announced its partnership with Eclipse Live Africa, organizers of Gidi Culture Festival, to host the…
- 7 Dec 2015
Cisco Says Africa Lags in IOT, Smart City Innovation
Africa is not innovating as fast as the rest of the world when it comes to the Internet of things (IOT), according to Inbar Lasser-Raab, VP for products & solutions marketing for Cisco. She was…
- 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…
- 16 May 2017
Smart City: Lagos to Forge Partnership with Social Clubs
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor, has stated the State Government’s decision to form a strategic partnership with social clubs in a collective effort to build a dream smart city for…
- 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…
- 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…
- 5 Feb 2016
Nokia Showcases LTE Technology for Use of Drones in Smart Cities
Nokia is showcasing its innovative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Management (UTM) concept for the safe operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) via LTE at the UAE Drones for Good Award event in…