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- 14 Mar 2018
NIPOST Emerges in Final Selection of World Summit on Information Society Award
The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has been selected as one of 90 finalists of the annual World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Prizes contest. Mr Francklin Alao, the General Manager, Corporate…
- 9 May 2022
ITU Appoints Pantami to Chair World Summit on WSIS Forum 2022
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as chairman of the World Summit on Information Society…
- 17 May 2010
As Nigeria joins the World to Mark Telecom Day
This Monday May 17, 2010 Nigeria will join the rest of the world to celebrate world’s telecommunications day as well as World Information Society day. The purpose of World Telecommunication and…
- 21 Jul 2016
World Summit Awards Mobile 2016 Extended Submissions Deadline
Mr. Amos Emmanuel, Nigeria’s eminent national expert has disclosed that the submission deadline for the 2016 World Summit Awards Mobile has been extended till August 31. Emmanuel stated this…
- 7 Jul 2025
NCC Wins Global ICT Award for Digital Awareness in Schools
Nigeria, through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has won the 2025 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) prize for its project, the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP), under…
- 4 Feb 2013
ITU Recognizes Contributions to Information Society
Hamadoun I. Touré, secretary-general, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has presented Certificates of Recognition to the Administrations of Kuwait, Oman, Poland, Tanzania, Mexico and United…
- 5 Aug 2014
Malaria Destroyer Game for UN-World Summit Award
Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG) – a highly Innovative Technology App (from Nigeria) created by Mobile Software Solutions to fight the Monster Malaria Pandemic in Africa/World, has been selected as one…
- 8 Jun 2009
Zinox Shows World-Class at Intel Solutions Summit
Intel Corporation and the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) have confirmed Zinox Technologies, manufacturers of certified branded computers as Africa’s emerging…
- 25 May 2015
WSIS Forum Welcomes Largest-ever Gathering of ‘ICT for development’ Community
Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), participants from government, civil society, the private sector and international organizations are meeting in Geneva to…
- 20 Jun 2025
WSIS Review: Nigerian ICT Leaders Urged to Shape Global Digital Future
Stakeholders in Nigeria's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have been tasked to actively engage in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) review process. This call was…
- 20 Jun 2017
Shittu Says Investors Coming with $4Bn for Rural Telephony
Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria's head of Delegation to the just concluded World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS FORUM 2017) in Geneva, Switzerland and minister of Communications, has struck a…
- 29 May 2013
AfICTA ICT Summit Gathers Momentum
The primed event of the Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) with the theme of the Summit is “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age in Africa” is scheduled to hold in Lagos, June this year. With a…
- 6 Oct 2022
FG Commits to Digital Training of Nigerians Until e-Government is Implemented 100%
Prof Isa Ali Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has stressed the need to brainstorm on provision of reliable access to and use of print/electronic information as well as…
- 20 Aug 2014
ICT Industry Mourns Death of Olubamise, Young ICT Icon
The ICT industry in Nigeria is deeply saddened by the passing of Bankole Olubamise, one of its most promising young men. Olubamise who died Sunday, August 17, was very active in ICT4D consulting and…
- 21 Sept 2009
Lagos to host DigitalSense Africa forum
Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, executive director, Digital Sense Africa (DSA) has disclosed that the inaugural edition of the group’s based industry issues would be hosted in Nigeria in November…
- 20 Oct 2014
Nigeria Mobile Solution Rules Africa at WSA Award
Mobile Software Solutions a company established a year ago as an IT Start-up focused on e-Health has shot down Malaria Pandemic to emerge the Best Mobile Software Solution in Africa 2014,…
- 18 Oct 2016
AfICTA Boss to African Govts: Provide Tax Holidays to Tech Startups
Dr Jimson Olufuye, chairman of the Africa Information and Communication Technology Alliance (AfICTA), has urged African governments to as a matter of priority, create conducive environment for youths…
- 14 Jun 2022
Nigeria’s ICT Industry Growing in Leaps and Bounds – Pantami
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has told the global digital community that Nigeria has been witnessing phenomenal growth in its Information and…
- 17 Nov 2009
Nitda: the Goad of IT in Nigeria
Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based…
- 31 Oct 2022
NCC, Zoho, Digital Encode, Galaxy Backbone, others for AfriTECH 2.0
Stakeholders will gather in Lagos, Nigeria, on 09 November 2022 for another edition of Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0) sponsored by Zoho Corporation, Digital Encode, Galaxy Backbone…
- 10 Nov 2009
ComBit Africa 2009 Catalyst for ICT Development
Nigerians seem to not avail themselves of the opportunities that abound in the Information and Communica-tions Techno-logy in their different endeavours. This has led to none exploitation of cheaper…
- 29 Oct 2012
Olufuye Seeks Enhanced Cooperation on Internet Governance
Dr. Jimson Olufuye, chairman, Africa ICT Alliance, (AfICTA), has said that enhanced cooperation on internet governance would encourage digital inclusion of Nigeria and rest of the African sub-region.…
- 13 Jun 2021
NDSF2021: Nothing Surpasses Internet in Human Transformation says Mba-Uzoukwu
Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has described the Internet as a leveler for education and prosperity in a digital economy, even as…
- 5 Oct 2015
CTO Moves to Coordination Role for ICTs in Commonwealth
Following his meeting in Geneva today with Houlin Zhao, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Shola Taylor, secretary-general of the Commonwealth Telecommunications…
- 10 Aug 2010
DSA forum canvasses fundamental internet access for Nigerians
Participants at a one-day forum on Internet Governance, which recently ended in Lagos, have canvassed for Internet access to Nigerians to be seen as fundamental. The forum was organized by Digital…
- 10 May 2010
Toure, ITU Boss Says WAFICT Timely, Vital for Region’s Growth
West African ICT Congress (WAFICT), West Africa’s leading communications event at the weekend, received strong endorsement with kind words from the International Telecommunication Union, United…
- 16 Oct 2022
FG Donates 1,000 Laptops to Nigerian Women
The National Centre for Women Development, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, has given over 1,000 brand new laptops to Nigerian women trainees in the six geopolitical zones of…
- 21 Jun 2010
GSMA Applauds Governments’ Actions on Harmonisation of Spectrum Allocation
The GSMA has announced that it welcomes an initiative driven by the Serbian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society to develop a unified approach to the allocation of…
- 12 May 2015
ITU Council Looks to Implementation of Strategic Plan
ITU’s governing Council opened its annual session yesterday under the Chairmanship of Mr Wonki Min of the Republic of Korea. Among other matters, ITU Council will examine in detail the implementation…
- 6 Oct 2008
Nigeria, Others Spend $400m on Local Traffic Annually—Rudman
Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria is a multitalented IT expert who has contributed immensely to the development of the industry in Nigeria. He has worked with…