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- 31 May 2021
NCC Partners ANA on Protection of Authors’ Rights
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has pledged it’s continued support for the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) towards ensuring adequate protection for the works of authors in line with the…
- 7 Oct 2016
NEPs Can Become Digital Infrastructure Natives- Gartner
Network equipment providers (NEPs) can remain competitive in a rapidly changing environment, said Martina Kurth, research director at Gartner, while discussing how this can be achieved. Writing on…
- 27 Feb 2024
Dr Juliet Iwelunmor, Founder of ‘For Youth By Youth' Set to Speak at 2024 Omniverse Lagos
Dr Juliet Iwelunmor, a Nigerian-American professor of Medicine and Associate Director of Global Health and Dissemination at Washington University School of Medicine, is set to join participants at…
- 4 May 2016
IDC Health Insights Expands EMEA Analyst Team
The International Data Corporation (IDC) Health Insights on Wednesday announced Jonas Hedegaard Knudsen joins as Research Director in the IDC Nordic office. Most recently, Jonas served as CIO for New…
- 15 Feb 2013
NACCIMA Urges FG to Invest Part of Foreign Reserves in Economy
Dr John Osemede, director-general, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has urged the Federal Government to invest a part of Nigeria’s foreign…
- 14 Mar 2024
NASRDA Says Nigeria’s Plan to Launch a Satellite No Longer Feasible
Dr. Halilu Shaba, director-general, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has announced announced the postponement of its 2025 plan to launch a satellite from Nigeria. Dr. Shaba,…
- 25 Mar 2016
EMEA 4Q14 x86 Server Spending Increases by Hyperscale Datacenters
As reported in International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker, in the 4th quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting $3.9 billion in vendor…
- 15 Jun 2015
ARM Server Units Keep Penetrating EMEA Markets- IDCPC Market Suffers 9.6 Percent Decline in First Quarter
International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the first quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued the positive year-on-year growth seen throughout 2014, to report $3…
- 3 May 2018
Samsung, iPhone & Huawei lead Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Market
International Data Corporation (IDC’s) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), resulting…
- 28 Feb 2025
AVEVA Earns Leader Status in IDC MarketScape for MES 2024-2025
AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, has been positioned in the Leaders Category in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Manufacturing Execution…
- 30 Aug 2018
Smartphone Volumes Poised to Return to Growth in 2019- IDC
The International Data Corporation (IDC) believes that Smartphone market will experience low single-digit growth from 2019 through the end of its forecast in 2022 after expectations of decline in…
- 15 Mar 2015
Compute, Data Hungry Applications Drive EMEA Server Spending Growth of 3.4%
As reported in International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2014 the EMEA server market continued the strong growth seen in the past few quarters, reporting…
- 30 Nov 2016
4G Smartphone Shipments to Surpass 1Bn in 2016 - IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments will reach 1.45 billion this year, 1.17 billion of which will be 4G-enabled devices, according to IDC. Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion…
- 12 Dec 2018
Smartphone Shipments Expected to Return to Growth in 2019- According to IDC
The worldwide smartphone shipment is expected to decline by 3% in 2018 before returning to low single-digit growth in 2019 and through 2022; this is according to the International Data Corporation…
- 5 May 2015
Global Insurers to Spend $8.2b on Software, IT Services in 2015- IDC
IDC Financial Insights announced on Tuesday the availability of a new IDC MarketScape report, “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Policy Administration Systems Vendor Assessment 2015”, (Document #AP251041),…
- 27 Oct 2013
Risks, Compliance Efforts Gulp Financial Services IT Budgets
Series of worldwide information technology (IT) spending guides focusing on banking, capital markets, and insurance industries have revealed that risk and compliance efforts are still dictating which…
- 27 Feb 2018
Nigeria's Smartphone Uptake Set to Improve in 2018
Analysts at Counterpoint Research expect the smartphone market in Nigeria to grow in double digits in CY 2018, driven by the entry of new players and changing OEM strategies. According to analysis…
- 14 Aug 2018
Nigerian Banks May Collapse if DISCOS Fail
Most Nigerian banks will collapse if power generation and distribution companies fail, electricity distributors have warned. They also stated that despite the problems in Nigeria’s power…
- 24 Oct 2019
#MoDiTECH2019 Holds Today in Lagos
C-level executives including CEOs/CFOs/CROs/CCO/CIO; Directors and Heads of trading, operations, research, analytics, investment, strategy, digital, compliance, risk and data analysts; and senior…
- 11 Aug 2008
Prof. Arzac, Others Join Starcomms Board
In the wake of its listing as a public quoted company on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, two eminent Professors and Economists have joined the Board of Directors of Starcomms Plc as the…
- 20 Jun 2016
CTO Appoints First Regional Advisors
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced the appointment of two regional advisors on ICTs: Dr Marianne Treschow, Regional Advisor for Scandinavia and Northern Europe…
- 20 May 2025
Africa Launches First Continental Space Agency
Africa has launched its first continental space agency to enhance Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more challenging global environment is restricting access to climate and weather…
- 12 Jan 2015
Weak Mobile Customer Service Harming Customer Engagement- Gartner
Following a prediction that by 2017, one-third of all customer service interactions will still require the support of a human intermediary, Gartner, Inc. said that weak mobile customer service is…
- 3 Oct 2013
Cisco/NetApp Ranked High As Global Integrated Market Exceeds $1.3Bn
The worldwide integrated infrastructure & platforms market experienced an impressive 50.2% year-over-year factory value growth during the second calendar quarter of 2013 (2Q13), totaling $1.3…
- 4 Nov 2020
Nokia Phones Lead Trust Rankings
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, leads the Counterpoint Research 2020 trust rankings based on the four pillars of software, security updates, build quality, and devices recommended for…
- 4 Dec 2022
Telecom Policies Enhancing Digital Access, Media and Knowledge P.roduction – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that diligent implementation of various telecommunications policies, strategies and regulatory…
- 14 Nov 2014
P&G’s Giles Deacon Unveils Machine-Washable Fabrics
Giles Deacon, P&G’s Global Fashion Consultant, exclusively unveiled his latest machine-washable collections at P&G Future Fabrics. According to Deacon, “After a year of working with P&G…
- 9 Oct 2017
IDC Sets Digital Transformation Agenda @ GITEX Technology Week
Global ICT research and consultancy services firm International Data Corporation (IDC) is teaming up with GITEX Technology Week 2017 all this week to provide expert guidance on the strategies that…
- 7 Jul 2024
AfDB Appoints Dr Babatunde Samson Omotosho as Director of Statistics Department
African Development Bank has appointed Dr Babatunde Samson Omotosho, an economist and statistician, as Director of the Statistics Department, effective June 16, 2024. Dr Babatunde Samson Omotosho Dr…
- 30 Jul 2015
NITDA Engages Sidmach for Nationwide ICT-sector Based Risk Analysis
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has engaged the survey team at Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited for a research on the usage of ICT equipment and its associated…