June 19

• Can Lagos Be a Smart City? [opinion]

  Vanguard

  I AM constantly amazed at the advances in information and communication technology, such that inventions and innovations being celebrated this week may become near-obsolete the... Read more »

• SA Cities to Get Own Domain Names

  SA Info

  In the near future, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban may have their own top level domain names on the internet, which could spark innovative ways of promoting business and... Read more »

• Best of East African It Implementations to Be Showcased At CIO100 in Kigali

  CIO

  Oracle, Coseke, Cyberoam and Compulynx have come in as sponsors for the CIO100 Symposium and Awards. The four firms confirmed their commitment at a press briefing held Tuesday... Read more »

• Orange Customers Can Access Facebook Without Internet

  The Star

  Orange customers with handsets that do not have internet can now access Facebook, for 10, 50 or 100 shillings daily, weekly or monthly respectively. The mobile service provider has... Read more »

• Best of East African It Implementations to Be Showcased At CIO 100 in Kigali

  CIO

  Oracle, Coseke, Cyberoam and Compulynx have come in sponsors in the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards. The four firms confirmed their commitment at a press briefing held Tuesday morning... Read more »

• GOtv to Spread Further

  Observer

  MultiChoice, under one of its brand segments, GOtv, is spreading its digital television services to the rest of Uganda as the country embarks on digital migration. Read more »

• Mzuzu University for More Girls Into Science and Technology Programmes

  Malawi News Agency

  Mzuzu University (Mzuni) says it has stepped up efforts to ensure that at least 40 per cent of students that enroll for science related programmes are female, saying the initiative... Read more »

• 'Shift to Windows Platform Has Improved Nokia's Records' [interview]

  Vanguard

  There is so much noise, particularly in the Nigerian market, about Nokia's brand of windows phone tagged the Lumia portfolio. Even with the way the device maker is promoting the... Read more »

• Google Sued N500 Million in Libel Suit Against Blogger

  Premium Times

  A Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Tuesday adjourned a N500 million libel suit against Google Incorporation, for hearing of motion challenging the court's jurisdiction to hear the... Read more »

• Imagine Cup - Nigerian Solution Ready for Global Showcase, Says Oyetosho

  Vanguard

  Barely few weeks ahead of the global contest for the 2013 Microsoft Imagine Cup scheduled to hold in Russia next month, the Developer & Platform Evangelism Lead / Microsoft... Read more »

• Ministry of Commtech to Hold Stakeholders Forum

  Vanguard

  The Ministry of Communication Technology has concluded arrangements to hold a Stakeholders Forum tagged "Connected for Growth" The forum according to Efem Nkanga, SA (Media) to the... Read more »

• Symantec Advocates Data Protection Law Against Smartphone Boom

  Vanguard

  From available statistics, the use of smartphones would continue to increase globally in the coming years and Nigeria is one of the emerging ICT economies where the boom would... Read more »

• Microsoft Extends 9japps Contest for Developers Deadline

  Vanguard

  The software giant, Microsoft Nigeria has formally announced the extension of its 9jApps contest deadline which originally ended on June 14, 2013 till July 19, 2013. Read more »

• TECNO Joins Android Fray With Phantom A

  Vanguard

  TECNO Mobile on Monday in Lagos unveiled its latest Android smartphone series, Phantom A into the Nigeria market. With the new product designed to battle Samsung galaxy tab, the... Read more »

• WITSA Vice-Chair for Africa to Speak At AfICTS 2013

  Vanguard

  Witsa Vice Chair, Mr Roger Latchman of the Information Technology Association of South Africa will be speaking at the opening ceremony of AfICTS 2013. Read more »

• FG to Finalise U.S.$6 Billion Loan Deal for Telecoms Infrastructure

  This Day

  The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson Tuesday said the federal government was assiduously working towards securing a total of $6 billion investment to... Read more »

• NCC Says 34.5 Million Subscribers in Nigeria Use Data On Internet

  Vanguard

  Only 34,471,520 customers out of the 114.172 million active subscribers on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks use data. Read more »

• NITDA Powers Senators On ICT-Driven Legislation

  Vanguard

  In a move to digitalize the Nigerian law making process, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has begun an ICT training programme for the Senate in Abuja. Read more »

• MNP - Etisalat Claims 50 Percent Lead in Ported Numbers

  Leadership

  Seven weeks into Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implementation, Etisalat Nigeria yesterday claimed it has taken a huge lead with almost 50 per cent of ported numbers coming its... Read more »

• Polish IT Company Looks for Partnership in Ethiopia

  Ethiopia Government

  Asseco Group, a Polish Information Technology company and Europe's seventh largest IT company, is looking for partnership with a local IT company in a bid to join the Ethiopian IT... Read more »

June 18

• Mhealth Initiative Increases 'Promiscuity'

  IRIN

  A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the... Read more »

• Kenya Uses Mobiles to Boost Tourist Numbers

  EA Business

  Kenya tourism authorities have adopted mobile phone technology to add value to foreign visitors' trips to the country and help boost numbers. Read more »

• Girls Are the Future, Digitally

  Daily Trust

  "I know I want to be a computer scientist," hopes SS2 student Ruby Tagema Sakema, "but I just need more directions where to go--hardware or software." Read more »

• Refugee Software Apps Selected as Finalists in "Hackathon" Event

  Capital FM

  Two projects developed by Kenyan-based software developers designed to connect refugees and victims of war have been selected as finalists in the two-day developer session... Read more »

• Uganda Launches Cyber Security Response System

  EA Business

  The Uganda communication Commission has launched the computer Emergency response team aimed at tracking cyber crimes in the country. Read more »