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The Ministry of Information Communication Technology recently embarked on Phase Two of the $106m (sh212b) on the nation backbone infrastructure IT project. Government's noble intention is to extend 2,130km of fibre optic cable to the countryside, so as to provide high speed bandwidth for faster communication, data and information flow.
Telecom companies have welcomed Smiles Communications Uganda Limited to the market but warned the new firm of stiff competition.
The non payment of 17 months salaries to staff of ailing Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm, MTEL by their former owners, Transcorp and now government is causing disquiet among the two firms' staff members.
Nigerian engineers have been urged to live up to expectation to enhance technological development and stem the tide of rampant building collapse in the country.
The National Orientation gency (NOA), Katsina State chapter has urged the state's House of Assembly to enact legislation that will streamline punishment to people that fail to maintain or misuse public infrastructure and facilities in their domain.
Tri-continental Ltd in conjunction with IBM recently hosted a technology update seminar in Lagos. This event was intended to discuss the critical role that the dynamic infrastructure plays in the IBM Vision.
Mobile telephony operators have taken their lobbying for lower spectrum costs for 3G licence a notch higher and are now actively engaging the government in talks.
Mobile telephony provider Safaricom is the most respected company in East Africa for the third year running.
MTN Uganda and Vodacom Tanzania are among six beneficiaries of grants from the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Fund, which is administered by the GSM Association Foundation, Inc, which represents the worldwide mobile communications industry.
Chairman of the Lagos Business School and one-time Presidential aspirant, Professor Pat Okedinachi Utomi, has said that Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has totally failed in its mandate to maintain roads in the country.
The National Assembly Anti-Money Laundering and Cyber Security Coalition and Policy Analyses and Research Project (PARP) are collaborating with the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) to review the electronic payment system.
Safaricom emerged the overall winner for the third year running during the 2009 CEO's Most Respected Company (East Africa) awards, which were dominated by mobile telephone service providers.
The Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Thursday advised the three tiers of government to look inwards to generate sustainable resources to meet the minimum requirements and needs of their economies, particularly the infrastructural development.
A SOLAR energy facility planned for Paarl in the Western Cape could begin producing power in two-and-a-half years, Henri Loubser, project director for new energy at Sasol, said on Friday.
TECHNOLOGY services provider ConvergeNet has suffered a drop in profitability in the past year with delays in the awarding of government contracts compounding damage caused by the recession.
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, has reiterated his commitment to create an industrial layout in Oye Ekiti just as he promised his government's determination to complete the 132/33 KVA transmission line at Omisanjana, Ado-Ekiti before the end of the year.
THE Industrial Development Corporation (Zimbabwe) has agreed on terms with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa to finance existing and new projects in Zimbabwe.
A KEETMANSHOOP businessman has fallen victim to a new internet banking scam.
ZAMBIA stands to gain economically once the installation of the optic fibre network is completed, Communications and Transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa has said.
On the same day TIGO announced that it will official launch its operations in Rwanda on Monday, MTN Rwanda has launched the MTN Multi Media Messaging (MMS).
African Development Corporation (ADC) and SORAS, a local insurance company, have come to the rescue of Kigali City Council with a Rwf 2.5bn package to redevelop and give Nyabugogo bus terminal a new face to.
The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.
Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today.
Nigeria's poor maintenance culture is public knowledge. So the worry is why it has refused to improve. It shows in every aspect of national life - roads, schools, hospitals and now stadia.
Hardly a year since Tigo Rwanda was issued a licence to run as a third mobile operator, the telecom company has announced that it's launching its services to the Rwandan people on Monday next week.
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