A senior-six student in Essa Nyarungunga, has made a name for himself by creating computer software that is already being used by some companies.
INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government's agenda in Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.
NOKIA is to stage a competition where innovative mobile and web application developers can submit entries for local content.
The World Bank said yesterday that the amount needed to fix infrastructure in Africa is twice what was previously estimated. It put the new figure at $93 billion half of which, it noted, should go into boosting power supply.
A former student of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo state, Okoro Osagie Victor, alias Jerry Finger, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , for allegedly defrauding foreigners to the tune of $96, 607 through the internet.
The verdict is out: Safaricom has the best coverage but lowest quality network, while Zain has the best overall performance on the key performance indicators set out by the Communication Commission of Kenya.
Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has secured a saving for consumers from cellphone operators, which have agreed to an initial 36c cut in the peak mobile termination rate, from R1,25 to 89c a minute.
An innovative new system aimed at speeding up the processing of identity documents (IDs), is currently being implemented at Home Affairs offices around the country.
TELONE has warned customers with outstanding bills that they risk losing their lines to those on the waiting list if they fail to settle their debts with the country's sole fixed telephone operator.
GOOGLE Earth, a software application that enables people and organisations to map their own surroundings and to beam to the world issues that affect them has been launched in Uganda.
THE first phase of the national data transmission backbone infrastructure has been completed.
AFRICAN cellular network operators need to sharpen up their acts to make a profit in countries where already poor consumers are trying to cut back their spending even further.
African countries will have to continue pursuing regional integration if they are to cut costs across all aspects of infrastructure, the World Bank said in a latest report on Africa's Infrastructure.
Mobile phone network operator Zain Tanzania has paid over Sh2 billion as its dividend to the Government for 2007.
The roll out of wireless broadband (WiBro) that will ensure seamless internet access around Kigali city is heading in the right direction, according to a new report.
