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Less educated and visually impaired Ugandans will in future access information on the internet by talking through their mobile phones, a visiting British computer scientist has said.
Ghost companies hold titles to some Government land in Nairobi, frustrating housing projects in the city.
Second National Operator, Globacom says it will revolutionise Cote d'Ivoire's telecommunication services to help transform its economy and position the country as one of the most powerful telecommunications market in Africa and indeed the world.
At the just concluded 8th edition of the Nigerian Information Technology and Telecom Awards (NITTA) 2009 held last weekend at the Grand Ballroom, Eko Hotel, Lagos, indigenous smart phone maker, Anabel mobile has won the Best Indigenous Mobile Innovator of the Year.
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole has said his plans to build three hostel and administrative projects at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB) has no political undertone.
MR. Emeka Nwokeke is a driver with Chisco, a popular transport company that has buses plying different parts of the country. Emeka left Lagos about 7p.m. penultimate Friday en route Port-Harcourt.
The mobile handsets business is going through a transformation with smaller dealers finding it difficult to survive in the highly competitive market.
The government has given Internet Service Providers a stern warning: Cut your charges or risk an official price cap.
Mr. Frank Nneji is the managing director of ABC Transport Plc. He recently withdrew his luxury bus from plying some parts of the country, citing the poor state of roads in the affected areas. In this interview, Mr. Nneji calls for increased funding for the road sector.
Rehabilitation of the broken Aswa bridge on the Gulu-Pader-Kitgum road will start in January 2010 with sh6.8b funding from the European Union.
Employees of local authorities and water and sewerage companies in the country have an opportunity to use part of their pension to purchase homes.
The government could introduce price controls for Internet services if providers do not reduce prices, it warned Tuesday.
Global e-payment experts who converged at the second E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria 's Techno-Interactive Conference in Lagos recently, agreed among other issues that the Nigeria Central Switch (NCS) should not be a profit-oriented concern.
The sorry state of roads in the South East has drawn the ire of a youth organisation known as Odimma Ndigbo Youth Movement which has given the Federal Government up till the first quarter of next year to fix all the dilapidated federal roads in the zone or face the wrath of the people.
The ongoing construction of the Achimota lorry terminal in Accra has almost been completed, and the place will be opened next month.
As Globacom gets set to launch its Glo Broad Access service, which offers the convergence of advanced voice, advanced data and advanced video in a single wired line today, a brand new revolution seems to be in the offing in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.
Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development yesterday named former Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Olabode George, as one of the notable Nigerians who bought Federal Government houses in Lagos without bidding for them.
All is now set for the launching of the Glo Broad Access service which offers the convergence of advanced voice, advanced data and advanced video on one single wired line.
Senate Committee on Works, Housing and Urban Development yesterday said about 30 federal roads were in critical conditions across the country.
The Federal Government said it will establish free Universal Internet Service and viewing centres across tertiary institutions in the country.
Tabora Region received Sh3.4 billion from the road fund until the end of the fourth quarter of financial year 2008/09.
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), through the World Friends Korea Programme, has donated 25 computers to support an ICT project at Karume Institute of Science and Technology in Zanzibar.
CIVIL servants shun working in Nakasongola district because of the absence of social amenities, the chief administrative officer, Philemon Mubiru, has said.
BUS transport routes are over-subscribed, a top official told a stakeholders' meeting recently.
SEEFF Properties has steadily been signing up private homes in a bid to meet the huge demand for accommodation for next year's Soccer World Cup, with more than 2000 properties already on its books.
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