Huawei Technologies Nigeria has partnered Sophia EssaAhmed Foundation in the provision of an ICT Laboratory at the Kaduna Capital School in Kaduna State. The ICT Laboratory was remodelled and equipped with computers and internet facilities to assist the students of ...
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BudgIT Foundation, a foremost civic tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has officially launched the Tracka Mobile 2.0 Application to aid participatory governance at the subnational level. The Tracka Mobile 2.0 Application is BudgIT’s ...
Read More »ITU Mobilises $28bn To Improve Internet Usage Among African Women, Ors
Only 34 per cent of African women on average are using the internet compared to 45 per cent of men, even as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) disclosed that it has mobilised over $28 billion to curb the gender divide. ...
Read More »MTN To Offer 365,000 Smartphones Through Financing Scheme
MTN Nigeria Communication Plc is set to enable 365,000 Nigerians with access to smartphones by 2023. The telecommunication firm is set to achieve this through its device financing partnership with Intelligra. This partnership will afford individuals the opportunity to own ...
Read More »FG Bows To Pressure, Suspends Proposed 5% Tax On Telecom Services
The federal government has announced an immediate suspension of the five per cent excise duty it planned to impose on telecommunications services in 2022 even as it set up a committee chaired by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, ...
Read More »ASUU Strike: UK-Funded DigiGirls Graduates 4,000 Nigerian Women With Digital Skills
DigiGirls, an initiative of CyberSafe Foundation, funded through the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme, recently graduated over 4,000 Nigerian women and girls with in-demand basic to intermediary employable digital skills. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Deputy ...
Read More »AG Donates Laptop Computers To Best Four Graduates of ICT
…Presents Certificates To 371 Others Four out of the 371workers in Akwa Ibom State Government employ, who were outstanding in their performances during the just concluded ICT training were today Monday, presented with laptop computers. The beneficiaries are; Uwem Nkereuwem ...
Read More »MTN Kicks Off 5G Pilot In Nigeria, Targets Commercial Launch In Seven Cities
Yesterday, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc kicked off an open Fifth-Generation (5G) pilot in the lead-up to its highly anticipated commercial launch. The company, which intends to launch 5G services in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Owerri and Maiduguri, is ...
Read More »FG To Implement Telecoms, Beverage Taxes In 2023
The Federal Government through the Budget Office of the Federation has revealed that it will begin the implementation of its proposed excise duties on telecommunication services and beverages in 2023. This is despite backlashes from the Minister of Communications and ...
Read More »5G Networks May Interfere With Aircraft Landing, IATA Warns Nigeria, Others
The International Air Transport Association has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the governments of other countries to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure that aviation and incumbent aviation safety systems can safely co-exist with new 5G ...
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