Tech sector leaders converge at Tinapa as ISPON annual software competition opens today

Attendees arriving this morning at Tinapa International Resort for the annual Institute of Software Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) National Software Conference and Competition 2012 for the three-day meet that kicked off today in Cross River State.               Photo: Technology Times

  By Technology Times Staff Reporter Tinapa. October 29, 2012: Several ICT industry decision makers straddling the public and private sectors started converging on the serene Tinapa International Resort yesterday ahead of the annual Institute of Software Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) National Software Conference and Competition 2012 that kicks off this morning in Cross River [...]

Samsung Galaxy Pocket leads Top 5 Selling Mobile Phones in Nigeria

#1: Samsung Galaxy Pocket: the Galaxy Pocket has been able to capture a large number of users in the lower budget Smartphone segment due largely because it is very pocket-friendly both in physical appeal and affordability.

  By Bolanle Abbas Lagos. October 2, 2012: The Samsung Galaxy Pocket, an entry-level Smartphone that bundles the affordability edge is the top selling mobile phone handset in Nigeria according to the Technology Times Intelligence Unit that tracked the retail ecosystem to profile the Top 5 Selling Mobile Phones in the country. Nigeria, ranked as [...]

Nigeria will be key driver of West African broadband future, Ehikioya says

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  Sylvanus A. Ehikioya (Ph.D), Director, New Media & Information Security, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the “Broadband Initiatives and Challenges: West Africa Sub-Region As A Case Study” underscores the major influence of Nigeria in driving the next phase of broadband growth across the West African sub-region. According to Ehikioya, “incidentally every growth in Africa [...]

Jobberman.com, Dymore Consulting forge alliance to launch learning academy

According to Jobberman, the job portal with the largest list of jobs in Nigeria, the company intends to sustain its leadership with recent trends on the portal that have shown that it is not relenting in its pursuit to impact great value in Africa.

  By Technology Times Reporter  Lagos. September 15, 2012: Jobberman, the leading job portal in Africa has entered into partnership with Dymore Vision Consulting, one of Africa’s leading digital media and social innovation firms to launch GAPS Academy. With over 3,400 video classes and hundreds of topics, GAPS Academy says it is currently the platform [...]

Online fashion business unwraps report on Facebook usage in connecting Nigerian customers

Serious business: CEO, Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (in picture). Facebook has millions of users either located in Africa, or members who are originally from Africa, including Nigeria, that live in other countries such as the United States and the UK, according to the online fashion items seller, CloseoutExplosion.com

  By Technology Times   Lagos. September 9, 2012: CloseoutExplosion.com has announced the publication of a report sharing how it is using Facebook to sell clothing in Nigeria and leveraging the social media channel for the New York-based wholesale clothing business that exports brand name clothing, shoes and handbags in markets across Africa. The ideas [...]

South Africans tweet most on Monday, study reveals

Social networking in South Africa has crossed the age barrier, the urban/rural divide and even the relationship gap, the World Wide Worx study revealed.

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. September 7, 2012: South Africans are at their tweeting best on Mondays, the first working day of the week, a new study that reviewed the country’s growing connection with the social media platform has shown. World Wide Worx, a technology market research company, conducted the “South African Social Media Landscape 2012” [...]

Fixed Wireless Access licences expire in June

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By Bunmi Adeniyi Lagos. July 1, 2012. Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) licences issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to 11 companies to offer wireless internet and data service across the nook and cranny of Nigeria have expired last June. The expiry of the five-year lifespan of the licences have once again refocused the attention [...]

IXPN forges alliance to offer low-price bandwidth to educational networks in Nigeria

Connected: Managing Director, IXPN, Muhammed Rudman (left); Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Eugene Juwah and others at the commissioning of the Lagos Internet Exchange Point. IXPN has forged an alliance that fosters connection of higher educational institutions in Nigeria (HEIs) into clusters that will also deliver benefits of lower pricing of bandwidth to member-schools.

  By Abbas Bolanle Lagos. June 27, 2012. The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and Nigerian ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions Ltd have forged an alliance that fosters connection of higher educational institutions in Nigeria (HEIs) into clusters that will also deliver benefits of lower pricing of bandwidth to member-schools. Both parties say the alliance [...]

Globacom launches App store supporting multiple mobile platforms

The Glo App Store has also eradicated the problem of foreign exchange sourcing for payments as subscribers can pay for their app purchases with the balance on their phones and only have to top up with naira if the credit is insufficient, the SNO says.

By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 23, 2012: Globacom Nigeria has launched a new App store for Android, Blackberry and Java supported mobile devices under a major bid by the Second National Operator (SNO) to explore new revenue stream in mobile content delivery. Globacom ventured into mobile content and application space in order to provide access [...]

MTN, 3 GSM networks to pay N1.17b fines over poor service quality

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation's telecoms regulator, has notified the four affected service providers that they must pay their respective fines not later than May 21 this year or risk, in the event of default in meeting the payment deadline, a fresh round of punitive fine pegged at N2.5million per day.   Graphics: Technology Times

  By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. May 11, 2012. MTN Nigeria and three other GSM networks have been fined a total of N1.17 billion in penalty for providing poor quality telephony service to mobile phone users in Nigeria, in a no-more-business-as usual hammer wielded by the nation’s telecoms regulator. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the nation’s [...]