Pantami harps on Guidance and Counseling, Skills Development in Schools
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has advocated for strengthening guidance and counseling for schools, and help students rekindle their dreams, hopes and aspirations, emphasised the significance of skills development and entrepreneurship capability….
NBC seeks NITDA assistance on capacity building, transformation
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has approached National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and sought for the nation’s IT regulator to intervene in digitization of its processes, to change the commission’s operation by incorporating the use of modern digital technology…
NITDA Features 5 Startups at Digital CES 2021
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has sponsored five Startups from Nigeria to participate at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. CES is a US-based technology event that…
(Analysis) How Nigeria’s digital Agric opportunities’ll be harnessed via NAVSA
By Yusuf A. Yusuf The world today is fast becoming a digital space where virtually every activity of mankind is leveraging on the availability of digital technology. This innovation has heightened the level of productivity around the globe, thereby making…
Minister, NCC and unilaterial counter directives
His first shot at showing unguided over ambition in taking over the nation’s emerging communications industry was fired while even as the head of NITDA earlier this year when he, as the Director General of the agency, trespassed into telecoms…
NCC’s planned internet industry code may clash with NITDA’s new regulations
Confusion powered by what can be seen as lack of inter-agency synergy may play out before the end of 2019 when the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will roll out its styled Internet Industry code of practice. Though…
NCS unveils programmes for upcoming 27th National Conference in Ibadan
The President of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the biggest and premier professional association in Nigeria’s ICT sector, Prof Adesola Aderounmu on Tuesday in Lagos addressed the media on plans by the group to hold its 27th National Conference in Ibadan,…
Social media visibility of federal MDAs dropping since Q1 as CBN, Presidency lead
A new report released by the Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU) on Tuesday in Lagos has revealed that “The social media visibility of leading ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government has been on the decline since the beginning…
ATCON, Koenig Solutions India plan international summit on cyber security
Leading telecoms pressure group, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), has concluded arrangement with Koenig Solutions Limited India to hold a 3-day intensive International Workshop on Cyber Security with the theme Emerging Cyber Security Threats and Countermeasures, slated…
EFCC’s probe of NITDA’s contract issues may mar eNigeria summit
As the eNigeria Conference, put up by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) begins today in Abuja, several IT stakeholders from public and private sector may be preoccupied by the trending allegations and ongoing probe of the agency’s 2017…