Full coverage: Nigeria

21.09.2007 Mainstreet Technologies threw its hat in the ring this week to be the first to complete an African west coast fibre project to compete with SAT3. The cable will connect 12 countries, some already connected to SAT3, others not. Russell Southwood spoke to the projectÂ’s CEO Funke Opeke and discovered how it intends to win the race to complete.

22.08.2007 Kehitysmaiden olosuhteisiin suunnitellun kannettavan tietokoneen kokeiluprojekti käynnistyy Etelä-Afrikassa ja Nigeriassa lokakuussa. Kokeilu alkaa yhdessä eteläafrikkalaisessa koulussa.

25.09.2006 Nigeria has received a 200-million-dollar soft loan to popularise Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the rural areas.

21.08.2006 Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency and the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase information communication technology penetration in Nigeria.

05.07.2006 OneWorld South Asia has published a two-year action research report - Improving Transparency, Efficiency and Effectiveness of Pro Poor Government Services - that shows that information and communication technologies (ICTs) plan an important role in enabling people to have better access to government services.

23.06.2006 from Ecogeek:
A Nigerian organisation has built a computer than can run on a single small solar panel and requires a fraction of the power most other computers use.

15.06.2006 The need to enhance information flow to farmers led to the inception of the Information and Communication Support for Agricultural Growth in Nigeria Project (ICS-Nigeria). The hope is that access to information will trigger an increase in farmersÂ’ use of agricultural technologies, which in turn will increase their productive capacity.

15.06.2006 Diaspora Nigerians in Science and Technology (DiNiSAT) has called for strategic partnership with stakeholders in Nigeria to advance the development of science and technology in the country.

15.06.2006 Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr Hassan Lawal, has advised that migration issues be addressed constructively and dispassionately, with a view to identifying its benefits.

26.04.2006 The focus of this research was to develop a sustainable Information and Communication Technology (ICT) model in a Nigerian community, by evaluating ICT provision in South Africa's disadvantaged communities and comparing it with the Nigerian situation; to identify applicable models and service mechanisms; and, to identify pitfalls and risks.

28.02.2006 That technological breakthrough and advancements would continue to impact positively on humanity and their activities is not in doubt, what one can not boast about is how prepared society is, due to the limitations of cultural, religious, social, political and economic circumstances, to imbibe such innovations.

21.02.2006 About 100 youths are to enjoy free computer training in the first batch of free computer training scheme of the Faruk Bamusa Education Foundation in Gombe State in Nigeria.

15.02.2006 As Information and Communications Technology, ICT, continues to revolutionarise human activity around the world, the International Telecommunications Union, ITU, has put together a workshop on Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) to bring a spotlight on what is now referred to as “Internet of Things”.

10.02.2006 Nigeria Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC) revealed that the investment friendly atmosphere prevalent in the country in the last five years have attracted well over $5 billion worth of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into the country in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.

02.02.2006 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun series of ICT training for journalists and judges as key stakeholders in the development of the telecommunication sector.

27.01.2006 Mr Jim Ovia, the newly appointed chairman of the National Information Technology Advisory Committee (NITAC) , has identified ICT as the “cement” that holds the future of mankind together. He vowed to ensure the development of ICT in Nigeria.

30.12.2005 The world today is shaped by the advancements in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The relevance of ICT to the development of individual, organisations, nations and the entire world cannot be over emphasised. Nigeria has come to realise the fact that no modern economy can be sustained without integral ICT and has adopted the technology towards the growth of our economy.

15.12.2005 n the heart of sub-Saharan Africa's most-crowded metropolis, in a dimly lit Internet café thumping with Nigerian music, clusters of two and three teenage boys hover around aging computer screens. They use their Nike T-shirts and baggy jeans to wipe sweat off their brows and palms as they intently craft deceptive e-mails and scour the Web for foreign e-mail addresses.

21.11.2005 Nigeria and five other countries have been named the first beneficiaries of the One-Laptop-One-Child Initiative. Others are Egypt, India, Brazil, China and Thailand.

13.10.2005 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure of Osun State government in Nigeria will be commissioned soon.