Senior Manager, Innovations and Development Department, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), Mr. Muhammad Jiya, has emphasised the need for small business owners to move from offline to online operations, using digital skills. Jiya said this on Saturday in Abuja at the Business to Business (B2B) Nigeria 4th National Dialogue with the theme: “Digitilising Nigeria’s Small […]
By Joseph Edegbo: South Africa has successfully launched into space the continent’s most advanced nanosatellite to date – the ZACube-2. The ZACube-2 will provide cutting edge remote sensing and communication services to South Africa and the region. “This satellite will help us monitor our ocean traffic as part of our oceans economy and also […]
Continue reading …Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned against vandalism of telecommunication infrastructure, stressing that the act is compromising Federal Government’s efforts toward achieving 30 per cent broadband penetration in 2018. Miss Helen Obi, the commission’s Head of Zonal Operations in Niger, said this at a one-day sensitisation programme on “Protection of Telecommunication Infrastructure” on Thursday. According to her, […]
Continue reading …Often synonymous with Hollywood blockbuster movies and technological developments of a distant future, drones have shaken off stereotypical thoughts that they only belong on the big screen. These eyes in the sky are fast emerging as tools that are transforming the delivery of services to Gauteng residents. Recently drone technology became a very real […]
Continue reading …Communications Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana has encouraged campus radio stations to expand into the digital platform and continue to churn out dynamic and informative content. Kekana made the call during a Campus Media Workshop and networking session held at the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) headquarters in Hatfield, Tshwane, on Monday. The workshop […]
Continue reading …South African Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says the partner countries in the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) projects are happy with progress that has been made to prepare for the construction of telescopes in their respective countries. Kubayi-Ngubane addressed a media briefing shortly after opening the 5th Square Kilometre Array (SKA) […]
Continue reading …Alphabet Inc’s Google unit has told U.S. lawmakers it was considering “a variety of options” to offer additional services in China, but declined to detail plans for addressing Chinese censorship. The company has come under criticism after reports it was considering re-entering China’s search engine market and would comply with its internet censorship and […]
Continue reading …Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Friday said that Nigeria was gradually emerging as a centre for technology innovations cutting across all sectors. The minister stated this in Lagos during the “Technology As a Catalyst: Ease of Doing Business 2018 Conference’’, organised by Perchstone and Graeys, Knowledge Resources Ltd. Shittu described Nigeria as […]
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