ICT
7 Jul 2016
I came to the Institute six years ago with my vision to restructure and repositioning NIMR because before now little was known about NIMR and also little was known about what the institute does.
6 Jul 2016
Worried by the high cost of doing business in the country, especially in the non-oil export sector, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has tasked stakeholders in the sector ...
1 Jul 2016
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that for Nigeria to meet its infrastructure needs, it would spend about $3 trillion to grow the economy in the next 30 years.
1 Jul 2016
Stakeholders in the country’s telecommunications industry have frowned at the proposed communications tax bill before the National Assembly, saying that it is capable of discouraging potential ...
29 Jun 2016
The Plateau State Government has solicited the support of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in the deployment of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the institutions of higher learning in the state.
29 Jun 2016
We need to encourage well-established, global companies to set up assembly plants in Nigeria. The encouragement could be in the form of favourable tax concessions and also through providing an enabling environment. With this, more jobs will be created and this will also aid in faster technological transfer.
26 Jun 2016
The digital economy is the worldwide network of economic activities enabled by information and communications technologies (ICT). It can also be defined more simply as an economy based on digital technologies.
24 Jun 2016
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said that corruption in the public service sector would be effectively curtailed through consistent deployment of Information and Technology Communication (ICT).
24 Jun 2016
The two agencies met over the weekend in Accra, Ghana to assess mutual areas of interest and how the two economic powerhouses in West Africa can leverage on ICT to better improve the economic potentials of these countries.
22 Jun 2016
To sustain the economy, the need for more focus on the Information and Communications Technology sector has again been reiterated.
21 Jun 2016
As parts of efforts targeted at making the women folk contribute significantly to nation building, a Non-Governmental Otganisation, Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation [AAAF] has trained about 100 women...
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