Schools in southern China are using chip-powered "smart" school uniforms to track their students in a bid to tackle truancy and boost attendance, according to state media. The uniforms use chips to monitor the location of students and can record their exit and entry into school, according to the tech firm behind the tracking devices.…

In its effort to boost the capacity of estate surveyors and valuers across the country, the College of Estate Management Reading Alumni Association of Nigeria (CEMRAAN) in partnership with the United Kingdom University College on Estate Surveyors has trained about 255 estate surveyors across Nigeria on modern technology.. The founder of CEMRAN Johnbull Amayaevbo during…

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) said it is committed to developing the country’s indigenous technology in basic space technology. Prof. Seidu Mohammed, director-general of the agency, said this at the Space Centre Week and Exhibition of the agency’s Centre for Basic Space Science (CBSS) in Nsukka, Enugu State, with the theme “Basic…

Photo journalists have been advised to embrace technology and be digitally discerning to meet today’s demands of the job and compete in the global space. While giving the keynote address during Photo Journalists Association of Nigeria’s (PJAN) annual conference held in Lagos recently, marketing communications practitioner and former president of Association of Advertising Agencies of…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Gbenga Oyebode has advised insurers to invest in emerging technology driven and efficient distribution channels to improve service delivery.   Oyebode lamented that most insurance brokerage firms in the country are passively investing in technology, despite the increasing benefits that come alongside.     He stated this during a lecture, titled:…

Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), an NGO aimed at empowering career and business women, as well as advocating greater representation of women in leadership positions in the public and private sector, recently had its 17th annual conference themed: “Unstoppable You: Reinvent and Reinvigorate in Lagos.” The 2018 edition of the conference, which…

African payments technology company, Flutterwave, said it has processed about $2.5 billion for clients through its flagship innovative platform ‘Rave’ across the globe. The firm, which said the transactions were done within its first two years of operation, explained that Rave is a flashy product aimed at processing all kinds of payments with support disbursements…

Scientists are unanimous that deploying innovation and technology into the country’s food industry will not only avert the predicted food crisis but boost productivity and sufficiency. Some food safety experts who raised the alarm listed the country’s rising population amid huge technology gaps, lack of enabling environment for researchers, inadequate funding for research, high processing…

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has explained why science is relevant to our daily activities. Onu gave the reasons yesterday in Abuja at the World Science Day, 2018 with theme: “Science, A Human Right.” He said the celebration highlights the importance of science in society, as well as the relationship between science,…

The newly launched Nigerian Media Advertising guide for 2018/19, a publication of Starcom Media Perspectives, has submitted that consumer behavior enhanced by tech has continued to evolve industries and communication landscape, identifying personalisation, social networking and convenience as among the major factors aiding the growth of digital marketing. According to the report, there have been…

To accelerate Nigeria’s development, experts have called for the optimisation of existing information and communication technology (ICT) clusters’ through partnership between the private and public sectors. According to them, digital technology through such initiatives would drive economic transformation of the country. Overtime, the use of digital technology to create new solutions for economic growth has…

Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has urged scholars to promote research, especially in the field of nanotechnology, as well as focus on researches that can lead to new and innovative products. Speaking at the just concluded three-day conference on nanotechnology by Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Nanotechnology Research Group (NANO+), Onu, represented…