One of the most interesting areas in technology these days is telephony, with all its flavours: voice, video, and video conferencing. And, as far as we have come, we are about to see another wave of innovation in the space. Not only is cloud computing the mode by which these se rvices are delivered, but [...]

A third, perhaps even more promising category is “crowdvoicing”. Ushahidi (www.ushadidi.com), founded by a group of activists in Kenya, is among its pioneers. After the country’s disputed elections in 2008, Ushahidi (which means “testimony” in Swahili) mapped reports about violence, most of them text messages, on a website. Now the organisation offers software and even [...]

The Cross River State Government (CRSG) has collaborated with e-Payment company, InterSwitch in a bid to develop a state-wide identity management and e-payment backbone to support the deployment of social welfare and infrastructure to its citizenry. Once done, the project aims to make Cross River state the first Smart State in Nigeria, which will in [...]

Globacom, one of the leading African bandwidth providers, has signed a second 10-year contract with the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The contract, which was signed by the two firms at Globacom Headquarters in Lagos, is a 10-year deal in which Glo1 Enterprise will provide SPDC a high speed bandwidth link, connecting its operational hubs [...]

Nigeria’s submarine cable company, Main One Cable Company recently announced its decision to deploy a new portfolio of IP-enabled services and has chosen to partner with Global Crossing, a leading global IP solutions provider, in order to bring global connectivity to its clients. This strategic agreement will enable Main One to further extend its customers [...]

DStv, digital pay TV firm, has introduced new ways to enhance the viewing pleasure of its subscribers as it has unveiled yet another device known as the Drifta, a new mobile TV decoder. ‘Drifta’ is made to receive the DStv signal and relay it over WiFi to a range of WiFi capable devices such as [...]

The Founder and Group CEO of ICT Conglomerates, Computer Warehouse Group, Mr. Austin Okere has shared the company’s vision to become the number 1 IT Utility Provider in Africa by 2015, in Accra Ghana, the company’s West African regional Office. Speaking at a Media briefing held at the CWG Ghana Official premises in Accra, Okere [...]

Broadband Internet penetration is set to be boosted in Lagos as MTN Business, enterprise solutions arm of MTN Nigeria recently re-launched its WiMAX driven revolutionary service – MTN HyNet. The service, which was first introduced in 2009 in some parts in Lagos State, has now been expanded to serve 70 percent of the metropolis. MTN [...]

Etisalat Nigeria has announced the launch of a SIM registration promotion tagged ‘9ja Free Credit’ Promo specifically designed to reward new and existing customers who register or have registered their SIMs with 30 per cent bonus credit to call any network in Nigeria. Commencing on June 1, 2011, the promo offers all customers on the [...]

Orange Tunisie has announced that it will launch Africa’s first app store. The move is likely to see massive customer data usage as part of the store going live. According to Nadia Mkhinini, Orange Tunisie’s head of products and services, “The development and the commercialisation of apps are central” to the company’s 3G strategy. The [...]