Which is fine! Not everyone can or should be an engineer. And as Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Our collective network of pocket supercomputers, communicating almost instantaneously across the globe, comes pretty close to “sufficiently advanced” on its good days. The mathematics of tech Most people don’t understand how technology works. When they flip a light switch, or tap their phone, what happens next is essentially magic to them. Oh, they may be able to handwave a bit about electrons and volts and microprocessors and radio waves and packet-switched networks, but they’re…
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A group of experts at Afimobi Nigeria has created a wireless platform which will create job opportunities and provide more space for Nigerian entrepreneurs through the plethora of fun apps, music, movie, business and digital content hosted on ‘magical fun box’ and designed for Plamplay offline TM. The mobile and internet tech established in Accra, Lagos, and Nairobi has clearly made the point that it has planned to found an African market built around wireless hub. However, the market will enable their users to download movies, films, apps, pictures. How does this work? It works without expending your mobile data.…
Ghanaian government in alliance with ministry of communication has designed a plan to build a data centre in Ghana. The data centre was conceived as an idea to be the largest of its type in West African sub region. The working capacity of the data centre is to be a 500 rack space national centre. However, the data centre is going to serve both the private and public sectors in the country. While the secondary data is located in Kumasi, the data centre is to be build adjacent Kofi Anaan ICT centre of Excellence and is also in close proximity…
According to MTN Business, in a world where more and more of our daily critical activities are increasingly done on the go, mobile devices have emerged the next viable platform which today’s marketing professionals interested in delivering effective integrated marketing communications campaigns can no longer afford to ignore or leave out. New message This was the key message that came across at the recently held Mobile Media Advertising Opportunities Forum, organised in Lagos by MTN Business, the business-to-business unit of MTN Nigeria, in collaboration with InTarget Africa. The forum further highlighted the value of the MTN Mobile Ads service, which…
“Mobile data traffic is soaring worldwide, more than tripling by 2018,” said Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner. “New, fast mobile data connections (3G and 4G) will grow more slowly, from 3.8 billion in 2015 to 5.1 billion in 2018, as users switch from slower 2G connections and consume more mobile data.” According to Gartner, Inc. global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 per cent from 2014. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when mobile data levels are estimated to reach 173 million TB. Gartner analysts…
Do you think you need to give your business a social security? Please read this! Sutherland asserts, it is imperative for an organisation to consult with a reputable insurance provider to ensure that all the possible vulnerabilities and threats relating to the business and the industry have been taken into account to avoid the financial and reputational risks of cybercrime. The need for African and global businesses to ensure that they are adequately protected from cybercrime has been brought to light once again following the recent hack of notorious dating website Ashley Madison. It is estimated that more than 37…
Your new Microsoft Windows upgrade In the spate of tune up, update, and upgrade in computer software, Microsoft, the software giant, is bringing you live experience of its new Windows upgrade service, Windows 10 and more. The new upgrade feature is readied to be launched into use by 29th of July, 2015. With this new development on ground, Windows is telling, you can enjoy a more posh experience with new Windows 10 upgrade feature with latest updates that chance you a better space of enjoying your computer. Worrying about the time for this upgrade? You don’t have to. Windows 10…
You have obviously read this. You have obviously heard about the monstrous boost that telecommunication has added to Nigerian economy. For a time, get the data right. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the telecommunication sector contributed NGN 1.34 billion to the Nigerian economy in the first quarter of the year. Statistic report According to the report, NBS found that the sector records a monthly growth rate average of 0.95 percent. The first quarter of 2015 recorded a real growth rate of 5.36 percent, a rise of 0.61 percentage points from the 2014 average growth rate of…
MainOne’s CEO Funke Opeke who was suitably represented by Temitope Osunrinde said, there is gender inequality in the representational pattern in computer and software development. She added the ratio of this sex identification can be placed at 7:3 compared to the male gender as observed in the gender study pattern of global Technology report. Gender technology MainOne, again, is sponsoring the Women Technology Empowerment camp. This is the second time the organisation would grant absolute support for the Technology Camp. The camp is geared toward mentoring and educating girls in computers and software development. The camp is to assist a…
According to a source, Dr. Achilefu, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, and his team developed the imaging technology for cancer diagnosis into a wearable device. The device is intended to help surgeons view cancer cells while operating. Superior discovery This probably might be old news by now. However, the curiosity is still there. Sit down and enjoy this news nugget of Nigerian born genius. Nigerian-born scientist, Samuel Achilefu, has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Louis Award for creating cancer-seeing glasses. This is according to premiumtimesng.com. “They basically have to operate in the dark,” Bloomberg Businessweek quoted Dr. Achilefu as…
Have you ever had the thought of getting your camera with easy delivery and quality service? Did you ever dream of becoming a professional in photo journalism? Have you snapped that image but it has started getting blurred again? Believe me your worries are over. Where? At Jumia Nigeria! With easy click! Easy purchase! And warranty service, Jumia brings HERO4 GoPro camera to your door. Once upon a time, there was a man called Josephore Niepce who thought he could record life moment through his sliding wooden box camera. How marvelous his thought came that it met grand failure with…
Testifying further to the standard of the television, Kim affirms:” The SUHD TV celebrates a major milestone in the UHD era, delivering superior picture quality with stunning contrast and striking brightness.” Launching into Nigeria’s scene Nigerian consumers will now have the opportunities of owning Samsung Curved SUHD. This opportunity came in a launching event in Lagos, where the tech heavyweight opened a space for the purchase of the Ultra High Definition Televisions. The event which was first of its kind will give Nigerian consumers a firsthand experience of the world class innovation of television manufacturing. The television will also optimize…
Podcast is online episodic series of audio or digital radio which is downloaded through web syndication. Podcast is forged out of broadcast used in mainstream media jargons and the new device syndication, iPod. Podcast is an internet based radio service where listeners download clips of audio delivery from their devices. The future We set out to develop a view on the future of podcasting. Understanding where podcasting is headed is important to us because we have been building, and recently released, a social audio discovery app called Clammr. Podcasting also has significant implications for the $65 billion global audio sector…
Mining may be a highly industrial endeavour that hasn’t changed dramatically over the decades, but modern new technologies are starting to play ever-greater roles in improving productivity and miner safety. Future integration In the future, the mining houses that are deploying the latest technology in the areas of robotics, sensors, automation, wearables, and connectivity will likely emerge as the winners in the unceasing quest for operational excellence within the sector.Taking a step back for a moment, historically, mining companies had very little technology at the “stope level”. The physical work of blasting, breaking rock, clearing sites and then extracting ore,…
On May 23, 2015, hackers from 19 countries gathered online and in person for Femhack, a grassroots international feminist hackathon inspired by the life and work of Sabeen Mahmud. Passionate about civic technology, Mahmud started Pakistan’s first hackathon. Her efforts were not without controversy, and Mahmud paid for her activism with her life in April 2015. Women are coming together with more frequency to use technology in the fight against gender-based violence — often catalyzed by similarly grim acts of violence that reverberate intensely within communities bound together by a strong belief in gender equality. In India, Hack4Change hosted an…
The report has it that Head of Legal Services at the Commission, Akintoye Yetunde admitted that the draft rules are aimed at creating and providing a seamless, effective and efficient procedure for SIM replacement in Nigeria. Yetunde added that the intention was to curve incidences of fraudulent replacements. According to Vanguard, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved Online SIM Replacement (OSR) in the new draft of its SIM Replacement Guidelines. Yetunde said that the OSR can only be carried out either through the National Service Providers’ (NSPs) website or self-service terminal. NSPs are expected to create platforms on their websites…
Availability of apps makes the use of Androids and IOS more enjoyable and thrilling. It is enough that you can use your phone to browse, send message, and call. Apps makes end to give your phone a booster and prepares it for another grand room of usages. Here is a list of apps almost always commonly used in Africa. Find-A-Med Find-A-Med is a location based mobile application that allows users to find the closest health center. Additionally, the app also stores your basic health information in case of an emergency. The app aims to make all healthcare facilities across Nigeria accessible…
At the event, Jasco revealed that the ISIS|1000 costs 50 percent less than the ISIS|5500 solution, which was previously Avid’s entry level shared storage solution. In total, it offers 16TB of usable storage in a single 2U rack mountable form factor, which is fully scalable for expansion as requirements grow. New enhancement for media coverage Jasco Broadcast Solutions displayed a variety of solutions for African broadcasters of all sizes at Mediatech 2015, which is being held at the Ticket Pro Dome (known previously as the Coca-Cola Dome), in Johannesburg from 15-17 July 2015. At the event, one of the product highlights…
According to Airtel Nigeria, the 3-in-1 SIM card is intended to give smartphone users the freedom to switch devices and retain the same SIM card. Once upon 1-in-1 Sim In what looks like a new innovation, a new application challenge for startup developers by Bharti Airtel, Airtel Nigeria has now unveiled a 3-in-1 SIM card. The new sim tech The Airtel Smart SIM package comprises all three SIM card sizes, namely Micro, Standard and Nano. According to Airtel Nigeria, the aim is to make it convenient for customers to switch devices without having to get a new, different-sized SIM. According to…
Simon Bond, Innovation Director for SETsquared, said: We are truly honoured to be shortlisted for this award. Seeing the phenomenal success of the entrepreneurs we support is reward enough for us so this really is the icing on the cake. The new thing UK, 15th July 2015 — Setsquared has been shortlisted for a prestigious award for its work in nurturing a new generation of university entrepreneurs. The partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey is shortlisted in the Higher Education Enterprise Champion category of the National Enterprise Educator Awards From assessment Judges were impressed…