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NIGCOMSAT here with eVoting solution for 2011 election

Nigeria communication satellite company NIGCOMSAT Limited has developed an electronic voting (eVoting) solution that could help the country stamp out electoral rigging. The home grown solution developed by a team of Nigerian engineers in NIGCOMSAT Limited, Abuja is designed round biometric-based voters' register that cannot be duplicated or stolen

CPN wants more roles for IT in Nigeria economy

Nigeria computer regulatory body, the Computer Professionals Nigeria (CPN) is rooting for the deployment of IT in Nigeria�s economy. The CPN is urging for a stronger policy thrust that will enable IT to be more integrated in government processes to achieve greater speed and efficiency in delivering the benefits of governance to the people

Between Jonathan�s Facebook and NIGCOMSAT eVoting solution

Should Goodluck Jonathan run in the 2011 presidential election? He would probably get answers on his Facebook page where he daily interacts with nearly a million Nigerians since he signed on the social media network less than three weeks ago. Jonathan has been talking with Nigerians

Glo 1 ready for market

Glo 1 is ready for market in what would potentially change Africa bandwidth demand for good. The 9,800 km long submarine cable owned solely by one of Nigeria biggest network Globacom carries data and internet traffic between Nigeria and the rest of the world. The multi-million-dollar contract was built by Alcatel-Lucent of France, world leaders in submarine cabling

Africa bandwidth feast here

Last week is particularly an exciting one for Nigeria. Two connectivity sea cables (Glo 1, Main One) were formally launched in the country to begin the start of commercial services in what would radically change the way we connect to ourselves on the continent and the rest of the world. For Africa, the bandwidth famine is over. The communication connectivity feast has begun

Main One Cable ready for business

Main One Cable Company appears set for business this month with the completion of the sea cable connectivity from Portugal across West Africa and terminating in Lagos

CWG boss, Austin Okere, speaks at Columbia

It was a day of triumph for Nigerian entrepreneur when the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Computer Warehouse Group, Austin Okere was invited to give a talk at the Columbia Business School (CBS) during an MBA class on the CWG case study recently

CWG, Gilat organise business optimizing seminar

Computer warehouse Group in collaboration with Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd and other of their partners put up a business seminar with the theme optimizing business performance and profitability The two days seminar which was organized in two separate venues respectively attracted major players from the banking, oil and gas, ICT, pharmaceutical and the manufacturing industry

Zinox Computer unveils multiple user PC

Zinox computer has unveiled its Ncomputing technology. A system that allows multiple users with their monitor to one central processing unit (CPU)