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"We have no choice than to invest in satellite technology"

Director-General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr. Seidu Onailo Mohammed spoke with IT Edge on his plans for Nigeria’s space programmes in face of limited funding. Mohammed argued that government alone cannot carry the burden of growing the strategic space industry. Private sector players in the telecom industry should be made to commit 1% of their profit on developing the industry for the benefit of everyone...

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In search of a satellite destiny

In 1999, the Federal Government of Nigeria approved the Nigerian Space Policy and the implementation of the space program, as outlined in the policy, commenced with the establishment of a National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology...

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"We are not enjoying any form of monopoly"

Gerald Ilukwe, CEO of Galaxy Backbone Plc, told IT Edge in Abuja that it is a misleading to accuse the company as a publicly owned company enjoing unfair advantage against private sector technology companies delivering connectivity solutions...

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"The global meltdown should attract new businesses our way"

Mrs. Florence Seriki established Omatek Computers about 21 years ago. The company has assembly factories in Lagos and Accra. Seriki is considered an IT Amazon in Nigeria’s burgeoning technology business sector...

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			FEATURE Mobile Banking & Financial Services Africa, 20-22 July 2009, Johannesburg Building on the highly successful inaugural event last year, the conference will again deliver timely insights into the key business, technical and security considerations that all players in the mobile banking and payments industry in Africa must address...

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Zain cuts 141 staff in Kenya and looks at job cuts elsewhere in Africa

Zain has cut 141 staff in Kenya as part of a group restructuring designed to help it weather the effects of the global economic downturn. It has also cut staff in Nigeria earlier in the year...

West African Cable System signs financing agreement

The long-awaited construction and maintenance agreement, to build the $640 million West African Cable System (WACS), was signed last Wednesday at Vodacom's head office, in Johannesburg...