Dr Eugene Juwah, NCC Chairman

A grand legal battle involving the Nigerian telecommunications industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), all the four mobile operators in the country and BlackBerry, a global leader in wireless innovation, and the consumers of telecoms services is imminent as the apex regulatory agency begins to fine-tune laws that will control the usage of the BlackBerry smartphone in Nigeria.

A colleague once tweeted: “Economic growth will ride in the cockpit of technology.” I think this is very true when one forecasts the African economic development trajectory.

R-L: Mrs. Sola David-Borh, chief executive officer, Stanbic IBTC Holding Plc,; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of Finance and coordinating minister for the Economy; Mr. Peter Obaseki, executive director, First City Monument Bank, and Alh. Bello Macchido, group chief executive officer, First Bank Holding Plc, during a courtesy visit to the minister of finance in Abuja recently.

Nigeria and five other countries in Africa will benefit from the $100 million (over N15 billion) investment in digital jobs being planned by the Rockefeller Foundation of the United States of America and its partners.
BusinessWorld Intelligence can disclose that this development will increase the overall supply of digitally-skilled professionals and match supply and demand of digital skills in Nigeria.

L-R: Mr. Adedayo Adetukasi, project manager, Nigerian Media Merit Awards (NMMA), Mr. Ololade Olatunji, a reporter with the Nation Newspaper, winner of NNMA British American Tobacco Company of Nigeria BATN Industry, reporter and correspondent award and Mr. Olanrewaju Dairo, Sustainability manager BATN West Africa Area, at the prize presentation in Lagos.

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (Lasepa) has advised small scale chemical dealers and battery recyclers in the state to be conscious of the health hazards of careless handling of chemicals to the environment .

In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs in 27 countries, United States prosecutors has said.

L-R: Muhammed Sanni, head of department, PayAttitude, Angela Idiaru, head of department, HR & Admin,(with Unified Payments award for E-Payment Solution Provider of the Year 2013), Ben Edafiadjebre, head of department, Card Services, and Sylvester Adahada, company secretary, all of Unified Payments at the Beacon of ICT Awards organised by Nigeria Communications Week in Lagos.

Samsung Electronics has announced that it will be providing its customers in Nigeria and other pan-African countries with a 24-month accidental damage from handling (ADH) warranty to cover screen and liquid damages to its new, flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, at no extra charge.

The latest report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) reveals that more smartphones than feature phones were shipped in the first quarter of 2013.

Worried by the incessant complaints that has trailed the post concession era in Nigeria’s port system,  the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority [NPA] has set machinery in motion for strict monitoring of the operations of the over 26 concessionaires across all the ports in the country.