Flytxt, the provider of big data analytics powered revenue and customer experience management solutions for Cellular Service Providers (CSP), has been included in the list of cool vendors in Gartner's report, “Cool Vendors in Emerging Markets, 2013”.

L-r: Mike Kent, financial controller, Temenos; Ralph Talabi, clients relationship manager for West Africa, Temenos; Tunji Agbaje, executive director, implementation and support services, Inlaks Computers; Olufemi Adeoti, managing director, Inlaks and Mike Head, global alliances director, Temenos at a recent international conference in Lagos.

Inlaks Computers Limited, the foremost ICT and Infrastructure solutions provider in West African region whose major clients are the financial institutions, are deploying, at a fast rate, e-banking infrastructure and solution with the highest security features to assist in the transformation of the financial services sector of the Nigerian economy. These are  ATMs and Temenos Arc Mobile (mobile banking solution) to enhance better return on investment in the sector.

In order to experience efficiency and smooth transactions in Nigerian banks, Dr. Gbolahan Dada, chief executive officer and managing director, Joe-Han Network Marketing Ltd. has advocated for adequate deployment of technology by banks for optimum performance and customers' satisfaction.

As part of commitment to enhance business performance, Schneider Electric has unveiled the APC NetShelter SV, an affordable rack solution with industry proven design and seamless integration of essential rack accessories, in multiple heights, widths and depths to meet the challenges that businesses face in their IT environments.

DStv has announced that it will be introducing another new channel from 7 May, M-Net Movies Zone which will provide DStv viewers access to the best and latest movies. The channel is available on DStv Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus (where available) and Premium bouquets.

L-R: Cheik Dia, sales director, Africa, I Direct, Juan Marcelino, senior director, Global Sales Operation, Chioma Ekeh, managing director, Technology Distributions Ltd, William Gregory, logistics manager, Global Supply Chain, Middle East and Africa, Etiene Etukudoh, executive director, Marketing, Technology Distributions Ltd, and Deepak Mokha, senior director, Global Sales Operations, at the head office of Technology Distributions in Lagos.

Huawei has unveiled its first windows phone 8 Smartphone, the Huawei Ascend W1 otherwise tagged Huawei 4Afrika, powered by Microsoft coupled with longest standby time in its class. The device offers consumers a smarter alternative at the right price and is expected to aggressively drive smart phone penetration 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.

With the rapid technological innovation taking place in Asian countries and advancement of the markets, the region is fast becoming a centre of advanced persistent threats (APTs), an attack by hackers in the move to tap into the growing wealth in the information communication technology (ICT) industry. The rises in global prominence with the presence of multinationals and big local brands establishing offices there, as well as the ongoing trends of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and social networking occurring in companies, also contribute to a higher occurrence of such attacks in the region.