Microsoft Inc, through its 4Afrika initiative, has entered into a partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), to make digital tools and training resources more accessible to small-scale farmers, and agriculture-linked small businesses. The partnership, DigitalTimesNG understands, is in a bid to support digital transformation in Africa’s agribusiness sector, modernise supply chains and boost farmers’ productivity and incomes. Microsoft Country Manager for Kenya, Kendi Nderitu, said the partnership will leverage Microsoft 4Afrika’s unique digital platforms and IFC’s Agribusiness Leadership Programme to help small-scale farmers, their cooperatives, and “last mile retailers” access information and digital tools to strengthen farming practices, build business…
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In its commitment towards mitigating disaster risk in Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is seeking support and stronger collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the use of ICT Infrastructure and Digital platform with a view to ensuring timely and lifesaving search and rescue operations. This was discussed recently, when the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, received the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmad, in his office. Abdullahi congratulated the DG NEMA for his recent appointment, describing his task as onerous and one that requires sustained and strengthened partnerships…
A call has been made for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organizations in the country to preserve the relics that can bridge the knowledge gap needed for the sustainable development of Nigeria. This call was made recently in Abuja by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, when the Commission joined in the celebration of the 2021 international museum day themed: “The future of museums: recover and reimagine.” Represented by the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management (ECSM) at the NCC, Barr Adewolu Adeleke, Danbatta said the theme appropriately captures…
The shortage of manpower in forensic experts in Nigeria has been described as one of the challenges militating against curbing the menace of cyber-attacks in the country, a situation that has brought together the duo of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) to partner to lessen this shortfall. This was the highlight of the discussion when the Director-General, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, received his counterpart, the Commandant, NISS, Alhaji Saheed Adeleke, Wednesday, who was on a courtesy visit to the Agency’s Corporate Headquarters. In his welcome address, Abdullahi applauded the commandant…
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Cloud Computing has been referred to as the essential way of delivering services especially in database, networking, artificial intelligence and analytics over the internet, to offer faster innovations, flexible resources, reduced IT costs and better security. Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi stated this in a keynote address he presented at a Webinar organised by Galaxy Backbone, in collaboration with Zadara, a cloud computing company based in California, the United States of America. Abdullahi expressed his excitement at the theme of the event; ‘Cloud Services and the Journey Towards a Digital Economy.’ The NITDA DG…
Focus now shifts to remote, hard-to-reach areas, schools, health centres
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The Titans of Tech 2021 holds this Friday, July 23, 2021, at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Lekki Expressway, Lagos. The epoch event seeks to explore how and where technology can make a difference and seeks to celebrate the leading ICT drivers and has three main parts, Exhibition, Seminal RoundTable, and the Technology Awards. If you are in Lagos or plan to be in Lagos today, there is no better place to be than to attend the Titans of Tech Conference and Awards. In case you need further persuasion, here are FIVE Reasons to attend the Titans of Tech Conference and…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied reports claiming that it has renewed the mobile operating license of Airtel Nigeria for another period of 10 years. The claim was said to have been made by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya while speaking last week, during the media launch of the telco’s corporate social responsibility programme, ‘Touching Lives 6’. The NCC stated on Sunday through its Director Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde that while Airtel Nigeria has applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service (UASL) License granted to it by the Commission, the…