Thursday, 29 October 2015
Monday, 26 October 2015
Nigeria to leverage ICT for economic growth
The Nigerian government says it will leverage on information communication technology (ICT) to boost the economy.
This is in the light of dwindling revenue from oil, no thanks to consistent fall in its international prices.
Dr. Tunji Olaopa, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications Technology, said ICT has become an enabler for all sectors of the economy, adding that its application to human problem has become inevitable.
He said the Federal Government is aware that ICT is one of the sectors that have steadily contributed to the growth of the national gross domestic product (GDP) from 5.46 per cent in 2011, to 112.25 per cent in the second quarter of this year with 6.26 per cent growth in real terms.
Dr. Oloapaw ho spoke at the last DEMO Africa 2015 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, said: “This has not happened magically without strategic inputs from all stakeholders. While we have strengthened our industry with policies, interventions and programmes, the industry is also exploring the business opportunities of our fast growing and large consuming class (over 40 million people according to U.S McKinsey and Company) – by creating consumer facing ICT businesses across the country.
“While our ICT entrepreneurs are beginning to tap into this, there is still a huge opportunity for all players to democratise ICT entrepreneurship in order to leap frog into reaping in huge benefits of economic diversification and growth.”
He said the Federal Government will continue to nurture ICT innovators in the country through the provision of friendly policies, enabling environment and legislative frameworks that support their growth.
“As we realise day by day, we are compelled to embrace, explore and leverage on its roles to change things positively. From government perspective, we cannot afford to ignore the geese that lay the golden eggs – that is, the ICT innovators, the software and hardware developers, the ICT entrepreneurs.
“While they are incomplete without the entire ecosystem of investors, academia, and mentors and so on, we must continue to nurture them through enabling environment, platforms such as DEMO Africa, right policies and legislative framework that support their growth,” he added.
He noted that DEMO Africa has yielded positive results for African nations that have participated since its inception. Since participating in DEMO Africa in 2012, he pointed out, Nigeria has witnessed the emergence of at least 26 ICT startups with four in 2013, 14 last year and eight this year. “They have created jobs, raising funds to grow their businesses, expanding the frontier of entrepreneurship.”
To deepen the impact that platforms such as DEMO Africa has created in the country, he enjoined African governments to support innovation and entrepreneurship through various policies, initiatives and programmes that will not only support the ICT entrepreneurs, but also grow the innovation ecosystem.
“It is high time we stepped up our involvement in supporting them through various catalytic interventions, taking a cue from other nations like the United States (U.S), Britain, Israel, India, China,” he said.
The focus of the present administration, he opined, is strongly hinged on diversifying the economy, creating jobs and wealth that will improve the socio-economic lot of the people.
Source:Biztechafrica.com
This is in the light of dwindling revenue from oil, no thanks to consistent fall in its international prices.
Dr. Tunji Olaopa, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communications Technology, said ICT has become an enabler for all sectors of the economy, adding that its application to human problem has become inevitable.
He said the Federal Government is aware that ICT is one of the sectors that have steadily contributed to the growth of the national gross domestic product (GDP) from 5.46 per cent in 2011, to 112.25 per cent in the second quarter of this year with 6.26 per cent growth in real terms.
Dr. Oloapaw ho spoke at the last DEMO Africa 2015 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, said: “This has not happened magically without strategic inputs from all stakeholders. While we have strengthened our industry with policies, interventions and programmes, the industry is also exploring the business opportunities of our fast growing and large consuming class (over 40 million people according to U.S McKinsey and Company) – by creating consumer facing ICT businesses across the country.
“While our ICT entrepreneurs are beginning to tap into this, there is still a huge opportunity for all players to democratise ICT entrepreneurship in order to leap frog into reaping in huge benefits of economic diversification and growth.”
He said the Federal Government will continue to nurture ICT innovators in the country through the provision of friendly policies, enabling environment and legislative frameworks that support their growth.
“As we realise day by day, we are compelled to embrace, explore and leverage on its roles to change things positively. From government perspective, we cannot afford to ignore the geese that lay the golden eggs – that is, the ICT innovators, the software and hardware developers, the ICT entrepreneurs.
“While they are incomplete without the entire ecosystem of investors, academia, and mentors and so on, we must continue to nurture them through enabling environment, platforms such as DEMO Africa, right policies and legislative framework that support their growth,” he added.
He noted that DEMO Africa has yielded positive results for African nations that have participated since its inception. Since participating in DEMO Africa in 2012, he pointed out, Nigeria has witnessed the emergence of at least 26 ICT startups with four in 2013, 14 last year and eight this year. “They have created jobs, raising funds to grow their businesses, expanding the frontier of entrepreneurship.”
To deepen the impact that platforms such as DEMO Africa has created in the country, he enjoined African governments to support innovation and entrepreneurship through various policies, initiatives and programmes that will not only support the ICT entrepreneurs, but also grow the innovation ecosystem.
“It is high time we stepped up our involvement in supporting them through various catalytic interventions, taking a cue from other nations like the United States (U.S), Britain, Israel, India, China,” he said.
The focus of the present administration, he opined, is strongly hinged on diversifying the economy, creating jobs and wealth that will improve the socio-economic lot of the people.
Source:Biztechafrica.com
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Orangutans kiss just like Spiderman and Mary Jane in the movie.
t's spider-ape!
This is the adorable moment mischievous Orangutans appeared to re-enact the famous kissing scene from the movie Spiderman.
The picture of Jazz and her four-year-old, Sprout, was taken by amateur photographer Kathryn Willett at Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands.
The 46-year-old supermarket worker visits the zoo at least three times a week to photograph the animals but did not initially make the link to the Spiderman scene starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
This is the adorable moment mischievous Orangutans appeared to re-enact the famous kissing scene from the movie Spiderman.
The picture of Jazz and her four-year-old, Sprout, was taken by amateur photographer Kathryn Willett at Dudley Zoo in the West Midlands.
The 46-year-old supermarket worker visits the zoo at least three times a week to photograph the animals but did not initially make the link to the Spiderman scene starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
6 Blocked technologies you don't know about| Gadgets banned by the government
The rapid rate of technological growth is often met with suspicious and in some cases fear. Here is all you need to know about banned technologies from around the world.
Banned: Blackberry in Pakistan
This year Pakistan has banned the use of Blackberry’s messaging and internet service due to concerns for security. Blackberry uses
encryption aimed at businesses and confidentiality which was not look on too favourable by other countries in the past. In 2010 Saudi Arabia put a block on sending and receiving messages via Blackberry phones. The ban came from security concerns surrounding Blackberry messaging, emails and the internet.
Banned: iPads in Israel
Perhaps not the longest ban in history but for two weeks in 2010 Tel Aviv banned the new iPad. The state governed that the iPad was aligned with US standards not of those in place in Israel which apparently could have disrupted the country’s military frequencies.
Banned: mobile phones in Cuba
Mobile phones were banned in Cuba until the ban was lifted in 2008 President Raul Castro. The previous ban was the result of previous president Fidel Castro’s suspicion of mobile networks spreading from the US.
Banned: video games after midnight in South Korea
The ‘shutdown law’ blocks anyone under the age of 18 from playing online video games past midnight. In an attempt to prevent game addiction under 18s cannot play online games between midnight and 6am.
Banned: Google Street View in Austria and Greece
Due to concerns for privacy, Austria and Greece stopped Google’s Street View cars from roaming their streets.
Banned: Facebook in Pakistan
Facebook was temporarily banned in Pakistan due to Facebook communities illustrating pictures of Muhammad. This ban was lifted after Facebook assured that no offensive material would be available to Pakistani users.
Banned: Blackberry in Pakistan
This year Pakistan has banned the use of Blackberry’s messaging and internet service due to concerns for security. Blackberry uses
encryption aimed at businesses and confidentiality which was not look on too favourable by other countries in the past. In 2010 Saudi Arabia put a block on sending and receiving messages via Blackberry phones. The ban came from security concerns surrounding Blackberry messaging, emails and the internet.
Banned: iPads in Israel
Perhaps not the longest ban in history but for two weeks in 2010 Tel Aviv banned the new iPad. The state governed that the iPad was aligned with US standards not of those in place in Israel which apparently could have disrupted the country’s military frequencies.
Banned: mobile phones in Cuba
Mobile phones were banned in Cuba until the ban was lifted in 2008 President Raul Castro. The previous ban was the result of previous president Fidel Castro’s suspicion of mobile networks spreading from the US.
Banned: video games after midnight in South Korea
The ‘shutdown law’ blocks anyone under the age of 18 from playing online video games past midnight. In an attempt to prevent game addiction under 18s cannot play online games between midnight and 6am.
Banned: Google Street View in Austria and Greece
Due to concerns for privacy, Austria and Greece stopped Google’s Street View cars from roaming their streets.
Banned: Facebook in Pakistan
Facebook was temporarily banned in Pakistan due to Facebook communities illustrating pictures of Muhammad. This ban was lifted after Facebook assured that no offensive material would be available to Pakistani users.
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summarize all the configurations for Etisalat social
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connect and JWP. For those that want to cross check
there settings below are the summaries of the whole
vpn’s we use.
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1. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH PSIPHON
Mobile settings
Apn: etisalat
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your Psiphon handler
Ticks remove port
Proxy type: select real host
Proxy server: mobile.facebook.com
Clicks save.
Go to option and select region as Best performance
or any country available.
Tick tunnel whole device.
Enter more option and also tick “connect through
http”
Still on more option tick “use the following setting”
Host address: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Close and connect
Click HERE for more details about Psiphon.
2. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH SIMPLE SERVER
Mobile settings
Apn: etisalat
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your simple server
Proxy host: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Injection query/url: http://mobile.facebook.com
Injection host: mobile.facebook.com
Injection line: press enter key four time
Log level: debug
Click HERE for more details about Simple server
3. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH OpenVPN
Mobile Settings
Apn: Etisalat
Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your OpenVPN connect
Import the Etisalat social pack config file
Enter Username and Password
Click connect and wait for openvpn connect to show
connected
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etisalat social pack
4. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH JWP
Mobile Settings
Apn: Etisalat
Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your JWP
Proxy: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Inject host: mobile.facebook.com
Connect. You can download the listed apps above via Google playstore
downloading using Etisalat social pack, today i
summarize all the configurations for Etisalat social
pack using Psiphon vpn, Simple server, OpenVpn
connect and JWP. For those that want to cross check
there settings below are the summaries of the whole
vpn’s we use.
To Subscribe For Etisalat social pack
dial*200*3*3*2*1*1#
Note: N50 or N100 will be deducted and the sub has
No expiring date and is unlimited.
1. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH PSIPHON
Mobile settings
Apn: etisalat
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your Psiphon handler
Ticks remove port
Proxy type: select real host
Proxy server: mobile.facebook.com
Clicks save.
Go to option and select region as Best performance
or any country available.
Tick tunnel whole device.
Enter more option and also tick “connect through
http”
Still on more option tick “use the following setting”
Host address: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Close and connect
Click HERE for more details about Psiphon.
2. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH SIMPLE SERVER
Mobile settings
Apn: etisalat
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your simple server
Proxy host: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Injection query/url: http://mobile.facebook.com
Injection host: mobile.facebook.com
Injection line: press enter key four time
Log level: debug
Click HERE for more details about Simple server
3. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH OpenVPN
Mobile Settings
Apn: Etisalat
Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your OpenVPN connect
Import the Etisalat social pack config file
Enter Username and Password
Click connect and wait for openvpn connect to show
connected
Click HERE for more details about OpenVpn with
etisalat social pack
4. ETISALAT SOCIAL PACK WITH JWP
Mobile Settings
Apn: Etisalat
Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
=>Open your JWP
Proxy: 151.80.171.252
Port: 3128
Inject host: mobile.facebook.com
Connect. You can download the listed apps above via Google playstore
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Meet the world most expensive phone| Falcon SuperNova Pink Diamond iPhone 6 ($95.5 Million)
The world is turning into something else you could imagine the world most expensive phone is worth more than a mansion hmmmn .......
One funny thing about the phone is just that there are no special features on the phone different from what we have seen in smartphones.
The makers of the SuperNova are nice enough to set you up on a payment plan for this phone. The only thing they ask is that you pay $95.5 million for it.
The phones aren’t over the top like the rest of on the list in terms of hundreds of diamonds, but instead have one main feature. There is an 18 karat gold casing which looks cool, but your eyes will be drawn to the huge diamond on the back. Falcon embedded a pink diamond and that alone was the leading cause for the huge price tag. There are cheaper versions of this phone, including one in platinum with a blue diamond, but it still costs $48.5 million.
One funny thing about the phone is just that there are no special features on the phone different from what we have seen in smartphones.
The makers of the SuperNova are nice enough to set you up on a payment plan for this phone. The only thing they ask is that you pay $95.5 million for it.
The phones aren’t over the top like the rest of on the list in terms of hundreds of diamonds, but instead have one main feature. There is an 18 karat gold casing which looks cool, but your eyes will be drawn to the huge diamond on the back. Falcon embedded a pink diamond and that alone was the leading cause for the huge price tag. There are cheaper versions of this phone, including one in platinum with a blue diamond, but it still costs $48.5 million.
Friday, 16 October 2015
Infinix Mobile sold more than 150,000 units of its new device called infinixHot2(x510) in 2 months
Infinix as a mobile OEM brand needs no introduction as the company has become a household name in not only Nigeria, but other parts of the world.
Teaming up with Google to introduce the first android phone smartphone in Nigeria , infinix mobility gains recognition amongst other international websites and based on latest statistics from the company, over 150,000 units of the android one phone ( infinix hot 2 x510 ) has been sold in just about 2 months.
The first time we got an insight in regards the Hot 2 x510 also referred to as the HOTTest One was in July. The device was officially launched on the 18th of August in Lekki, Lagos at the Landmark event of which, TechsNG was a part of.
We did an unboxing video of the device which currently has thousands of views on Youtube as well as a full review of the device and we tagged the phone ‘Affordability at it’s best ‘.
The infinix hot 2 was released in two variants; the 1GB RAM version and the 2GB RAM version. Sometime last month, we spent sometime with some reps of infinix mobility at a Slot outlet in ikeja and the most requested phone was the infinix hot 2 followed by the hot note.
Going back to the statistics provided by the company, over 150,000 units has been sold so far. The company gave a presized figure of 157,860 units and the company added that 70% of the sales are driven by E-commerce while the remaining 30% are achieved through traditional channels including operator’s retail stores.
Infinix mobility has gradually became the number 1 online smartphone brand in Nigeria and talking on the use of social media, infinix mobility CEO, Benjamin Jiang says:
We talk to our fans as they are our close friends. Infinix fans are much more than users, they are our main concern. The most important thing for us is to understand what consumers need, to provide smartphones that fit their needs”.
When asked how infinix mobility became the number one online smartphone brand in Nigeria, the company’s country manager, Bruno Li said:
My answer is customer’s participation. Infinix is not only selling devices, but the desire for its fans to build and be part of High-tech improvement”.
Based on the success of the infinix hot 2 device in Nigeria, the company is in the works of launching a
bigger 3000 mAh battery capacity for the device of which leaks has it that the device will be called ‘Infinix Hot 2 Pro ‘.
As an added tip, infinix mobility is launching another device very soon which is going to be under the Note series. More details about that will be passed across as
Teaming up with Google to introduce the first android phone smartphone in Nigeria , infinix mobility gains recognition amongst other international websites and based on latest statistics from the company, over 150,000 units of the android one phone ( infinix hot 2 x510 ) has been sold in just about 2 months.
The first time we got an insight in regards the Hot 2 x510 also referred to as the HOTTest One was in July. The device was officially launched on the 18th of August in Lekki, Lagos at the Landmark event of which, TechsNG was a part of.
We did an unboxing video of the device which currently has thousands of views on Youtube as well as a full review of the device and we tagged the phone ‘Affordability at it’s best ‘.
The infinix hot 2 was released in two variants; the 1GB RAM version and the 2GB RAM version. Sometime last month, we spent sometime with some reps of infinix mobility at a Slot outlet in ikeja and the most requested phone was the infinix hot 2 followed by the hot note.
Going back to the statistics provided by the company, over 150,000 units has been sold so far. The company gave a presized figure of 157,860 units and the company added that 70% of the sales are driven by E-commerce while the remaining 30% are achieved through traditional channels including operator’s retail stores.
Infinix mobility has gradually became the number 1 online smartphone brand in Nigeria and talking on the use of social media, infinix mobility CEO, Benjamin Jiang says:
We talk to our fans as they are our close friends. Infinix fans are much more than users, they are our main concern. The most important thing for us is to understand what consumers need, to provide smartphones that fit their needs”.
When asked how infinix mobility became the number one online smartphone brand in Nigeria, the company’s country manager, Bruno Li said:
My answer is customer’s participation. Infinix is not only selling devices, but the desire for its fans to build and be part of High-tech improvement”.
Based on the success of the infinix hot 2 device in Nigeria, the company is in the works of launching a
bigger 3000 mAh battery capacity for the device of which leaks has it that the device will be called ‘Infinix Hot 2 Pro ‘.
As an added tip, infinix mobility is launching another device very soon which is going to be under the Note series. More details about that will be passed across as
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