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Signal Alliance Nigeria Expands Management Board

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Leading information technology systems administrators and integrators, Signal Alliance has issued a statement announcing the expansion of its management board with the inclusion of a seasoned journalist and administrator, Mr. Emmanuel Agu and Mr. Lanre Onasanya as new members.

 

The announcement, which was issued from the Lagos head office of the group which includes Signal Alliance Limited and Dynamic Tribe limited. Describing the move as a “strategic move to consolidate the overall value and impact of the firm in the Nigerian and regional market”, the managing director of the firm, Collins Onuegbu explained that the individual experiences and corporate management insights of both candidates, gave them the qualification to be a part of an ambitious company like Signal Alliance.

 

One of the new board members, Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu Agu is best known for his two decades-long career at the Champion Newspapers Limited where he rose from pioneer editor of the Daily Champion in 1988 to Group managing Director in 2008 when he voluntarily disengaged from the company. He is currently the CEO of 3G Media Network Limited and publisher/editor-in-chief of Zest INTERNATIONAL magazine and Zest DAILY newspaper.

Prior to joining Champion Newspapers, Mr. Agu had climbed the professional ladder at the Imo State Government-owned Statesman group from staff writer on joining in May 1985 to Editor of the daily, The Statesman in 1988. A widely traveled journalist, Mr. Agu has remained faithful to his professional calling except for a brief period in 1993 when he served as chief press secretary to Chief Ernest Shonekan, Head of the Interim National Government, ING in Nigeria.

 

Mr. Agu is an alumnus of the University of Ibadan from where he obtained a B.Sc. Honours degree in political science in 1981. He also holds the M. Sc. in International Relations and Strategic Studies (1984) of the University of Jos. Mr. Agu has attended several courses in Nigeria and abroad under the auspices of the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) which took him to Spain, Switzerland, Russia, and Australia. Between 2001 and 2006, he was General Secretary of the Newspaper Proprietor’s Association of Nigeria (NPAN). He is Fellow of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (FNUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE).

 

On his part, Lanre Onasanya, a business development practitioner with a strong focus on technology driven solutions, will be bringing his wealth of experience to bear. Mr. Onasanya has a Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing. He has completed several trainings in the areas of management, sales, marketing and intellectual property.

He is currently the Lead Consultant for Africa and the Middle East for McGhee Productivity Solutions USA, where he oversees the business in the regions, with a presence in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. McGhee Productivity Solutions provides leading companies and not-for-profit organizations, the innovative action-management strategies and products they need to improve executive and employee performance.

 

Lanre Onasanya is also the CEO of Integral Assets Limited, a company with presence in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Integral Assets aims to leverage human resource capacity and technology across the African continent for growth. He started his career in the financial services industry and subsequently led sales teams in logistics/courier companies before his foray into the Information Technology sector as a Business Development Manager in Resourcery Plc, Nigeria. He was a key part of the pioneer team that set up Microsoft Nigeria before his transfer to the Regional Headquarters of Microsoft in South Africa.

 

Mr. Agada is the Managing Partner/CEO, Private Media Mart Limited -Lagos, Nigeria

 

Apps World Africa, June, South Africa – Tekedia Confirmed

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It is magical and we are highly honored. Tekedia is getting attention. Invitations are coming and people are finding value in what we do.

We are happy to confirm that Tekedia will be in Apps World Africa, Cape Town, South Africa next month. We are on the site and this is our page. Yes, notice the Tekedia logo.

 

We will speak along this line

Apps in Nigeria: mHealth to mCommerce and beyond
– The story of successful adoption of apps for mHealth

– How can the Nigerian app market continue to develop

– What will be the next steps for the industry and how can these be
achieved
– The next wave of apps for Nigeria – Farm Apps and mCommerce

–  more

We already have the invitations of Tech4Africa.

We want you to stay connected with Tekedia – we are providing the patterns and sequences of the waves of technology. We need your comments, posts, contributions, directions, etc to get better. We are just about 3-4 weeks old, but we know we have impacts.

If you become an editor or contributor with Tekedia, we will ensure you represent us in many programs. Send your articles to tekedia@fasmicro.com today!

The Value of ICT Certification in Nigeria – What Is It?

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Business Day reports as follows:

As the number of Nigerians applying to acquire Information and Communications Technology (ICT) certifications sky-rockets, the institutions which offer the training in the country are engaged in a struggle for market share.

 

Nigerian youths are attracted to ICT certification training because persons with the said certifications generally get much higher remunerations than the average university graduate.

 

Also persons with certain ICT certifications are highly sought after and are very well paid by employers in Europe and the USA among other countries. Besides these, in the start off point of many certification trainings, previous academic qualification is not emphasised. Rather, the empasis is on interest and acumen.

 

We are truly interested in knowing how much these certifications add in value in terms of wage to an average graduate. Anyone with numbers and willing to share with us? We want to know what say CCNA adds to someone with Bsc Computer Science in the Nigerian labor market. Please email tekedia@fasmicro.com as we are trying to ascertain the impact of these certifications in Nigeria.

What Is Embedded System? Why Nigeria Needs More Trained Practitioners

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An embedded system is a computer system designed to do a few dedicated and specific functions often with real-time computing constraints. It is embedded as part of a complete device which often includes hardware and mechanical parts. They range from portable devices such as MP3 players and digital watches to large equipment such as automobiles and medical equipment to mention a few.  

Justification for trainees

The design and implementation of embedded systems require a broad knowledge in areas traditionally not covered in any one discipline. These areas include (i) Computer Science, which deals mainly with high-level software, (ii) Electrical and Computer Engineering, which deals mainly with hardware and low-level software, and (iii) other engineering disciplines, which deal with application development and numerous other peripherals. In order to effectively train students with various engineering backgrounds to design and implement real-time embedded systems, an interdisciplinary curriculum is needed.  

By taking this course, students will receive a unique, highly concentrated training on real-time embedded system design without taking an excessive number of courses. The requirement for additional courses from the selected course list for the training scheme will provide students from different engineering disciplines with depth and breadth on applications of real-time embedded systems in various engineering fields. 

The number of embedded electronic systems used in automobile, tractors, and other control systems continue to increase dramatically. The need for engineers well trained in this area is urgent. One of the goals of this training scheme is to provide opportunities for engineers working in industry to keep up with the state-of-arts of the real-time embedded system design. To accommodate this need, the real-time embedded system course sequence will be offered through concentrated short courses and workshops. 

Benefits of Training to Participant(s)

–      increased capacity to create wealth

–      self employment

–      consultancy to both local and international firms

Benefits to Economy

–      fast track to national 20-20-20 target

–      diversification of economy

–      job creation

 Adapted from Fasmicro Proposal to a national agency in Nigeria

Tablet War In Nigeria – Etisalat Cuts Price of Samsung Galaxy Tab

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The Nigerian tablet market is moving to the commodity trajectory. Prices are going down and the pressure from the local players on the MNCs is visible. Today, we are happy to announce that Etisalat has cut its price of Galaxy Tab in Nigeria.

 

Etisalat Nigeria has cut the price of its Samsung Galaxy Tab. The tablet was launched in 2010 for over N125,000. With the improved pricing, subscribers can now buy the device for NGN 99,999. The new package offers customers a free Etisalat SIM card with 360 minutes of voice calls, 360 text messages and 6GB data over a period of 12 months. This breaks down to 30 minutes of voice calls, 30 text messages and 500MB every month for one year.

 

Of course, this is till more than N81,000 of the Huawei tab from MTN and the N50,00 Ovim from Microscale/Fasmicro.