Category: ICT

Embracing Digital Native Culture: A Shift in Traditional Communication Patterns and the Challenges Ahead, By Loren Lubanga

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The digital native culture and the rapid pace of technological advancements have triggered a revolution in the way we communicate, with the proliferation of online platforms and digital communication channels. It has brought about a significant transformation, leaving traditional forms of communication forever altered. While voice calls and face-to-face interactions used to be the primary form of communication in the past, digital natives’ preference have fundamentally transformed communication patterns, with the current generation choosing to engage over platforms such as chats apps, email and even video calls. READ ALSO: 5…

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Mark Zuckerberg Trains With UFC Champions After Banters With Elon Musk

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Zuckerberg and Musk have renewed challenge on having a showdown cage fight   The Meta Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday, was pictured training with UFC champions, Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski. The picture of his training session with the UFC champions has further increased speculations on the possibility of an MMA fight between him and Twitter CEO, Elon Musk. Recall that the prospect of an MMA showdown between the tech gurus started as an online banter some weeks back. READ ALSO: Twitter Rival, Threads, Hits 10 Million Users…

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GDP Gains N10Trn As Nigeria’s Telecoms Investment Ballons To $75.6Bn

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment, has reached $75.6 billion as of 2021. Platforms Africa reports that Danbatta disclosed this at an interactive session with stakeholders in the communications media ecosystem, in Lagos on Wednesday where he provided his scorecards and landmark developments that have shaped the trajectory of growth in the telecoms sector since he became the chief telecom regulator…

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Twitter Rival, Threads, Hits 10 Million Users Within Hours of Launch

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How Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg exchanged words over Threads threat to Twitter   More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday. The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on Wednesday and will run with no ads for now, but its release in Europe has been delayed over data privacy concerns. This was followed by an exchange of words…

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Man Files Lawsuit After Being Removed From WhatsApp Group

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A WhatsApp group in Uganda called “Buyanja My Roots” recently made headlines after one of its members, Herbert Baitwababo sued the administrators for removing him from the group. According to the Daily Monitor, Baitwababo told the court that the WhatsApp group was formed to contribute to charity works, offer condolences and support to people and that each member was required to pay Sh.30,000 as membership fee. Mr Baitwababo said in his affidavit that trouble started when he asked the admin about the process that allowed them to manage the group’s…

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27 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Telecoms Services

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Figure represented 53.1 per cent dip in the number of identified areas of clusters without telecommunications services access – NCC   About 27 million Nigerians have no access to telecommunications services as at the end of 2022, as against the 37 million figure recorded across the country in 2013. The figure represented a reduction by 53.1 per cent in the number of identified areas of clusters across without access to telecommunications services within the period. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed…

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Meet Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s New CEO

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The Woman Linda: What to know about the 60 year-old veteran advertising executive   Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of Twitter, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. After a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer while he becomes the “exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.” The Woman Linda Yaccarino serves as chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Taskforce on…

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Why Exposing Children Under 6 Years To Smartphones, Computers Dangerous

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. Details of a study by neuropsychologist on children’s brains and exposure to devices with screens show shocking revelations   Smartphones, tablets, and computers should not be accessible to children under the age of six, because it makes them more irritable and worsens their concentration and memories than children who do not use them, according to evidence cited by neuropsychologist Dr Álvaro Bilbao. In his book, Understanding Your Child’s Brain, Bilbao who urges parents to ban devices with screens for children under the age of six, says that the screens…

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No More *556#: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Okay Single Code for Data, Airtime

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Nigeria’s major telecom companies (MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile) are set to implement a unified set of shortcodes for all telecom services The move is directed by the NCC to make it easier for Nigerians to remember a single code for different services across all networks All old codes for recharging, data subscription, and balance checking will no longer work. READ ALSO: Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect…

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