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NCC Boss Explains Late Commencement Of Sim Registration
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— Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Eugene Juwah, yesterday, blamed late passage of the N6.1 billion budget for sim card registration by the National Assembly for delayed take off of the exercise.
He said there was no going back on the proposed Subscribers Identity Module, SIM, registration, adding that collected data, after verification, would be stored at the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, for future reference.
It would be recalled that there were lots of controversies on the use of N6.1 billion to register GSM users in the country, which generated wild and wide condemnation.
But recently, the National Assembly passed the budget and gave the commission the go ahead.
According to Juwah, “we are yet to start the sim card registration due to the fact that the National Assembly just passed the N6.1 billion budget that would be used to finance the registration.
“The previous practice whereby anybody could buy a sim card and immediately activate same without any records was expedient at the time but in view of the fact that criminal elements are now using this loophole to perpetrate crimes, it has become necessary to register all subscribers.”
He said the question of where the nation would keep such data had been resolved by the proposed establishment of National Identity Management Commission, NIMC.
He said the NCC would be the one to manage NIMC and subscriber information would not be allowed to be transferred outside the country.
He assured all Nigerians that once the exercise start commence there would be a sustained media campaign and the registration would only last for six months.
Nigerian government backs down over ban on national team
Nigeria heeds Fifa warning over government interference
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The Nigerian government has rescinded its decision to ban the national football team from all competitions, just ahead of a Fifa deadline.
Fifa had threatened to suspend and even expel the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) because of government interference, as well as withholding the $8m (£5.3m) due to the association from the World Cup.
However, the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has changed his mind after initially imposing the sanction as punishment for the Super Eagles' disappointing tournament in South Africa.
A statement on the NFF's website said: "Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan graciously rescinded last Wednesday's decision to withdraw Nigerian national football teams from Fifa/Caf competitions.
"The decision was made known at the presidential villa as President Jonathan hearkened to the passionate appeals of top officials of the National Sports Commission, the Nigeria Football Federation, other concerned organs of government and well-meaning Nigerians on the matter."
The key to solving the situation appears to have been a meeting of the NFF's executive committee, which led to nine officials, including the president, Sani Lulu and vice-president, Amanze Uchegbulam, being sacked.
Fifa had earlier written to the NFF, warning that it would be suspended if the Nigerian government had not backed down by the close of business today.
The NFF was told the first effect would be World Cup prize money being withheld, and that Nigeria would be banned from next year's women's World Cup and replaced by South Africa.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Computer Giant Plans Outsourcing To Morrocco
Company Looks To Hiring 1,000 By Next Year in Morrocco
MARRAKESH, Morocco - Computer group Hewlett-Packard is looking to Africa as a potential platform for technical support for its customers elsewhere in the world, said its managing director Rainer Koch.
"We see Africa as a potential base for providing all sort of services and technical support for customers outside of Africa," commented Koch on the sidelines of conference in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on development of African cities. "We plan to invest more in the future on the continent on that perspective," Koch added.
He said by end of next year at least 1,000 people will be working for HP in North Africa to support customers abroad. )
Rwanda Africa's Technology Marvel in the Making
Easiest Country To Do Business in Africa
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A few months ago, Rwanda was named the world’s easiest country to do business with by a recent World Bank study. The survey assessed a series of indicators such as ease of starting business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, getting credit and paying taxes. Rwanda scored high on starting a business, employing workers, protecting investors and contract enforcement. Therefore, what lessons can African economies learn from this tiny country with an unfortunate history?
Rwanda has made strong strategic choices and developed systems to closely monitor and implement reforms. These reforms have created a conducive environment to attract foreign direct investment and stimulate economic growth. Rwanda has heavily invested in technology and over 1,500 primary schools are equipped with computers. The country has embarked on systematic reforms cutting the costs of starting and sustaining business by almost half. It now takes one day to start a business up from 16 days. The registration fees were slashed from $400 (sh800,000) to only $43 (sh86,000). Rwanda’s evolution teaches African economies that developing countries have the potential to deliver sustainable development which can change the livelihoods of their people.
Mobile Phone Users in Africa Worry over Safety
IPhone Screen Explosion in France Creates Fear
Septmber 1, 2009
Some users of mobile phones in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria have expressed fear over the safety of their handsets following another explosion of an iPhone screen in France.
A French security guard said on Tuesday he had received a face full of glass when the screen of his iPhone exploded, the second such reported incident in France.
Yassine Bouhadi, a 26-year-old supermarket watchman from the south-eastern town of Villevieille, said he was typing a text message on Monday afternoon when the screen exploded.
Bouhadi, who says he was hit in the eye with a glass shard, said he was very angry and planned to consult a doctor and file suit for damages.
France's official competition, consumer affairs and fraud watchdog, the DGCCRF, said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation after a French teenager suffered an eye injury in a similar iPhone incident earlier this month.
US technology giant Apple, which makes the iPhone and the iPod music player, assured the European Union on August 14 that the exploding screen cases reported so far were isolated incidents.
The French cases come a few weeks after an uproar in Britain over an exploding iPod owned by an 11-year-old girl.
And a US television station reported last month that an alarming number of iPods had burst into flames, though without causing serious injury, a problem apparently caused by overheated lithium ion batteries.
Nigeria's repairmen
n a dusty, oily alley in the heart of Wuse market in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, 25-year-old Joshua Ejike sits with the guts of a flat screen TV in his lap.
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"There's nothing we can't handle" he says. “LCD screens, DVDs anything.” He came to the capital three years ago from rural Abia state after finishing secondary school. He has never studied any technical or science subjects.
'Pop'
Power-cuts are common in Nigeria, often followed by power-surges when generators are turned on. “Our light [electricity] is not stable and even surge protectors can’t handle it,” says Joshua. A “pop” sound from your TV or expensive new DVD player could mean you need the skills of a repairman.But most repairs are only temporary and it might not be long before the smell of burning diodes fills the room again.
Boss
Napoleon is the boss of these repairmen.He rents part of the shop behind them where reconditioned sound systems are sold. Each of his workers makes around 3,000 naira ($25) a day.“I have been in this business five years. I served under a master, now he set me free and I set up for myself,” he says.“Give me anything dead, I will rewind it.”
Music
"China” specialises in CD players.He brought out a dusty wreck he said he had just finished working on.It looked like it had just been dropped from the roof and kicked about.“Don’t mind the dust, I will clean it. It works.”He fired up the generator and music came out of the speakers.
Mobile phones too
A few yards away under the eaves of another storefront sits Philip Erigbara, a mobile phone mechanic.“We wrote off to the phone company and requested a diagram of the inside, then we taught ourselves to fix them,” he said. A simple problem may take only 1,000 naira ($8) to fix; a complex problem with the software, two or three times that.
Imported parts
Basel Emmanuel sells TV and DVD parts.He brings items like this DVD lens in bulk from Dubai where he travels every few months for his work. Each trip he buys parts worth around 4m naira ($33,000) and brings them back in his hand luggage. He is a little further up the earning scale from the repairmen and lives in a shared house with friends in a nice neighbourhood.
No pay
Festus Chidi is at the bottom of the pile. The 22-year-old sells reconditioned stereo systems bought second-hand in Japan where his boss has a friend.They are shipped by the container-load to Nigeria. This trade is called “tokunbo” which literally means “from outside”.“In a month I can sell half a million naira in stereos for my boss,” says Festus. But he is paid nothing: “just transport money and food,” he says.
Virtual demos over net censorship
Thousands of people are taking part in "virtual protests" against countries accused of censoring the internet.
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For its first Online Free Expression Day, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has created virtual versions of nine public spaces.These areas where protests are not normally possible include Beijing's Tiananmen Square and Kim Il-Sung Square in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.RSF says at least 62 cyber-dissidents are in jail around the world.More than 2,600 websites, blogs, or forums were closed down or blocked last year, the group says.
'Internet enemies'
The RSF demonstrations are running for 24 hours, until 1000 GMT on 13 March. Several hours after they opened, more than 5,000 virtual dissidents were protesting online. Users are invited to create an avatar, choose a message for a banner and take part in one of the demonstrations in Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, North Korea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam.This year, RSF has added Zimbabwe and Ethiopia to its list of "internet enemies".The other countries blacklisted by the group are Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam."From now on, we will organise activities every 12 March to condemn cyber-censorship throughout the world," RSF said in a statement."A response of this kind is needed to the growing tendency to crack down on bloggers and to close websites."One of the most targeted internet sites is the popular video-sharing website, YouTube, that has been blocked or banned in a number of countries including China, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Burma and Brazil.The reasons for banning the site vary from country to country, but include government objections to religious and political material, foreign sites and pornography.
Ericsson Unveils Smallest Radio Base Station
The 2008 edition of the GSM Mobile World Congress begun yesterday in Barcelona , Spain, with Ericsson unveiling its new multi standard radio base station called RBS 6000, the smallest base station in the world.
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The base station, according to Ericsson's Vice President, Product and Portfolio Management, Business Unit Networks, Mr Mikael Back, is an energy-efficient site solution, supporting General System for Mobile Communications (GSM), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE ), in a single package. He emphasised that the base station will provide new solutions for advanced operations for network operators at a reduced cost, adding that the base station, which is very small and can be easily moved, will help operators, especially in developing countries, save energy because of its inbuilt energy saving capabilities.
Describing the base station as a new offering from the stable of Ericsson that will shape the direction of Information Communications Technology sector in the future, Back said Ericsson was committed to unveiling solutions that will ensure development of global mass market broadband, both in the fixed and mobile broadband.
In his comments, Ulf Ewaldsson, Vice President and Head of Product Area Radio at Ericsson, said unveiling of the technology was timely, because operators face increasingly complex challenges in terms of operational costs, multiple radio technologies and sustainability concerns. The RBS 6000 series, he added, will truly make a difference, because it is a truly multi-standard system that gives operators what they need for the smooth evolution of their radio access.
Nigeria's repairmen
n a dusty, oily alley in the heart of Wuse market in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, 25-year-old Joshua Ejike sits with the guts of a flat screen TV in his lap.
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"There's nothing we can't handle" he says. “LCD screens, DVDs anything.”He came to the capital three years ago from rural Abia state after finishing secondary school.He has never studied any technical or science subjects.
Pop'
Power-cuts are common in Nigeria, often followed by power-surges when generators are turned on.“Our light [electricity] is not stable and even surge protectors can’t handle it,” says Joshua.A “pop” sound from your TV or expensive new DVD player could mean you need the skills of a repairman.But most repairs are only temporary and it might not be long before the smell of burning diodes fills the room again.
Boss
Napoleon is the boss of these repairmen.He rents part of the shop behind them where reconditioned sound systems are sold. Each of his workers makes around 3,000 naira ($25) a day.“I have been in this business five years. I served under a master, now he set me free and I set up for myself,” he says.“Give me anything dead, I will rewind it.”
Music
"China” specialises in CD players.He brought out a dusty wreck he said he had just finished working on.It looked like it had just been dropped from the roof and kicked about.“Don’t mind the dust, I will clean it. It works.”He fired up the generator and music came out of the speakers.
Mobile phones too
A few yards away under the eaves of another storefront sits Philip Erigbara, a mobile phone mechanic.“We wrote off to the phone company and requested a diagram of the inside, then we taught ourselves to fix them,” he said.A simple problem may take only 1,000 naira ($8) to fix; a complex problem with the software, two or three times that.
Imported parts
Basel Emmanuel sells TV and DVD parts.He brings items like this DVD lens in bulk from Dubai where he travels every few months for his work. Each trip he buys parts worth around 4m naira ($33,000) and brings them back in his hand luggage.He is a little further up the earning scale from the repairmen and lives in a shared house with friends in a nice neighbourhood.
No pay
Festus Chidi is at the bottom of the pile. The 22-year-old sells reconditioned stereo systems bought second-hand in Japan where his boss has a friend.They are shipped by the container-load to Nigeria. This trade is called “tokunbo” which literally means “from outside”.“In a month I can sell half a million naira in stereos for my boss,” says Festus. But he is paid nothing: “just transport money and food,” he says.
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