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Digital Economy Innovation

The Fragility of Cashless Nigeria: Urgent Need for Reliability in our Digital Economy

The present failure of cashless transactions in Nigeria has raised serious concerns about the fragility of our digital economy. While there are certainly benefits to a cashless economy, introducing such a policy requires cooperation and planning from all stakeholders, as well as realistic implementation plans including proper testing. @iamjidaw Is cashless in Nigeria’s Digital Economy […]

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Digital Economy Innovation

Going Cashless: Why the Nigerian Railway System Needs to Follow Suit

As the government promotes its cashless policy, it is puzzling why the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), the government-owned enterprise with the exclusive right to operate railways in Nigeria, still insists on cash payments for certain routes (Lagos/Ibadan). The move to cashless transactions is necessary to ensure modern, convenient, and secure payment methods for the citizens, […]

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Career

The Information Technology Professional and Society

Who is an Information Technology (IT) / Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professional? Knowledge, competence, and character are the foundation of professionalism. True technology professionals must meet the standards in these areas. People build capacity in a variety of ways. Training is quite popular and simple. Training programs aim to close or fill any gaps […]

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Innovation

Solutions looking for Problems

Very often an interesting service or product comes along that captures our attention. But the red flag starts to appear when it has no problem it addresses. Fascinating, but of what value? Such solutions may eventually actually create more unwanted issues. Strangely, a large number of solutions seek problems. In the business space, academia or […]

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Innovation

Science, Technology and Innovation, Africa

Leveraging Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to achieve sustainable development in Africa.