Eedris Abdulkareem stops show at GiTEX 2014

ITRealms@GiTEXTechWeek 2014:

The news of his appearance was in the air across the corners of Nigeria Pavilion at the GITEX 2014 that Eedris Abdulkareem a Nigerian rap-artiste reputed for his Jaga Jaga Maestro, would perform during the gala nite following the Nigeria ICT Investors Forum at GITEX same day, reports ITRealms.

But as the evening go by, especially as everyone get settled at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the venue of the galanite, the news wave changed that the hotel management was not in consent with the flimsy excuse of not being hitherto briefed.

ITRealms also gathered that of course, the gala nite went by without the surfacing or performance by Eedris Abdulkareem of Nigeria extraction.

However, in the following morning, Nigerians who have thronged the GITEX was held bound following the appearance of Eedris at Nigeria Pavilion, with assuming photo sessions craze, with almost every individual on ground, mostly Nigerians taking turn to have a personal photograph with Eedris Abdulkareem, both old and young.

In all, it shows Nigerians know how to celebrate drum support for their own among peers, even in foreign lands and Eedris Abdulkareem was not let down as he took photograph after photograph with exhibitors and media practitioners covering the event.

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Pix: Tony of ITEdge, Eedris, Chioma Ezike of FRCN and Remmy Nweke of DigitalSENSE BusinessNews

GAC elects Thomas Schneider chairman, 5 vice chairpersons

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As the 51^st edition of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) public meeting ends in Los Angeles, United State, the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) has elected Mr. Thomas Schneider as the new chairman with five new vice chairmen to support him, reports ITRealms.

Also, ITRealms recalls that the elsewhile chairman of the Governmental Advisory Committee and its three Vice-Chairpersons have reached their maximum terms of mandates, which expired at the end of ICANN 51, which ended October 16, 2014.

Thomas Schneider, the GAC Representative for Switzerland, ITRealms gathered was elected as the new GAC Chair with newly elected Vice-Chairpersons incluiding GAC Representatives Olga Cavalli of Argentina, Henri Kassen of Namibia and Gema M. Campillos González of Spain.

ITRealms further gathered the GAC decided to appoint two additional Vice-Chairs, Wanawit Ahkuputra of Thailand and Ihsan Durdu of Turkey.

 
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GITEX2014: At Consol, our pedigree speeks for us – Adeoye

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The Managing Director and chief executive officer of Contact Solutions (ConSol) Limited, Mr. Abiodun Adeoye declared that over the years, the pedigree of the company now speaks for itself mostly in what they specialize in doing, reports ITRealms.

Adeoye who spoke to ITRealms at the 2014 Global Information Technology Exhibition (GiTEX) at the World Trade Center, Dubia, said that ConSol of today is known for a range of services, even as its clients cut across all markets verticals.

“We combine our experience from diverse verticals to provide tailored solutions to our clients,” he told ITRealms at the Nigeria Pavilion during GiTEX.

Adeoye also said that at ConSol they endavour to merge specialist knowledge and expertise with solid execution capabilities to deliver customer management solutions that meet their needs.

According to him, ConSol is known for business process outsourcing, corporate enterprise solutions, value added services and consulting, therefore prides itself as the nation’s number 1 contact centre service provider.

Adeoye explained to ITRealms that under the business process outsourcing, ConSol offers onshore and offshore contact center operations management; inbound, outbound, human resources, training and workforce development as well as back office support, data entry, validation processing, etc.

As a corporate enterprise solutions provider, ConSol, he pointed out to ITRealms, deals on data center servies; involving design, implementation and hosting in addition to corporate communication systems and network infrastructure provision like Local Area Network, and Wide Area Network to name a few.

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Pix: Managing Director and chief executive officer of Contact Solutions (ConSol) Limited, Mr. Abiodun Adeoye

MobileSS decorated @WSA night of excellence

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Mobile Software Solutions, a company established a year ago as an IT Start-up focused on e-Health has literally shot down Malaria pandemic to emerge the 2014 Best Mobile Software Solution in Africa, by winning the award, after competing with over 400 other solutions from the continent, ITRealms reports.

The prestigeous World Summit Award (WAS) Africa 2014 for m-Entertainment/Lifestyle category was presented to Chris Uwaje (FNCS) – Chairman of Mobile Software Solutions Ltd, at the just concluded 2^nd Inter-Ministerial Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), held in Rabat Morocco. 

According to the promoters of Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG), Malaria is the leading cause of death in Africa and accounts for the lost of over valuable 300,000 lives in Nigeria.

The Malaria Destroyer Game from Mobile Software Solutions - the leading African Mobile Games Company and Platform was in March this year selected as the Best Mobile App. Game of the year by “All amber" the brand platform for Mobile West Africa Conference 2014.

The award winning solution for WSA-Africa 2014 - Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG) - was selected for its innovative origination, human-health impact, International appeal and endorsements by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), UN (UNESCO e-Learning Chair) Open Media and Centre for Values and Leadership (CVL) amongst others.

By extension, this superlative recognition has now uplifted MDG into a world class m-Entertainment Solutions as currently classified under the e-Health category of the UN-enabled World Summit Award. The Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG) by Mobile Software Solutions Limited represents perhaps the most strategic and innovative way to positively fight, destroy and eradicate this pandemic. With this type of solution, we can stop these massive Malaria deaths and sustain economic growth by ensuring the good health of our workforce.  

The MDG winning Team is made up of: Pius Junior Ekeh, Eyika Godson Iheanyichukwu, Yinka Taniwomo, Raphael Kazeem, and Kester Uwaje.

ITRealms recalls that in a recent email from WSA to Mobile Software, it reads: “Dear WSA-mobile Nominees! (Mobile Software Solutions Limited – Nigeria) I hope this email finds you well! As you well know, WSA has received in the last 10 years extremely successful and powerful applications from Africa and could award several African winners in the global competition. To strengthen this regional network and encourage more knowledge transfer inside the region, we have started this year a special regional award and forum for people to learn from each other and encourage creative solutions in and from Africa.

“It is my pleasure to herewith inform you that the African Content Award Jury selected your project as the best African mobile solution in your category. Therefore you are one of the WINNERS of the African Continent Award 2014. Congratulations”. Finally, the Nigerian Government I and VCs from the private sector are encouraged to support the Commercialization of the Malaria Destroyer Game as a means to accelerate the attainment of the e-health aspect of Millennium Development goals (MDGs),” WSA letter submitted.

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Pix: MobileSS team led by Uwaje receiving the prize at WSA in Morocco.