e-Gov: Soludo engineering ambitious transformation, leverages AI says CFA - ITREALMS

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Anambra State is quietly pioneering one of Nigeria’s most ambitious transformations in public governance, strategically powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep data analytics, and aggressive broadband expansion, reports ITREALMS.

He also said that this push to create a "smarter, faster, more efficient government" is championed by Governor Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo.

CFA, Anambra ICT boss elected NiRA FinSec, others - ITREALMS

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The digital momentum in Anambra State has once again gained national spotlight as the Managing Director/CEO of the Anambra State ICT Agency, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata (CFA), was elected Financial Secretary of the Executive Board of Directors (eBoD) of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) at its just-concluded 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM).

NiRA, the custodian of Nigeria’s country code top-level domain (.ng), held its AGM in a hybrid format, with over 325 stakeholders participating both physically and virtually.

Anambra implements zero right of way for broadband says CFA - ITREALMS

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Professor Charles Soludo’s Government of Anambra State has started the implementation of zero charges on Right-of-Way per linear meter.

By implication, Anambra prides itself as the first State in South-East Nigeria to implement the waiver of the per linear meter Right of Way (RoW) charges as opposed to the N145 per linear metre recommended by the National Economic Council in 2020.

Soludo appoints CFA, Bob-manuel into his government - ITREALMS

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The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has approved new set of appointments for eight persons including the Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata (CFA) Jnr, as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Anambra State ICT Agency, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement available to 
ITREALMS and signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu on Tuesday listed others as Mr. Chike Anyaonu (MD/CEO, Anambra State Housing Development Corporation); Mr. Joe Anatune (MD/CEO, Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency); and Arch. Okey Ezeobi (GM/CEO, Anambra State Bureau of Public Procurement).

NITDA partners NEPC, NASS, CFA to sustain socio-economic development - ITREALMS

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) National Assembly (NASS) and Cyber Future Academy (CFA) to ensure that Nigeria which holds the largest economy in Africa with over 41.5 million SMEs, take advantage of the paradigm shift in the technological advancement of the nation’s development.

The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, while giving a keynote address at the Nigeria ICT Week critically highlighted the Nation’s roadmap to a digital transformation towards achieving a National Social and Economic development.

CFA joins Jury for ‘Falling Walls’ Lab Lagos

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The founder of CFAtech, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata (CFA) has been invited to join the jury for the www.falling-walls.com Lagos, reports ITRealms.

This invite was extended by the office of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany to be part of the jury for the first Falling Walls Lab Lagos, slated for Saturday, April 28, 2018.

The letter personally signed by Ingo Herbert, Consular General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, read in part "It is my privilege and honor to write to invite you as a member of the jury to the first Falling Walls Lab Lagos which will take place at the German Consulate General on 28th April 2018 at 1 pm."

The Falling Walls Lab is a commemoration of the Falling the Berlin Wall established in 2011 by the Falling Walls Foundation to support ideas and innovation from outstanding academics anywhere in the world.

According to Herbert, the Falling Walls Lab Lagos is being jointly carried out with support from the University of Ibadan by the German Consulate Lagos and the Nigerian arm of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) the first ever Falling Walls in Nigeria.

He added that the Labs are organized independently in various places across the globe, typically by or in collaboration with a scientific institution.

Interested student applicants of any discipline from various institutions should submit their application on www.falling-walls.com/lab/apply. These students would be judged based on their ideas, vision, social initiatives to business models relevant to the world today.

However, they will have to do a 3 minutes presentation of their projects to the jury, consisting of experts from academia, research institutions, and the business community.

The selected winners will travel to Berlin, Germany to participate in the Lab finale, where there will be presentations from 100 other winners of other Labs across the globe. As well as the Falling Walls Conference, where more than 600 guests from 75 nations are expected to attend.

All participants, he said, would attend the conference with the three winners of Lagos wing in Berlin giving yet another 3-minute. The costs are covered by the hosting institution.

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Eugene Ohu, CFA, Nkem Nweke, others join NIRA board

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The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has elected five new members of the Executive Board of Directors (EBOD) into its fold with two of them emerging as Treasurer and Financial Secretary, reports ITRealms.

The election which took place, at the 9^th Annual General Meeting to receive the 2016 report and accounts in Lagos, saw Dr. Eugene Ohu of Netrob Media, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata jnr of CFA.ng, Mrs. Nkem Anthonia Nweke of DigitalSENSE Africa, while Mrs. Yetunde Johnson of Slingshot Technologies and Mr. Biyi Oladipo were elected Treasurer and Financial Secretary respectively.

ITRealms also reports that the Electoral Committee was drawn from NIRA Patrons and Board of Trustees including Dr. Isaac Odeyemi, Dr. Chris Nwannenna and Mrs. Ibukun Odusote who presided over the committee.

At the end of the session, the five members would join NIRA president, Mr. Sunday Folayan, vice president, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, while other members of EBOD include Mr. Ike Nnamani, Mr. Segun Akano, Mr. Sunday Olutayo.

ITRealms recalls that NIRA is the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names and maintains the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD). NiRA is a self-regulating body and managers of the .ng national resource, and name space in the public interest of Nigeria and global internet communities.

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Pix; Newly elected board members: Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata jnr of CFA.ng, Mrs. Yetunde Johnson (Treasurer), Dr. Eugene Ohu, Mrs. Nkem Anthonia Nweke, and Mr. Biyi Oladipo (Financial Secretary).

Tech on Wheels with CFA debuts on Family Love FM Radio Network

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The city of Lagos is no doubt the hub for most economic and entrepreneurial activities within the country including innovations and developments in and around the Tech ecosystem.

But, the truth is that Lagos State only has a population of about 20 million people out of a total population of about 170 million Nigerians, who also have rights to receive tech-related knowledge which can help them become more productive and possible direct players in this growing worldwide industry.

In order to ensure that other parts of Nigeria are not excluded, Tech on Wheels with CFA will hit the airwaves from the first of July, 2015 on the Family Love FM radio network which has the potential of reaching millions of Nigerians weekly across the following cities; Port Harcourt and environs, Abuja and Environs as well as Umuahia and Environs.

Tech on Wheels with CFA, is a 15 minutes Tech program hosted by Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. "CFA" who is the Presenter of Tech Trends on Channels Television and would air every Wednesday as follows:

• 5.15-5.30pm on 97.7 Love FM Port Harcourt

• 6:30-6:45pm on 104.5 Love FM Abuja

• 7:30-7:45pm on 103.9 Love FM Umuahia

All editions of the show will be uploaded on http://www.CFA.ng/radio to cater for those who miss any episode and for those residing in other parts of the world.

The program will feature interesting, educative and inspiring segments such as:

1. Digital Tips: which will focus of content around Productivity Mobile Apps, Internet tips, Internet of things, blogging, making money online and lots more

2. Safety Alert: the biggest challenge with technology today is security, so this segment deals with security, privacy, online scam, phishing, password management and general safety alerts.

3. Everything Tech: A lot is happening in our Tech Ecosystem and this is the segment that deals with Innovation, gadgets, interesting new developments, breakthrough stories, upcoming events etc.  

The show is designed to be unique and inspiring and in line with the CFA style of not being extremely techy – it’s the kind of show anyone, geeks and non-geeks, can tune in to and enjoy.

It is our belief that this new program designed to complement Tech Trends on Channels TV will add more value and further deepen IT knowledge in Nigeria. Stay tuned to Tech on Wheels with CFA and receive knowledge and inspiration tech-wise!

Family Love FM is is the digital radio broadcasting arm of Multimesh Broadcasting Company. A family oriented station with qualitative programming that cuts across all age brackets providing entertainment, Information and education for the entire family.

CFA co-produces and presents Tech Trends, a weekly Tech show on Channels Television. He is the Founder of TECHwithCFA.com and a regular columnist with the Punch Newspaper and DigitalSENSE Business News.

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IT & Software Industry 2015: CFA bags another award of excellence

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The Nigerian Top Executives in IT & Software Industry 2015 has ranked Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr, CFA, among the top 1 per cent of overall Nigerian executives, which earned him an Award of Excellence 2015, reports ITRealms.

In a publication available on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Nigerian-Executives-Software-Industry-Vol/dp/1507524315), CFA has been recognized for his skills, perseverance and aspiration as a business leader with a significant impact on the international business network.

Elvis Krivokuca, the editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Top Executives in the IT & Software Industry 2015 publication, described CFA as a fine example among his peers and country.

“I along with our board want to personally congratulate you on the fine example you are setting for your peers and your country. Please let me offer you my best personal wishes for all of your future endeavors,” Krivokuca said.

The Nigerian Top Executives in the IT & Software Industry 2015 analyzes the Information Technology (IT) and software industry in Nigeria and ranks executives into several categories based on their exemplary strength of business network and size of their companies. 

ITRealms recalls that this award on CFA is the second this year; the first being the YNaija award as one of the top 100 innovative persons in Nigeria's fledgling technology space in February 2015. 

For CFA, “All these are reflections of my credibility, hardwork, and perseverance,” he declared.

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YNaija honours CFA, 99 others for being innovative in technology space

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A columnist with DigitalSENSE Business News and founder of TechWith CFA.com, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr aka "CFA," has been honoured alongside 99 other young Nigerians for making wave in the nation’s technology space by YNaija.com, reports ITRealms.

This came as part of the official events of the Social Media Week 2015, which ended recently in Lagos, where Ynaija honoured 100 most innovative persons in the Nigerian technology space.

The awardees, ITRealms reports included Nkemdilim Begho, CEO, Future Software; Yomi Adegboye, Founder, MobilityArena.com; Damilola Solesi, CEO, SMID Animations; Bayo Puddicombe, Co-Founder, Pledge 51 and 95 others, mostly young innovators who in their various capacities are working hard to uplift the tech industry, thus, contributing their own quota to the National and Economic development of the country. 

Most of this year's honourees expressed joy that their modest efforts in the fledging tech ecosystem is being noticed and it serves as a motivation to innovate some more. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. who was a recipient of this year's award thanked the organisers for making this an annual event and urged them to work harder towards searching out more tech innovators from unusual places.

The event, tagged the #YTech100, is an annual cocktail and networking event hosted by YNaija.com and this year's event was held at Terra Kulture. In the past, honorees have been selected from industry leaders at iROKO and Konga, as well as from the emerging visionaries at SPARK and the Co-Creation Hub, among others. 

This is indeed a welcome development as this would serve as an impetus for more innovations springing up from Nigeria’s technology eco-system.

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L-R Emeka Okoye, CEO, Vikantt Limited; Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. "CFA," Founder, TECHwithCFA.com; Oreoluwa Somolu, Executive Director, The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre and Yomi Adegboye, Founder, MobilityArena.com at the Social Media Week 2015 held in Lagos.