Adebayo, Rudman, Sesan, Iloezumma join speakers faculty @2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on IG4D - ITREALMS

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Messrs Gbenga Adebayo, Muhammed Rudman and Gbenga Sesan as well as Ms Francisca Iloezumma have made it to the speakers faculty of the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) slated for Thursday, June 27 by 10am at the prestigious Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this in Lagos, the Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa, a project of ITREALMS Media group, Sir Remmy Nweke, said that they would be speaking at the panel session on ‘Stakeholders role in innovative digital economy and safer civic space in Nigeria’ by sharing their respective representation perspectives.

Nnamani leads speakers @2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on IG4D - ITREALMS

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the most interconnected facility in West Africa, the Digital Realty Nigeria, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, would lead speakers to the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) on Thursday, June 27, 2024, reports ITREALMS.

Digital Realty Nigeria, formally known as Medallion Data Centres Limited is a Lagos-based number 1 peering point for the region.

Edetaen Ojo to chair 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on IG4D - ITREALMS

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One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), reports ITREALMS.

The Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa, a project of ITREALMS Media group, Sir Remmy Nweke, made this disclosure, saying that Mr. Ojo, a renowned internet freedom advocate on the continent has been confirmed to chair this year’s forum on the theme “IG4D: Innovative Digital Economy & Safer Civic Space in Nigeria.”

IG4D: 2024 NDSF set for innovative digital economy, safer civic space - ITREALMS

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The date for the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been unwrapped for Thursday, June 27 by the organisers, ITREALMS Media group.

Disclosing this, the Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa and Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Mr. Remmy Nweke, said that this year’s edition marks the 15th edition of Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D series and comes with the theme “IG4D: Innovative Digital Economy & Safer Civic Space in Nigeria” at the prestigious Welcome Center Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos.

Nweke recalled that in 2009, the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development made a debut and ever since has been steadfast in rallying stakeholders to take discourse on Internet access, openness, affordability, connectivity and ICT infrastructure among others.

Call for Papers & Participation – 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D)

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The Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series is organised by ITREALMS Media and hosted under DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

ITREALMS Media in collaboration with its partners in the ecosystem, hereby invite papers/participation for the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) scheduled for Thursday, June 27, 2024 at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Ikeja-Lagos, Nigeria.

Join us @2023 NDSF ... coming loaded only for 5G - ITREALMS

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The 2023 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum, Internet Governance, Development, IG4D, is coming loaded with the theme: 5G: Data Governance, Safety and Security in Nigeria, so join us!

Olufuye harps on Internet Governance treaty - ITREALMS

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Chief Executive Officer of Kontemporary Computers, Dr. Jimson Olufuye, has advocated for an international treaty on Internet Governance resolutions over the years, so as to drive data governance in the cyberspace, among others, reports ITREALMS.

He made this call while speaking at the just concluded 2019 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Berlin on “Data Governance on the Internet Space, by the Internet Model.”

Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum sets date for IG4D, IPv6 roundtable 2018

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The 2018 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have gotten dates in June for the two-day annual stakeholder engagement, reports ITRealms.

The organisers of Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, DigitalSENSE Africa Media made this disclosure on Monday in Lagos.

According to the convener and Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Mrs Nkemdilim Nweke, the dates for the 2018 NDSF series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable have been fixed for Wednesday, June 6 and Thursday, June 7, at the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Cappa, Lagos.

The main themes for the two-day forum, she said, are for Day 1 IG4D; ‘Internet Governance: Sustaining Development' on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable on ‘IPv6: Broadening the Horizon’ on Thursday, June 7, 2018.

She also said that date announcement before end of every January, has become customary to enable Internet stakeholders to mark their calendars and get ready for another year of multi-stakeholder assembly under the umbrella of Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series.

This, she equally said will afford stakeholders like the mobile network operators, mobile phone companies, among others to streamline their activities by taking advantage of this two-day events which exhibits the true stakeholders engagement on Internet Governance for Development and IPv6 Roundtable in Nigeria.

Mrs Nweke pointed out that Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series which is on its 10^th year has remained a distinguished annual rallying point for Internet stakeholders in the country.

NDSF series, she said, is organised and hosted by DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National InformationTechnology Development Agency (NITDA), Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Nigeria Internet Group, Internet Society, Nigeria chapter and IPv6 Council Nigeria, as well as the Africa Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS), among others.

DigitalSENSE Africa Media, she noted, is an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and organizes this annual forum in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Nigeria Internet Group, Internet Society, Nigeria chapter and IPv6 Council Nigeria, to name but a few.

Further, she said, DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally reputed and award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry analysts and perception managers; professionally affiliated to African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet, African Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS).

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Season-2: UNN, UNIBEN, UNIZIK cart away prizes @Etisalat-DigitalSENSE students’ essay contest on IG4D

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The organisers of Etisalat-DigitalSENSE students essay contest on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), the DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group, has named Odonoekuma Onyebuchi Ekuma as the star prize winner for the 2016 edition, which is on Season 2, reports ITRealms.

The Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group, Nkemdilim Nweke, disclosed this in Lagos, and said that the 2016 theme was on ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ which saw Odonoekuma Onyebuchi Ekuma, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State, emerging top.

Also, she revealed that Henry Monday Oguns, a five-hundred level Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Benin, Edo State, and Egwe Tochukwu Christopher, a fourth year Law student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-Anambra State, taking the second and third positions, respectively.

Mrs. Nweke equally said that the finalists will in the coming week receive their prizes which include a Laptop, Tablet and smart phone with data for the trio.

She stressed that the essay competition is aimed at encouraging creativity and discourse on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) by Nigerian youths, especially the students.

Mrs. Nweke explained that participating students were mostly between the ages of 18 and 30, pointing out that the competition sponsored by Etisalat Nigeria is organised by DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the publishers of international award winning DigitalSENSE Business News, ITRealms and NaijaAgroNet; is part of the annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable.

Reacting, the star prize winner, Odonoekuma Onyebuchi Ekuma, on getting the news declared “I am very excited. Winning the contest has made this year very awesome for me.”

Odonoekuma also advised Nigerian youth, saying that the Internet holds the key to virtually every progress in life, stressing that the Internet provides the connectivity that yields efficiencies to employment creation, healthcare delivery, economic development and indeed all sectors of life.

An elated first runner up, Henry Monday Ogun beckoned on youths in Nigeria to embrace opportunity as this being offered by Etisalat-DigitalSENSE Africa to diversify their limitless positivity through properly harnessing same, declaring, “The way forward is active participation.”

And for the second runner up, Egwe Tochukwu Christopher, the internet is a blessing to this generation, hence more than ever “we are connected to persons and opportunities to further our dreams and ambitions in life, and to create positive impact in the society.”

Nigerian Youths, Egwe said, should seize this rare opportunity to connect with those positive opportunities, persons, and communities to name a few, which will help in projecting their life’s aspirations.

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Pix: Star prize winner 2016 Etisalat-DigitalSENSE Students Essay, Odonoekuma Onyebuchi Ekuma.

Pathfinder, NPOC commend 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE on IG4D, IPv6

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As part of the court-down to the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, an international organization inspiring people on the use of the Internet and affordable access, Pathfinder Initiative and the Not-for-Profit Constituency (NPOC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) have commended the efforts of DigitalSENSE Africa for growing interest on Internet Governance on the continent, reports ITRealms.

Chief Executive of Pathfinder Initiative and vice chairman of NPOC at ICANN, Mr. Klaus Stoll gave this commendation on the forthcoming 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series slated for June 2-3 at the Digital Bridge Institute, Cappa-Oshodi, Lagos.

He advised Nigerians and Africans at large to engage on stakeholders’ efforts on Internet Governance so as to make their voices heard on future development of the Internet.

“One of the key voices that is missing today is that of the Internet users. Most individual citizens and groups are focused on how they may use the Internet as a tool, but they do not focus on the Internet and its governance,” he noted.

Klaus pointed out that most Internet users in the world today, are not aware that Internet Government processes even exist.

“If we cannot find practical ways to enable wider and deepen participation, this will threaten the very legitimacy of Internet governance and thereby the Internet itself,” he urged.

Advising participants to ensure active participation in this year’s two-day forum being put together by DigitalSENSE Africa Media as a rallying point for aggregation of viewpoints of common Nigerian Internet users in line with best global multistakeholder engagement for Internet governance.

DigitalSENSE Africa Media, she said, is an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and organizes this annual forum in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

This year’s theme, focuses on  ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ on day 1, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable with the theme on ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day 2016.

DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally reputed and award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry analysts and perception managers;  professionally affiliated to African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet, African Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS), as well as the media caucus of African Information Society Initiative (AISI) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) among others.

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2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D, IPV6 fascinates SystemSpecs

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The Nigeria’s pride in the software development industry and owners of Remita, the SystemSpecs Limited, has given its backing to the 8^th edition of a two-day Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable (IPV6), being hosted by an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Lagos, reports ITRealms.

The organisers of the two-day event led by Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, the Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa Media, disclosed this at the weekend, saying that they are glad to have SystemSpecs on board to share opportunities for Nigerians at the forum which holds at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), former NITEL Training School, Cappa-Oshodi in Lagos on June 2 and 3, this year.

This, she said, would definitely inspire participants to take advantage of the opportunities online, especially on the use and exploration of the Remita platform, as an e-Payments and e-Collections solution on a single multi-bank podium.

She also said that Remita is in use by many individuals, public and private sector organisations that process multiple transactions on a monthly basis from over 22 commercial banks in the country and has significantly assisted in revolutionizing the e-payment industry in Nigeria.

The 2016 theme for Day 1- IG4D, she said, is ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2016, just as Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day with the theme ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ on Friday, June 3, 2016.

Nweke noted that DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), offers an avenue for experts to share information that will benefit Nigerian populace, especially at this economic downturn so as to enable them take advantage of opportunities avalanche online.

She, therefore, urge Nigerian youths, students and adults with youth at heart to register to take part in the free forum, to further strengthen their creativity for wealth creation.

The two-day forum, she said, is being hosted in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and welcomes other corporate Nigeria to take the opportunity to showcase with they offer for participants who are dominantly youths and students as part of wealth creation of the federal government.

The  Executive Director, Operations, expressed optimism that the forum has been structured to act as a rallying point for Nigerian internet stakeholders, moreso in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector both locally and globally.

The two-day forum, Mrs. Nweke pointed out has been planned to boost positive adoption of the Internet among participants.

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NCC, NiTDA drum support for 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D, IPV6

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have expressed support for the 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, reports ITRealms.

The Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of the two-day event, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke told ITRealms that the forum which is on its 8^th edition, would hold at Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), former NITEL Training School, Cappa-Oshodi in Lagos on June 2 and 3, this year.

According to her, the Executive Vice chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta and Acting Director-General of NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji are expected to lead discussions on day 1 and 2 respectively.

She also revealed that the 2016 theme is on Day 1 IG4D is ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2016, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day with the theme ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ on Friday, June 3, 2016.

She said that DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has sustained the tempo since 2009 in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and beckon on other corporate Nigeria to join the queue in enlightening Nigerians on the positive use of the Internet for the good of all, especially the youth through creation of opportunities.

NCC, she explained is the apex telecom regulator in the country with over-arching role among others to assist communications industry stakeholders and practitioners with a view to the development of the industry, whereas NITDA’s mandate encompasses among other things the establishment of human and infrastructure development within the Information Technology (IT) industry and maximization of these nationwide.

These, opportunities, she said, when well assimilated could be translated into job and wealth creation, noting that the forum also known as Nigeria ICT4D event has been streamlined to act as a rallying point for Nigerian internet stakeholders in raising and addressing salient issues concerning the ICT sector.

“The two-day forum is aimed at encouraging positive usage of the Internet among the youths, women, students and offers product sellers and manufacturers in Nigeria the opportunity to engage, with global contest in mind,” she told ITRealms.

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DigitalSENSE Africa opens call for students’ essay contest 2016 on Internet Governance for Development

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The management of DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group has announced call for students’ essay, especially those in the tertiary institutions across the country to send in entries for the 2016 contest on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), reports ITRealms.
 

The Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Media Group, Nkemdilim Nweke, made this disclosure in Lagos, and said that this year’s theme is on ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians.’

This call, she also said, would close by April 18, 2016, stressing that the essay competition is aimed at encouraging creativity and discourse on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) by Nigerian youths.

She said that participating students who must be between 18 and 30 years, are expected to send in entries alongside prove of identification from their institutions, namely a letter of introduction from Head of Department or Students Affairs and clear scan copy of student ID.

She pointed out that the competition organised by DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the publishers of international award winning DigitalSENSE BusinessNews, ITRealms and NaijaAgroNet; as part of the annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D and annual Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable. 

Mrs Nweke explained that the essay which should not exceed 600 words and sent to; info@digitalsenseafrica.com.ng and copy remnekkv@gmail.com on or before April 18, 2016.

Each student, she said, is to submit an article on the aforementioned topic, adding that the winning essay to be adjudged the best by a team of expert panel of judges will be published in ITRealms Online and DigitalSENSE BusinessNews monthly magazine with profile of the winner. 

She emphasized that the essay must be an original work of the candidate for the sole purpose of this competition. While the protection of any intellectual property included in a candidate’s submission is the candidate's responsibility.

Judges, she said, made up of ICT industry veterans will examine the submitted entries for originality, clarity, grammar and presentation. 

The judges will independently award marks and choose a winner. The adjudged winner will be sponsored to forthcoming Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF).

 

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NCS president, Prof. Aderounmu to chair Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum 2016

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The national president of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, will preside over the two-day 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated to hold in June 2-3 at Welcome Centre Hotel, International Airport Road, Lagos, reports ITRealms.
 

Disclosing this, the Executive Director, Operations, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, the organisers of forum, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke said they are delighted to work with the new president of NCS in exploring his agenda for the larger Nigerian society through the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series.

She noted that Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series which began in 2009 has been sustained ever since as an annual rallying point for Internet stakeholders in the country, which this year has been slated for Thursday, June 2 and Friday June 3, 2016 .

DigitalSENSE Africa Media, she said, is an At-Large Structure certified by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and organizes this annual forum in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) among others.

This year’s theme, she also said centres on ‘Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All Nigerians’ on day 1, while Day 2 is the Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable with the theme on ‘Creating Opportunities for Nigerians with IPv6’ in commemoration of the World IPv6 Day 2016.

Equally she said, DigitalSENSE Africa is a team of internationally reputed and award-winning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry analysts and perception managers; professionally affiliated to African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) for shaping the future of the Internet, African Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS), as well as the media caucus of African Information Society Initiative (AISI) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) among others.

She recalled that Aderounmu is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Fellow of Nigeria Computer Society, Registered Professional Engineer with Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

Professor Aderounmu, she noted bagged his first degree in Computer Engineering and Masters in Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1991 and 1997 respectively. 

According to her, Aderounmu became a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 2008, seven years after he bagged his PhD. Degree in Computer Science from the same University.

She recalled that he was appointed Acting Head of Department of Computer Science & Engineering between 2004 and 2007, Deputy Director, Information Technology and Communications Unit, 2005 – 2008, Acting Director, Information Technology and Communications Unit, 2009 -2011 and Full Director, 2011 to date.

He is a member of the Screening and Monitoring sub-committee of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) research fund. He served as a member of curriculum development for National Open University of Nigeria, and member NUC accreditation team to various universities in Nigeria. He was Deputy President, NCS before his election as the President, Nigeria Computer Society.  

 

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Pix: Professor Sola Aderounmu FNCS – President NCS