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By Francis Onwumere
 Infotech With the arrival of the $800 million Glo 1 undersea cable to
Lagos, a new stage has been set for mobile internet usage on the continent, it seems. While the accolades continue to mount, one problem persistently lurks in the ...details
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The Traffic Crystal Ball
 Infotech Deja vu is the feeling that you're left with, time and again, when stuck in Lagos traffic. You could have taken that alternative ...details
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Gas flaring is dead, or is it?
By Francis Onwumere and IK Anyanwu | Tuesday, March 10 2009 | Energy
All efforts to stop this blatant wastefulness have proved insufficient. Gas flaring continued in 2008 in defiance of the Nigerian government's warning that the act would not be tolerated. It appears however that where legislation has failed to stop (0) comments
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Rescuing Oil
By Ikenna Okonkwo | Friday, January 16 2009 | Energy
The recent free fall in oil prices has made life a nightmare for countries like Nigeria, where oil accounts for 90 percent of the country’s export earnings. Oil prices are currently hovering over 30 dollars and there appears to be no reprisal in (0) comments
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A new inspiration for efficient innovation
By Francis Onwumere | Saturday, December 6 2008 | Materials
Spiderman, Batman, Blue Beetle, apart from being our childhood comic superheroes represent an inspiration that is making a new generation of innovative technology possible. This inspiration is being applied today in a field of engineering design (2) comments
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Show me the way: The race to a digital Africa
By Ik Anyanwu and Francis Onwumere | Monday, November 10 2008 | Infotech
A new era in communication is unfolding. The phenomenon is driving globalization at a break neck speed causing boundaries between industries and economies to shatter. At the heart of this change is technological innovation which focuses on better (0) comments
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Stopping HIV at the Gate
By Nnaemeka Nwachukwu | Saturday, October 4 2008 | Biotech
As the speculated HIV vaccine remains elusive, researchers have become focused on newer methods of preventing the transmission of the disease especially in situations where prevention has proved most difficult. Take the case of mother to child (3) comments
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Innovation offers Africa a chance with Energy
By Francis Onwumere | Friday, September 12 2008 | Energy
Tiny specks of incandescent light spot the landscape as an orchestra of electric generators are in full swing. Nigerian citizens of the last few years have been referred to very descriptively as the generator generation and the situation is (3) comments
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Turning the Food-Fuel Crisis on its Head
By Ikechukwu Anyanwu | Tuesday, September 2 2008 | Biotech
The global frenzy to find alternatives to traditional fossil fuels has gained a new twist. This renewable petroleum initiative comes as a respite, as international concern on rising food prices attributed to production of biofuels is beginning to (3) comments
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A New Era in Medical Knowledge
By Nwachukwu Egbunike | Sunday, August 24 2008 | Faculty
The compendium provides an ideal ready reference for undergraduates, junior hospital doctors, general practitioners and physicians in the developing world. It will also come in handy for other health care professionals like, medical laboratory (0) comments
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Cervical Cancer: The Rising Tide
By Francis Onwumere | Monday, August 11 2008 | Biotech
A WHO report shows that there are about 500,000 cases of cervical cancer reported each year, with nearly 80 per cent occurring in developing countries. Could this disturbing trend be in tandem with the rising use of oral contraceptives (OCs) amongst (0) comments
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| Our Pick of the Day's News |
8 Feb 2010
Smartphone keys get quantum trick
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
8 Feb 2010
China shuts down hacking website
Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.
8 Feb 2010
dot.Rory
Who else will use BT's broadband network?
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