embedded systems

In the last couple of days, I have sent your way information on embedded system applications and on a training being organized by Kumasi Center for Lifelong Learning and mFriday at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. Lead trainers will be coming from First Atlantic Semiconductor and Microelectronics Limited with partners such as ALTERA and MICROCHIP. Please find out more on the training course outline below;     Objective: this is [...]

southeast summit

All over the world today, Technology is one tool that impacts on every aspect of an economy. It enables sustainable development and empowers the people for growth and productivity.   We cannot afford in this age to continuously pay little attention to the importance of Technology for development (T4D).This digital gap has also created with it great opportunity for technology investment in the region.   Therefore an investment in Technology for Development (T4D) in the [...]

ad4

Fasmicro offers corporate customers the opportunity to share the piece of our brand. We include your logo (in front) along with the iconic Ovim logo (at back) on tablets we design and manufacture for clients.   Simply, we know that you are proud of your brand. And that means you will like your logo on your tablet.   Imagine sending those corporate gifts during Christmas and other holidays or simply anytime replacing those baskets of [...]

report

Africa is the world’s second-fastest-growing region. Poverty is falling, and around 90 million of its households have joined the world’s consuming classes—an increase of 31 million in just over a decade. But a new McKinsey Global Institute report, Africa at work: Job creation and inclusive growth, shows that the continent must create wage-paying jobs more quickly to sustain these successes and ensure that growth benefits the majority of its people.   Despite the creation of [...]

ad spend

Last year, U.S. tech company advertisers continued to increase ad and promo spending so much so that Google, Amazon and Apple are listed among the six companies with the highest ad-spending growth rates. Please have a look at the complete list with a more detailed breakdown on this infographic (click to enlarge).   Brought to you by: OnlineBusinessDegree.org

apps

A great infographic from Sarah Wenger on smartphones, mobile apps and just how integrated they have and will become in our lives. Sometimes numbers can be frightening, but Sarah makes them quite visually appealing. How many apps do you have on YOUR smartphone?   Also, by 2013, there will be more smartphones than human beings in the world.  What does this mean for the world of apps?   Created by: www.OnlineBachelorDegreePrograms.com

matter

This is an exlusive post by Amagh Nduka, a respected professor of theoretical physics and applied mathematics with Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. A graduate of Berkeley, Stanford and Chicago, he authored the commentary we published last month on Higgs Boson which was well received.   The Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter   I refer to your article entitled “The Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter” by Helen R. Quinn (PHYSICS TODAY, February 2003, page 30).   [...]

NCC21

Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) recently revealed that the country has over 37-million inactive telephone lines on operators’ networks. The report detailed how inactive lines increased by 3.3-million above 33.6-million recorded in June.   Data provided by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) also said that while the network had 124,266,618 connected lines, only 99,474,080 of those lines were actively in use. That equates to 24,792,538 inactive lines for the GSM.

knust students

Embedded Systems Training-KNUST- is a 10day (24th Sept- 3rd Oct 2012) hands– on class designed to teach students and entrepreneurs how toprogram PIC microcontroller in both assembly language and C/C++ and design with Altera popular FPGA families. The classesequally expose students to software development techniques for embeddedsystems. In the course of the class, students will be required to writeprograms to control LEDs, seven segments displays, LCD, build a digital clock,piano, keypad etc. Students and entrepreneurs [...]

etisalat

The inaugural ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ is aimed at encouraging and celebrating valuable innovation in the African market and will be awarded in 2 categories; both prizes will be for driving or facilitating mobile broadband use in Africa. The first prize of $25,000 is for the most innovative product or service launched in the last 12 months and a second prize of $10,000 for the most innovative idea.   Entries for the award must show [...]

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