ICTS- Progress and Challenges so far in Nigeria

Published in July 23rd, 2008

I agree that there is an improvement in the use of ICTS in Nigeria. The users awareness is increasing but could the service providers do something about the bandwidth? We can’t be the giant of Africa and have countries like Kenya with a larger bandwidth/broadband than Nigeria.
Thanks Meaghan and Shannon. Shannon, I read your comment [...]

Working online for offline actions

Published in July 15th, 2008

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Thanks Meagan. Truth is, No. I have not used social networking sites to organize any offline action. You can not have a one-million march in Nigeria just like that except you want to get tear-gased by the police.
May be Ore Somolu could use this site to organize a one-million march to create ICT awareness for [...]

Cross cultural Collaboration(C3)

Published in July 10th, 2008

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I posted a reply to Joan’s article on the above topic but can’t see my post with my name. Decided to resend.
Hi Joan,
I read your article and I particularly agree with you on cross-cultural myths.
It pays to be broad-minded. Learn about other cultures, respect other cultures and accept the fact that culture differs from place [...]

Me and my mobile phone

Published in July 10th, 2008

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Mobile phones are a welcome technology. They’ve been helpful in disseminating information. For me, Maria Ifeoma Ogbunando, I started using mobile phones in December 2003. I have changed cell phones close to 10 times since then. Most of the time, it was due to theft so I had to buy another cell phone and visit [...]

My profile

Published in July 10th, 2008

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I am Maria Ifeoma Ogbunando. My friends call me Marie because I read French at the university. Some other pals call me Ify(short form of my native name). I was born in the 70s, in Lagos. I am a first-born, I like things to be in order, to be organized. I have a catholic background [...]

HOW WE CAN USE BLOGS

Published in June 5th, 2008

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We can use blogs to pass on information and pictures about an event to our organization at the material time and the other participants in the organization can follow the event like they’re present/available

We can use blogs for opinion polls on issues where there can be an interaction between the writer and the [...]