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  • TNG list: Top tech events of 2018

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    As 2018 wraps up, we take a look at some tech events that heralded the year. PP-18 One of top technology events that heralded the year 2018 is the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18) that held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 29 October to 16 November. The PP-18 is one…

  • How South Sudan is using ICTs to improve lives

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    Access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) is benefiting families, communities and industries in South Sudan. During ITU’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18), Lily Albino Akol, the Honorable Deputy Minister of Information Communications Technology and Postal Services, discussed how South Sudan is employing ICTs to improve lives in the country. “The world is connected. We are…

  • Nigeria, 12 other countries get ITU membership seats

    Nigeria, 12 other countries get ITU membership seats

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    Nigeria and 12 other African countries have been elected into the membership of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and, Radio Regulations Board. At the 20th Plenipotentiary Conference of the Council, held at the weekend in Dubai, UAE, ITU Secretary General, Houlin Zhao, was also re-elected for another term of four years. The 153-year-old ITU,…

  • Nigeria loses out, as ITU member states elect first female bureau director

    Nigeria loses out, as ITU member states elect first female bureau director

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    Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have elected Doreen Bodgan-Martin as Director of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) during the Union’s 20th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Mrs Bogdan-Martin of the United States was elected Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau of ITU with 95 votes. 179…

  • 2500 ICT decision-makers work-as-one to advance power of tech

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) 20th Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-18) opened today with a global call for the world to “act as one” to connect the world’s nearly four billion people who remain unconnected to the Internet. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are already empowering billions of individuals around the world – by providing access to…

  • PP-18: William Ijeh charges ITU must remain at cutting edge of tech development [Q/A]

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    As International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) member states elect the Union’s top executives at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, TheNewsGuru (TNG) brings you this special interview with William Ijeh. Ijeh is a Nigerian candidate for the post of Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau as the Union elects ITU’s management…

  • ITU to establish 4-year roadmap, elect management team at PP-18

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will establish 2020-2023 roadmap at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 (PP-18) to hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 29 October to 16 November. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is the supreme decision-making body of the ITU that convenes representatives of the Union’s 193 member states every 4 years.…