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TTS - Do Elections in Nigeria Need More Tech or Not?

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has applied a number of innovative approaches to improve the management and conduct of elections in the country.

 

Results show that the introduction of these technologies: Electronic Voters Register(EVR), Automatic Fingerprints Identification System (AFIS) and Smart Card Reader (SCR) have reduced the incidence of multiple registration and multiple voting to the barest minimum while the development of e-collation support platform has drastically reduced incidence of result manipulation at collation centres. 

 

On Saturday, November 6, 2021, the people of Anambra state in the South East of Nigeria went to the polls to elect a governor that would lead the state for the next four years.

 

There is no gainsaying that technology has drastically reduced incidences of electoral malpractices such as: ballot stuffing, result sheet mutilation, manipulations, over voting, alteration of result sheets and hijacking of ballot boxes in the history of Nigeria elections. 

 

In a buildup to other supplementary elections and the 2023 General Elections, today, we ask, Do elections in Nigeria need more Tech or Not?

 

An Election Observer, Oge Udegbunam and a Public Policy Analyst, Chima Christian, who both participated in the recently conducted Anambra elections in different capacities share their thoughts with Tony.

Nigeria’s Democracy: Has Tech Made or Marred us? Part 2

Has new tech played a fast one on Nigeria's democracy?

Have we used it wrongly or are we approaching it wrongly?

 

Listen to the Coordinator, Human Rights Volunteer Corps, Larry Oguego, as he shares more insights on this discussion.

Nigeria’s Democracy: Has Tech Made or Marred us? Part 1

Has new tech played a fast one on Nigeria's democrat?

Have we used it wrongly or are we approaching it wrongly?

 

In this episode, Journalist, Chiamaka Okafor, and a Development Policy Professional, Akintunde Babatunde, share their expert thoughts on this issue.

CC - How a School teacher Became a Product Designer

Join me as I discuss with Boma Agina-Obu, a Product Designer and Founder, EkoCrib, about her interesting journey from being a School Teacher to being a Product Designer and Tech Educator.

TTS -Can Africa’s Youth and Children Rescue its Democracy?

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first female Professor of Mass Communication, Chinyere Stella Okunna, reviews the state of democracy in Africa and how we can empower children and youths to salvage the flawed democratic processes in Nigeria and Africa.

 

TTS - Africa’s Year of Elections and Test of Democracy

2023/2024 has been described as Africa’s Year of elections.

These elections have stood as a test of Africa’s democracy principle and in practice.

In this episode, the Programme Manager: Participation & Expression at Open Society Africa, Nhlanhla Ngwenya reviews the state of democracy across Africa.

The 3 Ts: Cultural Etiquette Around The World

Let us take you through some cultural etiquette around the world, so you’re not found wanting when you travel. Some of would surprise you.

Tek Talk: Tips to Reduce Fuel Consumption While Driving

You might be looking for ways to reduce fuel consumption, here are some tips.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Apple Bows to Peer Pressure; USB-C

Apple has announced that all its products (including Airpods, iPhone 15 and MacBooks) will now come with USB-C ports and Apple also unveiled the next generation of iPhone models; 15 and 15 PRO with its iPhone 15 Pro-max starting at N1.1 million with an exchange rate of N930/$1.

 

Tech Word: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) - RSS is a web feed format that is used to publish frequently updated content like blog entries. 

 

Subscribing to an RSS feed lets readers get timely updates from websites or view the feeds from several sites in one place without having to visit each individual website to manually check for updates. It does the same thing for content creators. 

 

It’s what you use to share your content to several sites without having to manually upload your content to all of them individually.

• Ethio Telecom rolls out commercial 5G in Addis Ababa
• Kenya allocates KSh 1 billion for its Unique Personal Identifiers (Maisha Cards)
• MTN Nigeria gets 2.6Ghz spectrum License 
• Nigeria Delists more Loan Apps from Google PlayStore
• Founder of defunct KloudCommerce speaks up.

TTS - Tech Stories Rocking Africa: Is ”AI Expert” the Hottest New Role for Influencers?

As South Africa signs MoU with China to establish a base on the moon, results from Indeed, LinkedIn and Udemy all show that AI Expert may just well be the hottest new role for freelancers in Tech.

 

Tech Word: Hashtag - The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a content. Words or phrases that follow the # are automatically transformed into links that lead to an aggregated list of contents that include that same hashtag.

• "AI Expert" is the hottest new role for Tech freelancers
• Ethiopia' set to launch its Fayda Digital IDs
• Tunisian AI Startup, InstaDeep, to launch office in Kigali
• Nigeria’s Flutterwave is launching its SendApp in India
• Microsoft will provide legal protection for using its AI