IBM Study Identifies How African Businesses Can Overcome the Technology Adoption Gap

IBM has announced the results of a new study entitled ‘Setting the pace in Africa: How IT leaders deliver on the potential of emerging technologies’, which found that while nearly 87 percent of African IT leaders rank new technologies such as analytics, cloud, mobile and social media as being critical to business success, only 53% are pushing forward with adoption.

IBM’s survey findings also confirmed that 36% of the African businesses embracing emerging technologies could be considered “Pacesetters” amongst their peers in terms of their focus on prioritizing and rapidly adopting technologies. The survey of 180 Africa-based IT leaders across 29 industries in Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco was conducted by IBM’s Center for Applied Insights, in collaboration with the IBM Center for CIO Leadership*.

2 Years And Counting....Just To Say Thank You

Well it all started after I read a close friends sisters blog and I said hey I could do something like this, and I rushed through Google and tadaaaa, I had my own Blog…getting the name was not an easy task, but I think it made sense at the end of the day, what do you think? Gistaround…

Oh well not to bore you and cut the long story short its been like what? 2 years now, and it wont have been possible without you guys who take time out to stop and see whats up on this Blog, stories from within and outside the country, from Music to Politics and Movies, fashion, live drama and what have you, I say once again thank you for always stopping by.

Photo Of The Day

Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and D’banj in Addis Ababa to attend the AU Summit which will begin on Thursday, 30th of January, 2014,

Lupita Nyong'o On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

              
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o is a Mexican-born Kenyan actress and film director. She made her American film debut in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave as Patsey, for which she received critical acclaim.

Kanye West Settles Out Of Court

Remember the dude Kanye West beat up in the waiting room of a Beverly Hills chiropractor? well his a made man now, after getting a settlement from the rapper for MORE THAN $250,000 ... TMZ reports

Kanye beat up the guy for allegedly hurled racial epithets at Kim earlier this month,TMZ reports that during the settlement negotiations the victim's demand soared to the upper 6 figures, so $250K is just a fraction.

Rather cool way to make some good money i wont you say.

Boko Haram Church Invasion In Adamawa – Bishop Speaks

“Some people tried to escape through the windows and the attackers shot at them. They cut peoples’ throats.”

This was how the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Mamza Stephen, captured the calamity that befell worshippers at a Catholic church in Waga Chakawa in Adamawa State when Boko Haram insurgents struck on Sunday morning.

Stephen told the British Broadcasting Corporation that he heard from the survivors that insurgents arrived the village on trucks and locked the church “towards the end of the service.”

According to him, the militants set off bombs, before burning houses and taking residents hostage during the four-hour siege.

He added that death toll in the Waga Chakawa attack was 30 and not 22 as widely reported.

Laff It Off With AY

              

This sure cracked me up, hope you enjoy it too..

Naeto C - Limited Edition

AfroCandy Dreams Of D’banj

AfroCandy has been keeping her self busy in her dreams, as she tweets that she almost made love to D’banj in her dreams. She tweeted this on her tweeter handle..

Hmmm What a dream i would say...

Third Mainland Stand Still

Third mainland bridge witnessed a stand still traffic today which was as a result of a 14-seater bus which caught fire at the Iyana Oworosoki are of the bridge . reports say a life was lost during the incident. cars where held up for hours at the bridge today during the accident.

Lord Jamar Vents On Tweeter

Brand Nubian emcee Lord Jamar has received criticism in recent weeks for his opinion on artists like Macklemore, Yelawolf and the direction hip hop is headed in. After Sunday night's Grammy Awards show where Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed Good Kid, M.A.A.D City album was shut out and Macklemore walked away with four trophies, Jamar feels vindicated.

Rapper Lord Jamar took to Twitter to voice his opinion on Kdot not winning a Grammy.

 "Watch the GESTURE Macklamore makes with his performance & you'll understand why they giving him everything," Jamar wrote. "Are we really surprised? Hate to say I TOLD U SO....but...I TOLD U SO!!! His SAME LOVE song & performance tonight is the reason he won everything. I almost gotta laugh cause it take some outrageous s*** like this to cee what I'm saying. Lol. Now I ask u...WAS THAT HIP HOP???"

See his tweets after the cut....

Governor, Dr. Musa Rabiu Kwankwas, Tells Jonathan, You’re Not Qualified For 2015

Kano State Governor, Dr. Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso has warned that Jonathan is not qualified to contest for presidency in 2015.

According to the governor, any attempt by Jonathan to run in the next poll will amount to a third term in office, which is not acceptable to most Nigerians.

Kwankwaso, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, yesterday, advised President Jonathan to take urgent steps to solve the raging insecurity challenges in the North-East and stabilise the Nigerian economy and take a bow from governance in 2015, when he would have attained the eight-year maximum limit stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution.