Ita Ewa, Nigeria’s minister of science and technology, has said the ongoing Abuja Silicon Valley project will create thousands of jobs in the country’s technology sector. Speaking to participants at a workshop on the project, the minister said it would be sited on 79.8 hectares of land located in Sheda, Abuja.
More than 100 young Nigerians are teaming up with Google to add restaurants, markets, hospitals and other prominent locations in the Nigerian capital to Google Maps. Youth leaders say by mapping their city, they could boost the local economy by attracting tourists and investors. They also see maps as a tool to improve security and reduce poverty. In a training room in Abuja, there are almost as many laptops and smart phones as there are 20-something “citizen cartographers.” At the front of the room, young men who volunteer for Internet search engine Google wear green and blue tee shirts that say, “map your world,” while the Google Abuja Map-up project director, Oludotun Babayemi, explains how to do it.
The modern New York pay phone will provide no shelter from the rain, no alcove for the quarreling couple seeking a private moment to reconcile. It will afford little refuge to the prospective superhero requiring a wardrobe change. In fact, the pay phone of tomorrow will include no traditional phone at all — nor any payment, for that matter, at least for communication within the United States.
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