The Beacon of ICT Awards also known as BoICT Awards are annual ICT awards recognizing organizations' or individuals' contributions to ICT development in

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. The award is organized by Ken Nwogbo, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of ''

Nigeria CommunicationsWeek ''Nigeria CommunicationsWeek'' is a Nigerian online and print newspaper that reports on information technology. The editor-in-chief is Ken Nwogbo. The newspaper is located in Lagos State, Nigeria.''Nigeria communicationsweek'' said that they have ...

'', a leading Nigerian ICT newspaper published in

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History

The award was established in March 2009 by Ken Nwogbo, a Nigerian columnist and founder of Communication Week Media Limited, publishers of ''Nigeria CommunicationsWeek'', a leading Nigerian information and communications technology newspaper, headquartered in Okota,

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. The 4th edition of the award was held on 20 April 2013 at

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, with Ernest Ndukwe, the former Chairman of the

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, as the guest of honour. The theme of the 6th edition, held on Saturday 25 April 2015 again at Eko Hotel, was “Mobile Money & Financial Inclusion: Fueling IT with Telecommunications”.

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