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As we all go through these very challenging times, please take the necessary precautions. We will get through all this.

Congratulations "New Wigs"! Before I proceed with this write up I would like to welcome the lawyers that recently got called to the Nigerian Bar. C ongratulations for joining the largest bar in Africa; if you are a non-lawyer, you might visualize a different kind of bar with beverages of the alcoholic variety, although fun for some, that's not what I am referring to.  It is comforting to announce that Nigeria has the highest number of lawyers on the continent, but how viable is a career as a lawyer these days?

Tech Lady Boot Camp which is a 5 days intensive workshop/boot-camp from November 16th to 23rd, for 15 lucky young women drawn from across Nigeria.  The curriculum will involve the introduction to coding, in addition to leadership and entrepreneurship skills training. 

The ALT Network continues to build the African legal and tech ecosystem. Our first Lagos summit is particularly timely as Nigeria’s FinTech sector was recently formerly recognised as the African leader in financial sector innovation. The role of law and lawyers in shaping enabling and progressive regulatory frameworks for techpreneurs and the opportunities tech innovation provides for the provision of legal services and access to justice, will be at the heart of the discussions on 19th September. The summit will gather the most innovative minds from the Nigerian legal and technology sectors to discuss impactful topics that can help LegalTech businesses and the wider tech sector evolve into more robust going concerns. We hope for a future that comprises of strong innovators and disruptors.

Nubianette Consulting is a Business Consulting firm in Lagos; we provide Business Development, Research and Marketing Services to the Legal Sector. The use of cutting-edge Technological solutions by global law firms has been identified as a major contributor to increased revenue and client satisfaction. The future is tech-driven and as many Nigerian law firms deploy Tech solutions for various purposes, it is crucial that lawyers acquire knowledge on these innovations that are already affecting how Lawyers sell and deliver legal services. Participants shall benefit from our expert presentations and plenary sessions, which shall explore the latest innovations in Legal Technology and Ethical Data Discovery, Management and Security in Law firms and the Courts. Given that the legal sector is a $500 billion industry, there is a lot of opportunity in the legal technology space. Between the amounts that companies and firms, as well as individuals, spend on legal services, there is room fo...

By Ali Afegbua In a chat with Mr Felix Adebayo of First Adsunfix Limited, an ICT expert in Digital Communication Systems (System Design and Implementation, Security and Renewable Energy Systems) he highlighted the problem areas in Nigeria’s navigation towards ICT growth and the challenges in influencing economic prosperity. We touched on many areas and the problems are numerous. Without listing all the challenges Nigeria faces, this write-up looks at the critical issues and how to turn things around for an Industrialised Nigeria, by looking way ahead of our current realities. Mr Adebayo began our chat by commenting on the current state of the countries ICT sector; ‘Looking at the ICT developments recorded in Nigeria over the years, there have been several growth spurts in the number of small businesses in that space which is good for Nigeria’s economic growth. The main challenge is the government’s lack of awareness of how revolutionary the Information Communication Technolog...

We hope you enjoy this piece inspired by the many problems faced by Nigerians (and African alike) by a Lawyer, social influencer and Ex Mr Unverse Nigeria winner Mr Allen Ukwuru. Today, I want to speak to the Nigerian youths, it seems we are too laid back with respect to the affairs of this country, I know it is because we are distracted by our daily struggles to make ends meet and largely by the modern technological artefacts. A good number of us; spend a huge amount of time on social media(s), while losing a sense of the things that truly matter to us. What we must understand is that piloting the affairs of this country has nothing to do with age. In fact, leadership has nothing to do with age; but has everything to do with understanding the issues that this country has and making informed and reasoned decisions without fear or favour.Not to offending any religious sensibility; let me allude to the likes of Joseph, David etc in the Bible, how old were they before becoming r...