|Bayero Agabi| |Segun Oruame|

Bayero Agabi journalism career has spanned through over a decade. Starting as a film editor with channels television in 1993, bayero has risen in profile to become Nigeria’s leading ict broadcast journalist since joining Africa independent television AIT in 1997, where he has coordinated various political programmes that dared the military dictators at that time. Agabi also has experience in computer graphics animation and camera operation.

In 1998 he pioneered ICT on television with a programme called AITINFOTECH NETWORK now Africa’s leading and most popular ICT programme on television.

So far Bayero Agabi has won over 15 awards both local and international for his efforts at promoting ICT development in the region. Some of his awards include excellence award from association of telecoms operator of Nigeria, Nigeria computer society as best ICT reporter for three years consequently both on radio and television, excellence award from international federation for excellence, the uneca/aisi media wards 2005, excellence award from economic students association UNIBEN etc.

A graduate of mass communication from the university of Jos, Nigeria; and with a post graduate diploma in public administration, Bayero has also undergone several trainings in broadcast journalism, television presentation, computer education and telecoms marketing with relevant organizations such as Lagos business school, Nigeria Television College and BBC/AIT training courses. He has also pioneered running ventures. Agabi is a co-founder/Director knowledge media international publisher of IT Edge in English and French which has also won uneca/aisi award www.itedgenews.com 

Co -founder/president, Image and public communications limited IPCL media group, owners of BTE business and technology edge radio and television www.btenews.com

Bayero Agabi is a member of IDPM Institute of Data Processing Management Nigeria, Regional Coordinator Africa Media Trainers Network (AMINET) under UNECA, and the pioneer secretary general JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE ON ICT AWARENESS AND DEVELOPMENT. (JACITAD).

Presently he is in charge of ICT news desk Africa Independent Television, AIT, Africans largest private television network
www.aitinfotech.com

 

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Segun Ohimeh Oruame

Segun holds a BA (Hons) degree in English Studies (1991) from the University of Jos and a Master degree
from the same University in Law & Diplomacy (1997). A security and intelligence researcher at Alpha Investigation Agency (Jos), he joined The Comet national news daily as an IT reporter (2000) and rose to become IT Editor. He left in 2003 to become Editor of IT & Telecom Digest to help position it as the country’s flagship IT magazine. While at The Comet, he started contributing to the London based Communication Weekly International, now Total Telecom.

Segun is married to a graduate with a degree in
English & Linguistics; together they have three
beautiful daughters. He is currently the national
coordinator of the Joint Action Committee on ICT
Awareness and Development (JACITAD), a not-for-profit media platform for creating awareness and development in ICT. In April, 2004 his family decided to drop the name AREGBEYEN for ORUAME “in honour of my late father’s wish: Chief Rufus Olatuegbe Oruame who died in May 2003.” He now bears Segun Ohimeh Oruame. He is a member of the Ministerial Strategic Committee on Information Technology and head of the Ministerial Sub-Committee on IT Popularisation & Awareness. Among his awards is the Consumer Writer 2003 Award by All Associations of Consumers Organisations Unions (ANCOMU) for his incisive column Matters eRising that has been running every week at The Comet on Mondays since 2001. At IT & Telecom Digest magazine, he maintained the column Backward Forward. He is the Editor of IT Edge.

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