Author: ITPulse

A new report published by the GSMA as part of today’s International Women’s Day celebration has indicated that the mobile internet gender gap has narrowed slightly in one year but advised that there is still much work to be done to carry women along in today’s digital economy. Data in the report shows that the mobile internet gender gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) narrowed from 19% in 2022 to 15% in 2023, bringing the mobile internet gender gap back to where it was in 2020. According to the data, the reduction has been driven primarily by South Asia…

ALX Nigeria has as part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day hosted a special engagement to honor and celebrate its female learners and entrepreneurs. The event served as a platform for female entrepreneurs to showcase their business ideas and vie for the chance to win a business grant provided by telecoms giant, 9mobile. Additionally, ALX announced the relaunch of its Tech Startup academy, ALX Ventures which includes a Founder’s Academy, an accelerator, and a fund. The celebration, which was held on March 2nd at the ALX Costain hub, Lagos, brought together a diverse group of aspiring female entrepreneurs, industry…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Jigawa State Government have partnered to empower youths in the state in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). At the flag-off of a capacity-building training program sponsored by the state government for 1000 youths in the state, the Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa called on youths in Jigawa State to embrace Information Communication Technology skills because of its strategic importance and necessity to drive the nation’s digital economy. The training is being organised through a collaboration between the Jigawa State government, the National Information Technology Agency NITDA, Base University and IDEAS…

Barcelona, Spain – In a seismic shift in the mobile technology landscape, TECNO made waves at the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC) by unveiling its groundbreaking PolarAce Imaging System, featuring the cutting-edge Sony Imaging Chip. This groundbreaking technology is set to debut in the upcoming CAMON 30 Premier 5G, promising a paradigm shift in smartphone photography and imaging capabilities. PolarAce Imaging System: The Art of Precision Imaging: TECNO’s PolarAce Imaging System marks a bold leap into the future of mobile photography, combining precision engineering with state-of-the-art imaging technology. The system is designed to elevate smartphone photography to new heights, ensuring…

By Todd Schoeman Effective cybersecurity must align with organisation’s needs and take its lead from its requirements. Security must be enabled, not defined. Thus, understanding your organisation’s operational environment and what optimum performance looks like must come first. In banking and financial services, where trust and data security are fundamental, cybersecurity requirements are even more complex. This reinforces the importance of getting it right, by building security out from a place of comprehensive insight into your organisation and its challenges. Evolution is essential to business longevity and success but right now, the financial industry is finding out that positive change…

The founder/chairman of S Mobile Group, Kingsley Adonu has disclosed plans to commission an innovation centre in Enugu State, codenamed S Mobile Tech Hub. The Tech Hub, he said, is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of S Mobile Group to promote skills development, youth entrepreneurship, and job creation in new technology and innovations in the state. Kingsley Adonu, a visionary entrepreneur who built S Mobile Group as a conglomerate synonymous with excellence and diversity, said that the hub is in recognition of the ingenuity of the State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, who has shown the capacity to redefine the…

Team Young Genius from Oshodi High School, Lagos, Nigeria has emerged as the second runner-up of Sahara STEAMers Grand Demo Competition 2.0.  The competition, now in its second year, is organized by the Sahara Group Foundation, the social sustainability vehicle for Sahara Group Limited, in collaboration with STEMCafe. This year’s programme, aimed at fostering innovation, creativity, and excellence in STEAM education among secondary school students in Africa, directly impacted over 200 students across the continent. The programme, designed to provide participants access to deep-dive classroom learning, equipped the participating students with the practical knowledge and skills required to generate innovative…

Following the raising of a $3 million Pre-Series, MDaaS Global health tech company and operator of Nigeria’s fastest-growing healthcare network – BeaconHealth Diagnostics has a total investment of $6.8 million to date. The new investment round was co-led by Aruwa Capital Management and follow-on investor Newtown Partners. It also landed additional follow-on investment from Ventures Platform, one of the company’s earliest institutional investors. According to the company, the additional capital will be used to further develop the company’s proprietary technology platform, BeaconOS, which it launched last year, and to expand its healthcare network to all 36 states in Nigeria through…

The Chief Executive Officer of The African Talent Company, Hilda Kabushenga has proffered solutions to the lingering migration of Nigerian professionals, commonly regarded as ‘japa syndrome’ to developed countries of the world. Hilda, who made a presentation titled “ ‘Finding skilled labour in the japa era’ at the Ecobank Nigeria’s MySME Growth Series, believes that though the factors are beyond organisations, managing talents within the context of new work realities would check the trend. She pointed out that people are no longer looking for physical employment contracts, but “psychological contracts of experience”, adding that employers that want to hold on…

Three sub-sectors of the Information Communications and Technology (ICT) sector will be given priority attention at the DISC Forum 2024, which is being organized by CyberAfrica and scheduled to be held March 14, 2024, at the Four Points by Sheraton in Lagos.  The sub-sectors are data centers, cybersecurity and cloud economy. Speaking to Journalists in Lagos about why these three areas of ICT will get more attention at the forum, Dr. Bayero Agabi, Founder of CyberAfrica, explained that these sub-sectors are presently the drivers of the global economy. Thus, it cannot be ignored. “We have identified data centers, cybersecurity and…