Author: ITPulse

…. Celebrating 20 Years of Africa’s Trusted InfoSec Company Digital Encode Limited, a multi-award-winning consulting and integration firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Founded in 2003, Digital Encode specializes in designing, managing, and securing business-critical telecommunications environments and IT infrastructures. Recognized in the industry for its vendor-independent perspective, the firm excels in solving multifaceted, complex enterprise network security and audit problems. With 20 years of sustained business success, Digital Encode stands as a testament to its innovation and unwavering commitment to excellence. In Nigeria, where failed startups are commonplace, Digital Encode has defied the…

The Digital Currency Coalition (DCC), an umbrella body of crypto asset practitioners and founders in the African digital currency space has called on the Nigerian government to leverage digital currency to create jobs, sustain innovation and ultimately, grow the economy. While acknowledging the potential risks and challenges associated with the emerging digital currency sector, the Coalition emphasize that with proper regulation and strategic implementation, digital currencies can serve as catalysts for job creation, innovation and sustainable development. In a statement titled “Digital Currency Coalition (DCC): Empowering Nigeria’s Future”, the body noted that embracing and leveraging the opportunities presented by digital…

When the San Francisco-based Open AI launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, on November 30, 2022, industry watchers knew that a significant disruptor in the labour marketplace had arrived. Followers of developments in the digital technology space are no strangers to disruptive innovations, a term coined by Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University in 1995. In the book, The Innovators Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (1997), Professor Christensen delved extensively into “Disruptive Innovations.” Recently there have been reports of students using ChatGPT for assignments. The App can deliver well-written papers on most subjects flawlessly. Recently, Harvard…

The Anambra State Government, through its Solution Innovation District (SID) has announced the launch of its software development program called ‘Code Anambra’. This is a comprehensive software development training program aimed at empowering Ndi Anambra with advanced in-demand skills and opportunities in the global tech industry. Code Anambra training program is starting just as the Solution Innovation District in partnership with Microsoft and Wootlab Foundation concludes the training of 20,000 Anambra youths on web design, graphic design, digital marketing, productivity tools and digital entrepreneurship in a program tagged ‘LevelUp Anambra’ Code Anambra is designed to equip Anambra’s talented tech enthusiasts…

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mal. Kashifu Inuwa has made a case for Nigeria to explore technology such as the Internet of Things to increase its food production. The World Economic Forum has said there is a need to increase global food production by 70% in the next seven years to address food security. While delivering a keynote address at the IoT West Africa Conference and Exhibition 2023 in Lagos State a few days ago, the NITDA DG said this has become necessary as Nigeria will be the third largest population in the world by…

The news came yesterday that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta has launched Threads App to rival Twitter, which was recently sold to Elon Musk, one of the richest in the world. Having received the news, Smitarani Tripathy, Social Media Analyst at GlobalData, compiled comments from some Twitter influencers, who he disclosed opine that the launch of Threads may pose a serious threat to Twitter, as the app has capitalized on the recent technical glitches of Twitter and praised the user experience features of the Threads apps. He also collates the comments of those who believe Threads is…

In the rapidly evolving landscape of retail, where businesses strive to capture the attention of consumers in a fast-paced and interconnected digital world, marketing communication overload is becoming an all-too-common phenomenon that could actually have the opposite effect – turning customers off their brand. Consumers are overwhelmed on a daily basis by the sheer volume of messages they receive in their inboxes, social media feeds and mobile devices, and this aggressive approach could see businesses lose substantially more than they gain. To make matters worse, consumers are burdened not only by the sheer magnitude and frequency of adverts across multiple…

Information gathered from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the financial data obtained from service providers by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that investment in the telecommunications sector has experienced upward growth from $500million in 2001 to $75.6billion in 2021. This was disclosed by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta during a meetup with Journalists in Lagos. “The telecom sector had recorded tremendous growth from an initial investment profile of $500 million as of 2001 when the sector was fully liberalised to $75.6billion in 2021,” he announced while providing his…

The Conference Committee of this year’s Cyber Secure Nigeria Conference being organized by the Cyber Security Experts of Nigeria (CSEAN) has announced that the 2-day event will take place next week July 11-12 at the Nigeria Army Resource Centre in Abuja. In a statement signed by Hanniel H. Jafaru, Conference Chairman, the umbrella body of professionals promoting cybersecurity in Nigeria, also disclosed that the theme of this year’s conference is “Cybersecurity: A Digital Transformative Tool in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals”. According to the statement, the 2023 edition of Cyber Secure Nigeria will delve into the critical role that cybersecurity plays…

In a region where traditional job markets can be limited, direct selling offers a flexible and accessible pathway to entrepreneurship. In the traditional retail model, shop owners buy goods from manufacturers and mark them up to pay for their business costs such as rent, before selling them on to the end consumer. In the direct selling model, distributors sell high-quality goods directly to the customers outside of the store environment, reducing business costs and eliminating the need to raise prices on their goods. In addition to providing unique, life-enhancing products to consumers, the direct selling industry has had a significant…