Author: ITPulse

Hi-Tech Centre Abuja has honoured the Founder and President of Digivation Network, Dr. Bayero Agabi as the digital influencer of the year 2022. The conferment of the award on Dr. Bayero and others is coming as the organization with a mark for providing digital literacy and harnessing women and youths across the country officially launches the High Tech Digital Institute and inaugurates its  Advisory Board Members. Speaking in Abuja during the conferment of the award on Dr. Bayero, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hi-Tech Centre, Dr. Wumi Hassan noted that Bayero with over three decades of providing digital…

The growth trajectory of an average African child is usually linear. Take Zuga, an ambitious young man who grew up in the interiors of East Africa with an adventurous mind and a love for gaming. His closest encounter with mobile games would be listening attentively to country folk discuss medieval adventures and combat series while highlighting their best characters. Intriguing as that sounded, none of the gamers’ foreign-animated heroes came close to Zuga’s beloved Kwanso and Aburi, some local characters he’d invented on his hand-made African-themed gaming board. Kwanso could stretch river beds across different countries (an adaptation he culled…

Effective software quality assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy will greatly impact the digital economy’s accelerated growth, says Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He remarked in the lead address at the first-ever Software Testing Conference in Nigeria with the theme “Impact of Software Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy”, organized by Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State. Pantami acknowledged that the importance of software in global development cannot be overemphasized hence software powers the hardware, and most of the…

A keen battle is ongoing among customers of Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant as the competition for places for the free Knowledge Weekend programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh intensifies among Konga Jara shoppers. An annual festive season sale, Konga Jara offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers but with a difference this year. The 2022 edition of the Konga Jara, which commenced on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 and will run through Tuesday, January 31, 2023, offers 12 lucky shoppers a chance to enjoy an all-expense paid weekend mentorship programme with…

Quickteller has decided to reward 200 lucky customers with N10,000 each in their eCash account on the Quickteller app over the next five days. According to the digital payments platform, powered by Interswitch, all that is needed to qualify is for users to download the Quickteller app, include the referral code of their favourite brand influencer – Destiny Etiko’s referral code is DramaDoll, while the referral code for Toyin Abraham is ToyinTitans – perform at least one transaction on Quickteller and comment the word ‘Done’ under Quickteller Christmas Promo post on the pages of the newly signed Quickteller brand influencers,…

9mobile has won this year’s Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) for its innovation in driving initiatives that solve critical societal challenges for the second consecutive time. This year’s award, which is the 16th edition was based on the 9mobile Future CEO initiative for secondary school students and is aimed at inspiring future leaders by stirring up their interest in business and leadership. This initiative provides promising future leaders the opportunity to walk in the shoes of senior business leaders. Commenting on the award, PR Lead, 9mobile, Chineze Amanfo, commended the award’s organizers for the recognition, stating that it was…

By Chukwuemeka Nzegbu Jerome Product innovation in the rapidly changing tech industry is frequently a fine balancing act that calls for a deep comprehension of consumer needs while utilising innovative technology to push boundaries. One such frontier is the revolutionary field of neuromorphic computing, which draws inspiration from the composition and operation of the human brain. Neuromorphic systems provide an avenue towards revolutionary developments in adaptable product strategies as we go to develop more AI solutions that are focused on the user. By modelling how neurons process information using artificial neural networks, neuromorphic computing aims to emulate the neural architecture…

By Eiji Ota Today, products, services, and experiences are all being swept up in the phenomenon of Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) – remote and on-demand access to any business offering provided as a service. The ‘as-a-service’ model, whereby businesses can subscribe to a service or offering without the need to pay upfront, has revolutionised B2B operations forever. It was initially introduced, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), a pioneering business model for accessing software through the cloud. SaaS helped businesses offer a standard, distributed solution at a lower cost of entry. This new model also meant that customers no longer needed to worry about large…

In a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s digital economy, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami, had meetings at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as well as a meeting at the World Bank Headquarters and another meeting with Google Corporation. During the meeting with SpaceX, which is a follow-up to the US-Africa Leaders’ Forum (USALF), which took place in Washington DC, United States of America, Prof. Pantami asked the Space X team to consider sourcing some of its engineers from Nigeria’s digital talent pool. The Minister, who was…

Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) in collaboration with Africa Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) trained young African Entrepreneurs from across Africa. The program GAIN-AFREXIMBANK Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-Africa Trade is an empowerment program. This is part of the Africa Export-Import Bank’s effort to increase the participation of African young entrepreneurs in cross-border trade and expand trading activity under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which is pivotal to the continent’s economic transformation. Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN ) is a Pan-African Non-governmental organization helping African young men and women, between 15 and 35 years, develop and harness their unique ideas, talents and…