Author: ITPulse

Quickteller has sealed a partnership deal with Activate Success International Foundation (ASIF) to train members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the development of various skillsets that will ultimately, prepare them for their post-NYSC endeavours. The initiative, conducted on a periodic basis under the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) was created by the NYSC. It forms part of a series of orientation exercises designed to empower the streams of youths who transition through the service programme. Quickteller’s partnership with ASIF is geared towards youth development and empowerment, as beneficiary members will be armed with educative and informative…

The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited, last week in Lagos, South-West Nigeria engaged various stakeholders ahead of the launch of the second communications satellite to be known as NigComSat-2. Giving her speech, the Managing Director/CEO of NIGCOMSAT, Dr. Abimbola Alale, stated the essence of the one-day stakeholders’ engagement forum with the theme ‘‘NIGCOMSAT: The Road Map for Enhanced Service Delivery,’ is to get inputs from industry players on the desired services needed from the NigComSat-2. “The essence of today’s engagement is to rub minds on the area of service delivery especially as we plan to launch our second communication satellite.…

Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company has recommended through its Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team five ways to keep Operational Technology (OT) computers protected from various threats. The five ways are:  Conducting regular security assessments of OT systems to identify and eliminate possible cyber security issues. Establishing continuous vulnerability assessment and triage as a base for effective vulnerability management process. Dedicated solutions like Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity may become an efficient assistant and a source of unique actionable information, not fully available to the public. Performing timely updates for the key components of the enterprise’s OT network;…

Attacks on the industrial control systems (ICS) environment between January – September 2022 in the META region increased by 38percent, Kaspersky Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team has revealed. The report noted that from January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means. In the META region, malicious objects were blocked on 38% of ICS computers in the region that were protected by Kaspersky solutions. According to Kaspersky ICS CERT statistics, the share of ICS computers with blocked malicious objects stands at 31,8% globally with APT attacks on industrial systems expected…

As the second edition of the Telecoms Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) gathers momentum, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Wireless Technology Labs, IMBIL Telecom among many others are billed to drive discussions on Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) License in Nigeria. The conference organised by Business Remarks, which will hold physically and online on Tuesday 29th of November, 2022 at CITIHeight Hotel, Ikeja Lagos is themed “Creating Awareness and Ensuring Sustainability of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Nigeria’s 5G Ecosystem”. The event, according to the organisers seeks to bring together stakeholders within the Nigerian telecoms space to deliberate on the…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta will set the tone as the keynote speaker at the upcoming second edition of the Telecom Sector Sustainability Forum (TSSF) scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 29th of November 2022 at CITIHeight Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. The event organised by Business Remarks which is themed “Creating Awareness and Ensuring Sustainability of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Nigeria’s 5G Ecosystem” seeks to address the growth opportunities, hurdles and how these present realities will shape the Nigerian telecommunications sector. Recall the Nigeria telecom regulator, NCC has announced that the…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has been scheduled to preside over the award of contracts for the provision of broadband infrastructure for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), as well as for tertiary and higher institutions of learning across the six geopolitical zones of the country. A statement from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Reuben Mouka, stated that the event will take place on Thursday this week with the commencement of landmark broadband initiatives to be implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission. According to the statement, the…

The Zoho CRM is an essential product for businesses that are desirous of recording huge sales, scaling, and optimizing their business processes, Mr. Kehinde Ogundare, Country Manager, Zoho Technologies Limited disclosed. Ogundare, who disclosed this recently while making a presentation at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0) held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos, explained that CRM (Customer relationship management) is a technology application for managing all of a business organisation’s relationships and interactions with customers and potential customers. Ogundare said that the Zoho CRM can be used in different ways, including using it as a customer relationship management tool that…

The 2023 threat report released by Sophos indicates that the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the expansion of cybercrime-as-a-service.  The report, which was released yesterday also addresses how ransomware remains one of the greatest cybercrime threats to organizations with operators innovating their extortion tactics, as well as how demand for stolen credentials continues to grow. It stated that criminal underground marketplaces like Genesis have long made it possible to buy malware and malware deployment services (“malware-as-a-service”), as well as to…

The Africa Development Bank and African Union Commission have Signed $9.73 million grant agreement to implement Phase 1 of the Upstream Project for Digital Market Development in Africa and ultimately, drive digital market development in the continent. The signing ceremony, which took place recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was signed by AUC Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals, Ambassador Albert M. Muchanga, and the African Development Bank’s Deputy Director General for the East Africa Region, Abul B. Kamara. The African Development Bank’s board of directors approved the grant of 7 million Units of Account ($ 9.73 million)…