Author: ITPulse

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…

Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics and deliveries, today announced a new partnership with the Government of Rwanda that aims to complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometers in Rwanda by 2029. Under the new partnership, Rwanda will triple its delivery volume by adding new delivery sites in rural and urban locations throughout the country and opening up Zipline’s service to other government entities. In doing so, Rwanda is bringing innovative and environmentally friendly logistics and delivery to the country, and it will be the first country in the world with the…

Adult digital world customers don’t usually engage a single isolated product alone. They engage ecosystems, tool sets, APIs, workflows, and offline touch points. Designing for those worlds requires more than pixel-perfect screens; it requires systems thinking, the ability to anticipate ripple effects, dependencies, and cross-product coherence. This is the ground where Boluwatife Sokunbi operates. His design philosophy is a blend of understanding user experience as an art and systems thinking as a science. Instead of asking “Is this screen beautiful?” he asks “How does this choice ripple through the system? Example: In building enterprise-scale platforms, Boluwatife has developed modular patterns…

TechQuest inks deal with Egypt-based ICEALEX to develop digital talents and market-ready innovative businesses across Africa. This partnership takes advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) for the collaboration between TechQuest STEM Academy, a non-profit organisation that provides education technology content, tools and resources for talent development and ICEALEX, an Egypt-based innovation hub. “The partnership will focus on supporting startups and tech talent across both countries in the areas of market readiness, market access, corporate innovation models under a twinning concept. This collaboration will see proven innovation and technology concepts adapted for West and North Africa with multi-country…

The Nigerian government has explained why it decided to embark on several initiatives aimed at upskilling and reskilling Nigerians across all walks of life. The government, while speaking through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said the decision is in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) and will provide massive employment opportunities through digital skills. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Creative Technology Programme, Phase 1 Training that focuses on business opportunities in Nigeria, Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of NITDA, explained the Creative Technology Programme is aimed at developing and retaining talents in Nigeria…

By Martin Ekpeke In the last two decades, Nigeria’s rapidly growing digital payment ecosystem has witnessed the birth of a wide array of innovations, introducing several payment platforms that have truly given the power of a king to the consumers, spurring growth and economic prosperity for all citizens. Today, with such innovations, banks, fintechs, micro-finance banks, telcos and other financial institutions are deploying financial products which speak to the needs of customers, who, from the comfort of their homes and offices, are making financial transactions without the hassles of queuing in a bank or using physical cash. Recent figures quoted…