Author: ITPulse

A partnership that would lead to the rapid transformation of African Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and indigenous knowledge into products and services for the socio-political and economic benefit of Africans is underway. The partnership proposed by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) and the support of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA) would ensure a common platform to share scientific knowledge between South African and Nigerian Researchers leading to the enhanced scientific and socio-economic development of Africa. Receiving a delegation from AISA led by the Director…

The staff of MTN Nigeria and the telecom company’s partners have leveraged this year’s Y’ello Care initiative to upskill local communities across Nigeria to help boost economic activities. The 21 Days of Y’ello Care is an annual employee volunteerism program for MTN staff to volunteer their resources (time, financial and skills) to empower local communities across Nigeria through capacity building and other forms of empowerment. This year’s theme centered on “Empowering Communities to Drive Economic Recovery.” MTN staff and partners organized several financial inclusion and empowerment programmes for women, youth and children within various communities. They also did employability training,…

By Nosa Iyamu Africa has long been touted as the continent with the most growth potential when it comes to tech and innovation. Many African countries are building their own equivalents of Silicon Valley and tech companies from all across the world have been setting up offices and launching themselves into markets across the continent. And in addition to growing their customer bases, these companies are also committing to making affecting change in Africa. Here’s how. They are Investing in communities and equipping people to become entrepreneurs. Last year Airbnb announced a three-year commitment to South Africa to address barriers…

The 70 percent national broadband target set by the Nigerian government before 2025 may be achieved considering the recent data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that the country’s broadband penetration moved from 40.9 percent in February 2022 to 44.5 percent in July 2022. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at the beginning of a three-day public inquiry on five telecom regulations and guidelines in Abuja, said the increase in broadband penetration is a good omen for Nigeria’s broadband and digital economy pursuit. He believes that such growth will help to accommodate emerging…

In theory, feature flags are a developer’s utopia: light switches that allow teams to test in prod, run experiments safely, and deploy continuously without fear. However, when amplified, they become a poisonous source of hidden technical debt, introducing conditionality into codebases and transforming clean architecture into complex, conditional webs. For today’s engineering organizations, especially those that release many times a day, good feature flag management isn’t nice to have; it’s a requirement for software hygiene. The issue isn’t the feature flags themselves but their management long after their initial purpose. A simple true/false toggle can become a hard fork of…

As part of its efforts at promoting trans-regional trade and development between Nigeria and China, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has decided to host what it tagged as a 2-day Africa China Trade Expo starting tomorrow 10 and 11 August 2022. The conference and expo with the theme “Synergy For Growth’ is hybrid and would feature a panel discussion, masterclasses on trade, a presentation on the Stanbic IBTC Africa China Trade Solutions and a fully virtual exhibition. According to a statement, the conference is geared at providing insights and opportunities for participants, noting that the…

The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the telecom sector’s cyber security incidence centre set up by the  Nigerian Communications Commission has identified a new malware, HiddenAds, which has infiltrated Google Play Store that can impact device performance and jeopardize users’ privacy. CSIRT in an advisory released yesterday, classified the virus, first identified by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, as high in probability and damage potential, warning Nigerians that the malware infiltrated the Google Play Store in the form of several device cleaners or optimization apps. “Upon installation, it can run malicious services without the user opening the app. It…

Three students who participated in the InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition, have shown outstanding academic performance at the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by emerging top10 out of the over 1.7 million students who wrote the 2022 examination. A statement issued by Interswitch noted that Adebayo Eyimofe, a semi-finalist in the third edition of the InterswitchSPAK competition and a student of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, had the highest national score of 362 out of 400 in the UTME. Two other top InterswitchSPAK 3.0 contestants, Ayo Olumide-Attah of St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Lagos emerged 6th with a total score of…

Several activities have been lined up for the fifth edition of Verve Life, Africa’s biggest fitness party tagged Verve Life 5.0, which is powered by Africa’s leading payment cards and digital tokens brand, Verve. According to the organizer, ahead of the grand finale on November 5th at Landmark Event Centre, Verve is hosting a series of satellite events across major cities in the country.  The Verve Life satellite events train will take off from Uyo on August 13th where the fitness party powered by Verve will take place at Emerald Event Centre, Edet Akpan Avenue, Uyo. The fitness train will…

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Backbone Limited, Prof. Muhammad Abubakar as part of the National Information Communications Technology Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) phase II project, recently inspected the ongoing laying of fibre Optic cables linking Gombe to Yobe. The project will enhance the Network Communications experience around the North Eastern part of the country. Also, as part of initiatives to expand digital infrastructure reach across the country and ensure that Galaxy Backbone Network Communications spread, the Professor inspected the drainage construction work going on at the North East Regional Office of Galaxy Backbone in Gombe. Recall that…