Author: ITPulse

The organizer of the Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs and Executives in Tech Summit (WEETS) has disclosed that the objective of this year’s edition is to empower women and girls to thrive in the digital economy being championed by the Nigerian government. In a statement in Lagos, the organizer, TECHLife Media & Communications specifically said this is why the theme of the event, which is scheduled to take place on September 15th at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos is ‘Reskilling Women & Girls to Thrive in the Digital Economy.’ Quoting Ugochi Emmanuel, Event Coordinator, the statement said the central objective of Nigerian…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the regulator of Nigeria’s burgeoning telecommunications sector; Africa Data Centre, a trusted partner to local and global enterprises for rapid and secure data centre services and interconnections in Africa, Zoho, leading multinational technology and web-based business tools solutions provider and IHS, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world are among organisations that have confirmed participation in Pan African Digital Initiatives Summit and Exhibition (PADISE) 2022.   The August event with the theme: “Leveraging Right Policies & Technologies in Taming Insecurity & Cyber-Threats” is scheduled for Thursday and Friday,…

If you want to feel powerful and influential in the workplace, you should always focus on what you can control. Most employees focus on what they can’t control as such remain in what I call Economic Slavery. One of such things that you can’t control is job security. You may have done a great job yesterday doesn’t mean you have a lifetime job. Things may happen overnight that will cost you your job the next. Most employers are loyal to their business more than they are to their employees. They can retrench to protect their business. Employees who operate in…

In its bid to ensure growth, experts in the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) industry have called out to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for more governmental support and more advocacy from its umbrella body, the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) as over 568 ISPs licensees becomes inactive. This call was made during the panel session at the Telecoms Sector Sustainability Forum organized by Business Remarks media platform held on Thursday, July 4 2022 in Lagos State. Expressing his views, the Chief Executive Officier of Dotmac Technologies, Mr Micheal Ayoade tasked ATCON for more advocacy as regards issues militating…

A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims, has alerted the public to the hacking of his personal account with the username – CE Ozims – on the social networking site, Facebook, while calling for extra vigilance among members of the public over potential unscrupulous activities that may arise from the compromised account by the suspected hacker(s). He made this known in a disclaimer emailed to 1st News on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in the wake of the incident. The disclaimer reads as follows:‘ I, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims, hereby wish to notify the general public as well as my…

Response Architects, operators of ShopEX, has teamed up with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intellectual backbone of Alibaba Group, under an exclusive agreement to launch an African Livestream shopping platform, Penda, in major markets including Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Leveraging on the successful launch of ShopEX’s teleshopping model, Penda will provide an end-to-end payment and fulfillment solution for vendors’ live streaming across Africa. The platform’s architecture will enable merchants, influencers, and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to create and host their Livestream events to launch products, feature demos, and interact with customers in real-time. In-app purchasing will allow seamless payment…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has licensed 756 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as of March 2022, out of which 188 ISPs are active, This is even as it argued that the National Policy on Digitization as well as the National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 can only be facilitated through Internet Service Provision. The NCC, who disclosed this at the Telecoms Sector Sustainability Forum, organized by Business Remarks at the City Height Hotel in Lagos last week, also noted that total subscribers for data services in Nigeria as of February 2022 stood at 144, 059,086. Giving a keynote address at…

The former Vice President, under the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo democratic government, (1999-2007), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday in Lagos win an award as Nigeria Digital Prosperity Enabler for championing the liberalization of the Telecom Sector at the eWorld Forum, organized by EWorld magazine. The Waziri Adamawa and presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party ( PDP), also at the forum, where a book titled ‘Nigeria Drivers of Digital Prosperity’, was launched acknowledged the role he played as that administration’s Head of the Economy in ensuring that the ICT sector is set on a sound foundation to flourish. He pledged to continue…

Having shipped 73.6 million smartphones, representing 23.4percent of global smartphone shipments, Samsung has been rated as the most successful smartphone in the first quarter of 2022. According to Bankless Times analysis, the Samsung shipment volume is the largest volume from any Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in the quarter.  “Samsung is renowned for creating attractive and innovative products that meet consumer needs. It has established a leadership position in the smartphone market due to its long-term strategy focusing on low and mid-tier models. In addition, its focus on end-user experience allows it to deliver a wide range of differentiated products generating…

An ESG study, ‘SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR’* commissioned by Kaspersky, has revealed that almost three-in-four (70%) respondent organisations struggle to keep up with the volume of alerts generated by security analytics tools. This results in a lack of resources for important strategic tasks and leads organisations towards process automation and outsourcing.  Thus, to streamline the work of a SOC and avoid alert fatigue, Kaspersky suggests enterprises check the following advice: Organise work shifts in your SOC to avoid overworking staff and ensure all key tasks are distributed across people: monitoring, investigation, IT architecture and engineering, administration and…