Author: ITPulse

African Data Hub (ADH) is continuing its Community Journalism Fellowship Programme by announcing the Call for Applications for its second Cohort. This initiative aims to improve the coverage of under-reported issues in local communities across Nigeria, paying special attention to potential solutions with lasting impact on effective public service delivery, grassroots development and improving the quality of life. Community journalism holds the key to bridging the wide gap between Nigeria’s urban and rural areas with news, information, education and development, as most of the issues are underreported by the mainstream media, community journalists often turn the spotlight on them. This fellowship program, already underway with its first cohort, is supporting community journalists with grants, capacity development…

Infobip, a global company with cloud communications expertise has sealed a partnership with Microsoft by leveraging its WhatsApp and SMS channels to help businesses to deepen customer relationships, increase loyalty and boost sales. The partnership follows Infobip’s deployment of its Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) on Microsoft Azure last year, adding its omnichannel capabilities to Microsoft’s platforms. The integration helps businesses communicate with their customers over their preferred channel to improve the customer experience and boost sales.  Speaking on the partnership, Veselin Vuković, VP of Strategic Partnership at Infobip, said: “The evolution of our collaboration with Microsoft demonstrates our commitment to ensure…

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the relaunch of the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) identity card will aid proper identification and traceability of Lagos residents, which ultimately will help inform the Government’s planning and provision of social services. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this at the relaunch event held two days ago at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos also said the card is also known as LAG ID is important to improve the security of lives and properties within the state and drive the upward mobility of residents. “The LAG ID is a smart multi-purpose card that…

Ericsson has announced the appointment of Hossam Kandeel as Vice President and Head of Global Customer Unit MTN and Customer Unit MTN Africa effective 21 July 2022. Hossam will lead a high-performing technologies and services team that promises to deliver exceptional value towards MTN Ambition 2025 while enabling positive change across society. Being with Ericsson for nearly two decades, Hossam has held leadership positions across various practices including government and industry relations, strategy and marketing, business solutions, sales, and operational excellence. Through insightful engagements, he developed a successful business, financial, and operational key performance indicators (KPIs) and enhanced staff engagement…

As a way of telling its customers that we are grateful for the support and patronage, Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading payment technology companies and its global partner, ACI Worldwide hosted its customers in Nigeria for a breakfast session tagged ACI Customer Day in Lagos. At the event with the theme ‘Driving Modernisation of payment Infrastructure in Africa’, Jonas Adams, Managing Director, Interswitch noted that the essence of the event is to help drive stakeholder engagement bonds with its biggest customers, which are the banks, fintechs and the government. He explained that the partnership between Interswitch and ACI Worldwide has…

Stanley Anigbogu, a 22-year-old student from Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria has been included in the top 50 shortlist for the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2022, an annual $100,000 award to be given to one exceptional student that has made a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers and on society beyond. Stanley, who is currently studying Multimedia Development on full scholarship at The National School of Applied Sciences, Kenitra, Morocco, was selected from almost 7,000 nominations and applications from 150 countries. The Varkey Foundation partnered with Chegg.org to launch the annual Global Student Prize last year, a sister award to…

A new cross-operational unit tagged Sophos X-Ops, which links SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and Sophos AI has been launched by Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity. The launch of the 3-legged Sophos X-Ops will help organizations better defend against constantly changing and increasingly complex cyberattacks, as it leverages the predictive, real-time, real-world, and deeply researched threat intelligence from each group, which, in turn, collaborates to deliver stronger, more innovative protection, detection and response capabilities. Speaking on the launch of the service, Joe Levy, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Sophos, noted that modern cybersecurity is becoming a highly interactive team…

9Payment Service Bank (9PSB) and SeerBit, a pan-African enterprise payment platform, have entered into a strategic partnership to facilitate seamless access to financial services for individuals and businesses in Nigeria. 9PSB and SeerBit will co-create a seamless payment and omnichannel banking ecosystem that aggregates and simplifies transactions for banking agents, merchants, end consumers, and businesses. This partnership creates a unique opportunity to deploy a home-grown solution that sets out a roadmap for the digitisation of payments and enables the ecosystem to close the financial exclusion gap. Speaking on the partnership, Branka Mracajac, CEO of 9PSB remarked that 9PSB is committed…

Payment technology and card business operator, Verve International has signed Ivorian-based eCommerce and merchant aggregator, CinetPay into the Verve ecosystem, the Chief Executive Officer CEO of Verve International, Vincent Ogbunude said in a statement. “We are pleased to welcome CinetPay to the Verve network – the next in a series of strategic African FinTech partners we are welcoming into our network. As the leading pan-African payment scheme, our focus remains to rapidly expand and deepen our network by partnering with FinTech companies, switches, processors, banks, merchant aggregators, and regulators. CinetPay is one of such partners and we look forward to…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a grant to Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) to train two hundred young African entrepreneurs on entrepreneurship and intra-African trade over a three-month period starting July 2022. The GAIN-Afreximbank Masterclass on Entrepreneurship and Intra-African Trade is a three-month programme designed to equip participants from across the continent with the skills to grow and expand their businesses across borders. The participants will also gain key insights on existing business opportunities while developing trade finance management skills, integral for building partnerships that leverage the opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). A faculty of experts…