Author: ITPulse

In a bid to expand its operations to North Africa, Nigeria-based Autochek has decided to acquire KIFAL Auto, Morocco’s leading automotive technology startup. This acquisition, industry watchers and analysts believe is the first major expansion of a West Africa-based startup into North Africa. Making the announcement in a press statement, Etop Ikpe, CEO and co-founder of Autochek said the acquisition will facilitate effective Pan-African collaboration to drive innovation across the continent’s growing automotive market. “From my first interaction with Nizar and his team at KIFAL Auto, I was so impressed by their passion for delivering effective solutions and their commitment…

A new GSMA report has revealed that 49 mobile telecom operators representing 62 percent of the industry by revenue have now committed to rapidly cutting emissions over the next decade. The report noted that this is despite double-digit growth in data traffic and 5g expansions. This represents an increase of 18 operators since 2020, despite the challenges of Covid-19. In addition, 50% of mobile network operators by revenue have now committed to net-zero targets by 2050 or earlier. According to the report, operators successfully limited the increase in carbon emissions to 2% on average in 2021. Investment in more energy-efficient…

Dominated by digital games spend, the value of end-user spend on digital goods via carrier billing will exceed $74 billion by 2026; up from $54 billion in 2022 According to a new study from Juniper Research, this growth of over 37% reflects the increasing relevance of carrier billing as an option for digital commerce spending. Direct carrier billing involves users charging payments for digital and physical goods to their mobile phone bills. The new research, Carrier Billing: Opportunities, Challenges & Market Forecasts 2022-2026, found that gaming spending will account for just over 50% of digital goods spend via carrier billing…

The chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Engr. Gbenga Adebayo would be reviewing the latest book in the industry, entitled ‘Sagacity of a digital revolution’ authored by the award-winning journalist, Remmy Nweke. Adebayo, according to Remmy Nweke, would on Thursday, June 9, 2022, would share his thoughts as the reviewer at the book public presentation and formal launch slated to hold at the prestigious Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos, as a sideline event of the 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development with the theme: ‘5G: Enthroning Internet Governance for Digital…

The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has launched multiple new gaming products at the For Those Who Dare: Boundless virtual event. The new launches include two high-performance ROG Strix and ROG Flow gaming laptops, a series of new bags and apparel from ROG Slash, the Team ROG initiative and a standalone first-person parkour game for ROG Citadel XV. Speaking at the unveiling, ASUS declares that the ROG is dedicated to giving gamers the best technology, products and experiences possible, and the For Those Who Dare: Boundless event is a continuation of that commitment. All the gaming products launched have the…

As Africa’s rapidly evolving fintech space continues to grow, the landscape will witness the emergence of innovative solutions and platforms that further ease payment for goods and services. However, going forward we foresee that select solutions – including the five highlighted below, will play a greater role in shaping the ecosystem. The five solutions, recently designed and unveiled by Interswitch, Africa’s pioneer electronic payment provider, are Biometric Authentication Solution, Card Fusion, Secure Tokenisation, Quickteller Business and Smart PoS. These solutions were unveiled at the company’s TechConnect event which was held at the prestigious Oriental Hotel in Lagos and is expected…

Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), an arm of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to take extra security precautions by hardening their cyber defenses and performing due diligence in identifying indicators of malicious activity that could affect their networks, assets and critical national infrastructure.  This call follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where cyberattacks on businesses and government organizations have grown, with the possibility of spillover cyberattacks against non-primary targets becoming far more frequent. CERRT believes that there is a greater danger for countries doing business in or with these countries’…

Courtesy of the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), four Nigerian startups stand a chance to win $20,000 at this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. These startups emerged from a shortlist of 40 startups after over 500 applications submitted by Nigerian startups at the just concluded GITEX GLOBAL NORTHSTAR ROADSHOW STARTUP EVENT which is aimed at giving opportunities to indigenous startups to pitch their products and services. The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) will fully sponsor four startups out of the 10 that emerged tops to attend GITEX, which are the first and…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said the appointment of Prof. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as the Chairman of the 2022 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is well deserved. According to a statement signed by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Danbatta described the choice of Prof. Pantami by ITU as a worthy recognition of Nigeria’s leadership role in the global digital economy ecosystem. He noted that Nigeria has continued to hold a front-row seat in the promotion…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians that hackers have come up with new tactics to hack vehicles with Andriod trojan apps, stressing that the ongoing cyber-vulnerability allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start the engines wirelessly and make away with the cars. In a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the telecom regulator noted that the fact that car remotes are categorized as short-range devices and make use of radiofrequency (RF) to lock and unlock cars informed the need for the Commission to alert the general public on this emergent danger, where…