Author: ITPulse

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…

Nigeria’s pioneer ICT journalist and chronicler, Mr. Aaron Ukodie, is set to unveil one of the most authoritative and comprehensive books on the industry. The unveiling of the book, scheduled to hold on July 7, 2022, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos, comes with a seminal discussion, under the eWorld Forum ’22,  on how to further push forward the frontiers of broadband connectivity and the consolidation of 4G and deployment of 5G networks across the country. The eWorld Forum, which started in 2009, has contributed to the formulation of the policies and strategies that have helped the growth of the…

It is Sellerbration time as Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading tech and lifestyle products distributor, TD Africa marks its 23 years of leadership in the ICT distribution segment. TD Africa yesterday Sunday, May 15, 2022, turned 23. To celebrate the anniversary, the management of TD Africa is rolling out the drums its partner ecosystem for their loyalty and dedication to the brand with an exclusive discount sale offering unmatched deals and mouth-watering prices on a wide range of products from TD Africa’s massive bouquet. Products on offer cut across Computing, Printing/Supplies, Power, Software and Consumer Electronics business units. Sellerbration, which kicks off…

Following speculations, last week that Zinox Group is about to acquire Jumia, the shares of the pan-African e-commerce firm, moved up by 14.81 percent trading at $5.89 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on Friday, May 13, 2022. The spike came after investors increased their buying interest in the firm after a series of trending media reports suggested that Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh may be seriously considering an acquisition of Jumia after quietly ramping up shares in the business. Although there has been no formal confirmation or denial of Mr. Ekeh’s interest in Jumia…

By Dorotea Vatavuk With constantly changing customer behaviour and expectations, today’s customer journey can be complex, spanning many different points of contact across various engagement channels. However, for many traditional companies, much-needed digital transformation is still an ongoing and long-term process, meaning that communication remains siloed, with no single view of the customer. So, while enterprises continue to pursue their digitisation goals, the traditional contact centre remains the primary point of contact for their customers. Unfortunately, more often than not, contacting a customer service centre is a frustrating experience that falls short of meeting customer expectations. Customers usually have to…

By Darijan Boskovic Africa holds huge economic potential – in almost every area – and the continent’s youthful population structure represents tremendous opportunity within the modern digital era. But this calls for the continent to prioritise digitally-enabled socioeconomic growth. There are plenty of opportunities for digital-native brands in Africa, which by their nature, are positioned to sidestep many of the continent’s historical challenges, including infrastructure deficit, low levels of financial inclusion and a lack of access to information. Digital natives are typically more cost-efficient. They have agility and flexibility, require minimal infrastructure, can be borderless and operate free of time…