Author: ITPulse

The 2022 edition of the International Girls in ICT Day campaign being organized in Nigeria by eBusiness Life Communication Limited will hold on Thursday, May 12 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, the organisser announced in a statement. The statement signed by Mrs. Ufuoma Emuophedaro, Chief Executive Officer of eBusiness Life Communication, also disclosed that Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be leading other stakeholders to the event, which is part of an annual campaign initiated by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to sensitise and encourage young women and girls to delve into ICT and related careers. According…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured telecom subscribers that while there could be justifiable reasons for Mobile Network Operators’ demand for tariff increase for calls and SMS, the regulator is not yielding to their proposal now. In a statement signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, the Commission stated that contrary to MNOs’ agitation to increase tariffs for voice and Short Messaging Services (SMS) by a certain percentage, there are no cost-based and empirical studies to align with the MNOs and determine appropriate cost. “For the avoidance of any doubt, and contrary to MNOs’ agitation to…

The Executive Director of Open Cities Lab (OCL), Richard Gever and Project Lead of Africa Data Hub, Sarah Findlay, last month paid a visit to the Orodata Science team in Lagos with a view to mapping out the next phase of the Africa Data Hub project and also developing business partnership ideas. The OCL team was received by the Executive Director of Orodata, Blaise Aboh, with other executives and the team at their Yaba Office. For the last two years, Open Cities Lab and Orodata Science have worked closely on the African Data Hub, a reputable project and up-to-date source…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has posited that effective reportage from the media is key to the growth of the Nigerian telecom industry. Prof. Danbatta, while speaking during a training session for journalists under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA), Abuja Chapter, believes that to expect effective reporting, the media needs to be abreast of emerging developments in the telecom industry, in order to ensure the general public receives contextual, interpretive and illuminating reporting of telecom matters. “Given the dynamic nature of the digital space and its impact…

Out of the global 1.35 billion registered mobile money accounts, Sub-Saharan Africa stands the highest with a whopping 605 million accounts over and above other regions with $403 billion in transactions value as at end of 2021, MoneyTransfers.com has reported. Sub-Saharan Africa is followed by East Asia & Pacific with 328 million accounts, South Asia with 283 million accounts and the Middle East & North Africa with 59 million accounts, while Latin America & Caribbean and Europe & Central Asia have 49 and 22 million accounts respectively. This growth in mobile money adoption represents an 18% increase from 2020 when…

The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has said the priority of the organization is to ensure organizations comply with the provisions of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation and not necessarily for the sake of sanctions. The National Commissioner of NDPB, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, who disclosed this during a working visit to the Managing Director of the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT), Dr. Abimbola Alale and her management team at the Space Agency’s Headquarters in Abuja, said he wants a situation, where organisations make it a culture and compliance by default. “The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau is not out for sanctions but…

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has been awarded the “Leadership Excellence and Economic Impact Award” by the African Leadership Organisation (ALO), ), publishers of The African Leadership Magazine. The award was given to the NCC’s boss at the ALO’s annual Africa Legislative, Legal and Good Governance Conference which took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja recently. Presenting the award to Danbatta, the Chairman of ALO, Dr. Ken Giami, emphasised that in keeping with the organization’s tradition of celebrating African excellence and achievement, it has continued to showcase the bright sides of the continent’s success stories by giving recognition to deserving individuals. One of such individuals,…

The need to restate its commitment to the growing community of tech enthusiasts in Nigeria has led to the sponsorship of the Lagos Localhost Meetup held as a hybrid event on April 30, 2022, Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company has said. Through its sponsorship of the event themed, ‘Building to Scale’, the African technology payments giant consolidated its investment in the Nigerian tech ecosystem and showcased its support by providing its robust Application Programming Interface (API) infrastructure at no cost to all interested developers at the meetup. The event serves as a community-building platform for tech…

Barring any disruption, Konga Food, the online food delivery arm of Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant, Konga, is set to formally go live on Monday, May 9, 2022. With the unveiling, the company assured that Konga Food is eminently positioned to toe the path of other thriving subsidiaries in the Konga Group by offering Nigerian food lovers more options and better service while improving customer satisfaction with its unique offerings. “Having undergone a pilot phase which saw its offerings subjected to rigorous testing, all is now set for Nigerians to experience the power of the Konga Food revolution,” it announced via…

Data presented by the TradingPlatform has shown that the global value of the top 100 Fintech is $2.8T and will approach the $3trillion mark soon. According to the data, Visa and Mastercard lead the pack with a market cap of almost $478 billion and $368 billion respectively.  Chinese Ant Financial, or Ant Group, comes in third with a market valuation of 312 billion dollars. Commenting on the data, Tradingplatform.com’s Edith Reads said. “The Fintech industry has grown from strength to strength. The sector is becoming popular daily. Despite the world’s economic breakdowns, the sector is surging. With little fine-tuning on…