Author: ITPulse

Nigeria’s telecom service provider, 9mobile has said the essence of holding a Capacity Building workshop for journalists is to support media professionals in a way that will help them to optimize and monetise their content. The virtual capacity building workshop, which was widely attended by practitioners across the country from both print and online news platforms has the theme: “Publishing: Monetizing Your Digital Content”, and was facilitated by Tricia Olufemi-Olumide (Tricia Biz). In her presentation, Olufemi-Olumide stressed the need for content creators, particularly journalists who intend to monetize their content online to be deliberate and strategic in their approach. According…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has assured stakeholders that the huge bandwidth capacity from the Equiano subsea cable that was launched last week in Lagos will be transmitted across Nigeria. The NCC Boss, who gave the assurance at the commissioning of the Google-owned Equiano Subsea Cable, noted that transmitting the capacity across the country is in keeping with the provisions of the digital economy policy being implemented by the government in collaboration with all stakeholders. “We want to assure you of the  Commission’s commitment towards ensuring that the huge bandwidth capacity from…

Some stakeholders have agreed that emerging technologies such as Blockchain could serve as a bedrock of economic innovation and growth of the Nigerian economy. The stakeholders are drawn from the academia, the public sector and enthusiasts of technology for development, who gathered at a recently-organized two-day workshop by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in Abuja, also highlighted the benefits derivable from Blockchain. First to speak is the NCC’s Director, New Media and Information Security, Dr. Haru Al-Hassan, who delivered the opening speech at the event, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta He noted…

ipNX, one of Nigeria’s Internet Service Providers has told the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its plans to expand its operations in Nigeria, in a manner that will heighten the role of the telecom sector in the growth of the Nigerian economy. The management of ipNX led by its Group Managing Director, Ejovi Aror, who was on a courtesy visit to the Commission’s headquarters yesterday, also notified the Commission that the operation of the company has come to a critical juncture, where it is happy to migrate from the stage where it is now to a more strategic stage where…

The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) has adopted new practice standards for its members at the 2022 Annual General Meeting in Lagos recently. The AGM also witnessed the re-election of Mr. Israel Opayemi, Managing Director/Chief Strategist of Chain Reactions Africa, as the President to pilot the association’s affairs for the next two years. The PRCAN Practice Standards 2022 (PSP), which is set to be made public any moment from now, was initially drafted at the association’s Annual CEOs Retreat at EPE earlier in the year and formally presented for adoption by members at the 2022 AGM. The new…

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SHAREit Group, a global technology company, has announced that its digital content sharing and streaming app SHAREit, has been ranked No.4 media source globally in volume and power rankings in non-gaming categories and No.7 in all categories on the In-App purchases (IAP) index, marking another growth milestone. It has also ranked at No.8 on the global retention index across all categories for driving huge volumes. Besides these, SHAREit Group also jumped to higher rankings in gaming categories on the Retention and In-App purchases index globally. The rankings are provided by AppsFlyer, a marketing measurement and experience platform, which released the…

The landing and unveiling of the Google-owned Equiano Subsea Cable from Lisbon in Portugal to Lagos Nigeria and other landing stations in Swakopmund, Namibia and Cape Town, South Africa will accelerate Nigeria’s government’s pursuit of a fully digital economy. This is because Equiano will be the first subsea cable to incorporate optical switching at the fiber-pair level, rather than the other traditional approach of wavelength-level switching. This singular feature that comes with the Equiano Cable will greatly simplify the allocation of cable capacity, giving the flexibility to add and reallocate it in different locations as needed. In fact, Equiano will…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has re-emphasized the need for Nigerians, especially the youths to create more time acquiring skills and not just paper qualifications. The Minister, who was speaking at an event organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to join the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s United Nations (UN) World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID), argued that priority and preference are no more given to the class of degree but the innovative ideas one is able to graduate with. “The approach today is that when a student gets…

As part of efforts to accelerate Nigeria’s 5G and Next Generation Networks deployment, Nigeria and the United State of America through the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), will next week host a 2-day virtual workshop on 5G and Next Generation Networks. The workshop, according to the organiser will convene public and private sector leaders from the United States and Nigeria to identify the technologies and solutions that can accelerate Nigeria’s 5G and Next Generation Networks. Participants will hear about the latest trends and technologies for connectivity, spectrum management, 5G deployment and security, as well as best practices for ICT…