Author: ITPulse

The management of Simba TVS has extended its operations to Enugu and Asaba by unveiling the TVS King Deluxe Plus iTouch, the latest version of its innovative three-wheeler vehicles. This is coming after its launch in Lagos in December last year and is in furtherance of the organisation’s efforts to enhance last-mile commute for Nigerians and boost the earnings of keke operators. Speaking at the ceremony in Enugu, Rana Sandeep, Regional Business Manager, South-East at Simba Group, revealed that “PLUS” means more convenience, more comfort, more earnings and more security, stressing that the TVS King Deluxe Plus iTouch will ensure…

As part of an effort to recognize finance-focused journalism and reward press reportage, OnePipe has decided to launch a press writing challenge for Nigerian Journalists with three of them going home with N1million each at the end of the challenge. According to the fintech API Company, the prized challenge is part of the company’s efforts to promote and inspire more educational reporting and writing with particular emphasis on enhancing the awareness and understanding of embedded finance. “OnePipe aims to foster a deeper understanding of the importance of embedded finance in improving customer experience and satisfaction; while emphasizing the value of…

The Nigerian government through the Nigerian Communications Communications (NCC) is presently in possession of $563.1 million from the payment of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence by MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has confirmed. MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited paid $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license. MTN also paid an additional $15.9 million, being the bidding sum it offered at the assignment state of the spectrum auction, making it clinch its preferred Lot 1 (3500-3600 Megahertz-MHz) in the 3.5Ghz spectrum, making the total…

Synology today announced the Beta release of DiskStation Manager 7.1, giving system admins a chance to test out the expanded functionality. DSM 7.1 builds further on the massive platform upgrade introduced with DSM 7.0 and introduces many innovative enhancements designed to address IT challenges. “DSM 7.1 is an important evolution for one of the most widely used data management platforms in the industry,” System Product Management team manager Shamrock Ko said. “Building on the solid foundation we set with 7.0, we can now focus on addressing the more specific challenges that our customers identify during their day-to-day use of the…

TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading distributor of tech, lifestyle and cutting-edge solutions is set to host over 200 female entrepreneurs on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 (International Women’s Day) as part of a project tagged The Herwakening, an initiative aimed at empowering female entrepreneurs. The session holds at 11 am at the imposing Yudala Heights located at 13 Idowu Martins, Victoria Island. Among the participants expected to attend both physically and online are budding female entrepreneurs, as well as start-ups and small and medium business owners. Interested participants are required to register to attend physically or online via the Registration Page:…

One of the world’s chat commerce leaders, Clickatell has secured a whopping $91million funding to expand into the United State of America market and same time activate its product. Announcing this in a statement, the company that powers businesses to connect, interact and transact with consumers anytime, anywhere in chat said the funding was sourced from Arrowroot Capital, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Endeavor Global and Harvest, making them their investors. The statement noted that Clickatell, which has delivered double-digit profitable growth for several years, will use the Series C capital to scale and expand three key…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has challenged technology startups in Nigeria to leverage existing federal government policies to game their games in the tech ecosystem. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos yesterday when he met with some tech startups in Lagos, also urged the tech-savvy Nigerian youths to take ownership of existing policies to further consolidate and enhance the success of the ecosystem. Meanwhile, at the interactive session organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was themed; Fostering an Enabling Environment for Start-up Growth, the Minister disclosed that the objective of the…

Microsoft Africa Development Center, the premier engineering center for Microsoft is organizing a free virtual event as part of its ADC’s user group series themed Azure Developers Connect for Developers and Software Engineers in Africa scheduled to hold on the 24th of February, 2022. The event which would be held virtually is targeted at Azure user groups & communities, developers, engineers, working professionals; Tech communities in West Africa and Kenya in a bid to expose them to the many capabilities of Azure for building next-gen apps and driving global transformation as a developer or software engineer in Africa. Microsoft Azure…

The latest Allianz Economic Outlook report has revealed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by 2.3 percent, even as the report disclosed that Africa will register mild growth in 2022 (+3.5%). This is coming as the report also noted that Africa was the slowest growing region in 2021, occasioned by the fact vaccination rates remain very low (32% in the overall continent but only 4% in Sub-Saharan Africa) According to the report, GDP growth expectations for other countries on the continent are as follows: Senegal (6.1%), Kenya (5.6%), Ivory Coast (5.5%), Ghana (5.4%), Egypt (4.6%), Mozambique (4.6%), Namibia…

Foremost information technology company,21st Century Technologies Limited has struck a new deal with Germany-based energy company, Siemens Energy to build a 2 X 10MW SGT 400 turbine power plant for its data centre facilities. The turbine plant will be stationed at 21st Century’s Data centres sited in Ikeja and Lekki, Lagos. According to the ICT company, the power project which will be ready for installation and commissioning by Q4 2022, will run on gas, diesel and hydrogen, to complement other sustainable energy sources on the facility. Speaking on the deal which was consummated at 21st Century Technologies corporate headquarters in…