Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian government said it spent a whopping N152 billion on digitalization in 2021, describing it as a quantum leap from the N9 billion spent in 2019 and 2020. “While we are targeting 2030 to have a paperless government operation, we will like to inform you that the government spent N152 billion on digitalization in 2021. This amount is a quantum leap from the N9 billion spent in 2019 and 2020,” the Minister of Communications and \digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami disclosed at the Champion Day and Closing of 2021 Service Wide Capacity Building program on e-Government in Abuja. According…

TwentyTen Daily is celebrating its first anniversary, a milestone marked by many exciting moments with its own fair share of highs and lows.  Over the past one year, with its team made up of journalists, data visualization experts and media innovators. It has extensively published in-depth data driven stories and reports under a wide range of verticals including such as Featured Reports, Black box, Investigations, Health, Criminal Justice, Business, Economy, politics and more. TwentyTen Daily is an independent news media organization and data platform improving access to data for actionable decisions through the promotion of African data journalism, augmented reporting,…

By 12 midnight today, Nigerians will be able to log on to their Twitter app or browser without using VPN, following the lifting of the ban on their operation by the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari. In a memo signed by Kashifu Inuwa, Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA, the lifting of the ban is as a result of a a memo written to the President by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ibrahim. In the Memo, the Minister updates and requests the President’s approval for the lifting based on the…

In a bid to connect, power and control device access within a Local Area Network (LAN), Sophos has decided to unveil the Sophos Switch Series, that features a range of network access layer switches. Unveiling the switch series, the global leader in next-generation cybersecurity said the new offering adds another component to Sophos’ secure access portfolio, which also includes Sophos Firewall and Sophos Wireless. “Sophos Switch seamlessly integrates with the Sophos adaptive cybersecurity ecosystem to extend connectivity across office LANs,” said Joe Levy, chief technology officer at Sophos. He noted that with the launch, Sophos is removing the complexities of…

Lack of expertise, meeting compliance requirements and efficiency in delivering cybersecurity solutions have been listed as the major reasons for engaging third-party security specialists in 2021, especially among the small and medium-sized businesses. This was revealed by Kaspersky Annual IT Security Economics Report. According to the report,  businesses were forced to accelerate their digital transformation by months, or even years, resulting in the rapid increase of complex IT infrastructure and related security risks. In combination with the shortage of cybersecurity specialists and a lack of capacity to develop talent internally, this situation has compelled companies to look for external support.…

The Director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), mal. Kashifu Inuwa has posited that to achieve this vibrant digital economy, there is a dere need to build the capacity of civil servants that will drive and provide services to citizens and implement the e-Government Masterplan. While speaking at the Champions Day/Closing of 2021 Service Wide Capacity Building Programme on e-Government in Abuja, Mal. Inuwa said this is why President Muhammadu Buhari, during the official unveiling of the Digital Economy National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) in 2019, directed that the sole mandate is…

In a move to remove the impediment to accessing finances by Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa, Absa, a pan-Africa financial institution has said it will drive trade financing across the continent by providing digital solutions. The Head, Trade Finance and Financial Institutions Trade Sales at Absa, Oladapo Adeigbe, who stated this via an article he wrote recently, said it identified trade financing as critical financial issue as it has the capacity to deliver higher impact in Africa in particular. According to Absa, there should be increased value proposition around trade financing, likened it to the oil that greases supply…

The Nigerian government will this Friday commission a Digital Nigeria Centre (DNC) project in Osun State, as part of enmeshing the digital culture in the country. The Digital Nigeria Centre (DNC) project, which will be commissioned by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and his counterpart in the Ministry of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, gives concrete expression to Item No. 2 of the eight pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030. The Digital Nigeria Centre is an abode of knowledge acquisition targeting students and youths for skills acquisition in order…

The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Data Centre Limited, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, has expressed his excitement on the announcement that Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) has acquired controlling stake in Africa’s largest datacenter operator, Teraco Data Environments of South Africa, in a transaction that is valued  $3.5bn. According to him, this represents the biggest datacenter transaction in the continent. Reacting via a statement about  the development, Engr. Nnamani stated the investment into Teraco by Digital Realty is a further testament that Digital Realty is fully commitment to grow the digital economy in not only Nigeria and the West African sub-region but…

The Editorial Team of Africa’s pioneer specialised IT Media DigiVation Global Network has presented it’s esteem DigiVation Man of the Year Award to the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Prof. Isa Ali Pantami at his office in Abuja. Intimating the Honourable Minister of his emergence the Editor in Chief Hilary Damissah praised the efforts and initiatives of the Minister and the gains recorded which according to him have given Nigeria some competitive bargain in the innovation and Information Communications industry. He added that “Pantami choice was based on his unparalleled leadership in growing the Nigerian digital enterprise and…