Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian economy can be boosted and grown through digital technologies, but a policy and a will-power to implement it must be on ground, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mal. Kashifu Inuwa has posited. Mal. Inuwa gave this position in a paper titled ‘Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Catalysts to Economic Growth’ at an ICT Growth Conference & Awards, organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos yesterday. He said that is why NITDA presented the Nigeria Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startup Policy (NDIESP), which is in line with National Digital…

In an attempt to have a policy environment in which regulatory frameworks for each of the sub-sectors is harmonized across all sectors, leading to cohesive growth of the ICT industry, the Nigerian government in 2012 came up with a Harmonized National Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policy. The objective is to have a policy frameworks guiding each of the ICT sub-sectors in the country and subsequently stimulate a harmonised national ICT policy that will create a digital economy. This was further given emphasis last year, when the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami unveiled the Federal Government’s National…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has reiterated the commission’s position that the media is a strategic partner in its drive to achieve the Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) 2020-2025. Prof. Danbatta, who was speaking at an ICT Growth Conference & Awards, organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos yesterday, also hailed the media for its role in the growth of the telecom industry, which he revealed contributed 12.45 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product in last quarter of 2020. “We are also pleased to always identify with NITRA,…

By tomorrow Saturday, November 13, the Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa will hold the 2021 National Summit, 31st Induction/investiture and award, which will also feature the inaugural edition of the Chief Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Nigeria Symposium.   Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, Ambassador (Dr) Oyedokun Oyewole, President and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Institute, who also doubles as the Country Chief Data Officer Ambassador for Nigeria said: The theme of the twin event is “Promoting the keys to data value through organisational data leadership in an era of digital transformation and economy”.  …

A huge shoppers’ surge is currently being recorded on Konga Yakata as shoppers scramble to grab the special 10% discounts offered by Access Bank Plc. and Verve Nigeria to cardholders who make payment for purchases using their debit cards. Widely regarded as the biggest sale event in the annual shopping calendar in Nigeria, the management of Konga has assured Nigerians that Konga Yakata 2021 would be Black Friday Sales plus. The Konga Yakata shopping extravaganza runs from November 11 through Dec 12, 2021. The shopping fiesta, which kicked off on Thursday, is witnessing a massive rush from bargain-hungry shoppers, which…

Deploying updates and new features quickly and efficiently is crucial to surviving in the rapidly moving tech world. At the heart of DevOps lies automation, and few individuals exemplify the brilliance of this approach more than Kolade Odusanya, a brilliant Cloud and DevOps engineer. Understanding DevOps Automation: DevOps, short for Development and Operations, is a set of practices that aims to shorten the development lifecycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. Automation is a critical component of DevOps, and it involves using tools and scripts to automate manual and repetitive tasks. DevOps aims to bridge the gap between…

With 2022 just a few months away, the payments industry in Fast-Growing and Emerging markets are already showing the first signs of potential three key trends for the next year. 2021 has seen an immense ongoing acceleration and development of the payments industry, giving a strong overall boost to global e-commerce—it is predicted that e-commerce sales worldwide will reach $4.9 trillion by the end of this year. While the popularity of payments trends like Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), projected to pass $100 billion in the U.S. alone, is expected to dominate the Western markets in the upcoming year, Fast-Growing…

Effective cross-generational communication with customers requires an excellent omnichannel strategy and chat is fast becoming the cornerstone for brands around the globe. But for many Nigerian organizations, chat channels still carry a degree of security hesitancy from consumers that will need to be overcome if they hope to reap the full rewards of chat commerce. In a global multi-industry survey of 405 companies, Aberdeen Research in partnership with Clickatell, found that at least two-thirds of firms use chat and that those that use chat in commerce achieve superior financial results while delivering a better customer experience. This included a 75%…

With 51 percent of parents in Nigeria struggling to follow the rules they set for their own children online, which has in turn created parent dilemma, Kaspersky has recommended three ways that children can spend their time securely. These three tips were pulled out from a new global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, which explores the role of healthy digital habits in the family, as well as the effect of parents’ behaviour on children and vice versa.  Here are the tips: Surf and learn together. See where children spend their time online and explore how to best keep them safe. Consider downloading…

Africa is in the midst of a fintech transformation. Powered by venture capital and boosted by gains in mobile internet, hundreds of start-ups are connecting hundreds of millions of Africans to financial services. This opportunity stems partially from an inability over time of the big local financial players to scale payment products to the masses. Still, that does not render Africa’s traditional banks powerless in the face of disruption by start-ups. With the right mix of innovation and partnerships, Africa’s established commercial banks can gain an edge over VC backed ventures in the continent’s digital finance revolution. Massive market Funding…