Author: ITPulse

In just one year, the Gemini app has seen explosive growth, scaling from 400 million users to over 900 million people across 230 countries and more than 70 languages. People around the world are increasingly turning to Gemini to streamline their daily tasks, spark creativity, and boost productivity. Today at Google I/O 2026, Google announced the next major evolution for the platform. The focus is shifting from simple assistance to proactive, agentic help. Gemini is no longer just an AI you talk to; it is becoming a 24/7 personal agent capable of working in the background to get things done…

All eyes are on Nvidia as the chip giant prepares to release its highly anticipated quarterly earnings report on Wednesday after the closing bell. While Wall Street broadly expects another blockbuster performance fueled by the relentless global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, institutional experts are warning that spectacular numbers may no longer be enough to guarantee a stock market rally. Nigel Green, the CEO of global financial advisory firm deVere Group, cautions that a shifting macroeconomic environment—specifically a bruising bond market and elevated Markets are heading into the latest results with expectations set exceptionally high, following a historic, multi-year rally…

The much-anticipated 1,000 Tech University Scholarships for Nigerian Indigent Whizkids, powered by the Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation and supported by TD Africa, Konga Group, Zinox Technologies, and Task Systems, is now officially live, opening a transformative pathway for brilliant young Nigerians seeking a future in technology. The scholarship initiative, which was first announced by Africa’s foremost technology entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, is designed to empower indigent but exceptionally gifted Nigerian students to study Computer Science and other technology-related disciplines in federal and state universities, as well as polytechnics, across the country. Interested applicants can now…

The organizers of the prestigious Africa Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Lectures and Awards have announced that Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will deliver the keynote lecture at this year’s landmark 17th edition. The organizers also confirmed Dr. Maida as the Special Guest of Honour for the event. Widely regarded as the “Oscars” of Nigeria’s ICT industry, the annual event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Four Points by Sheraton in Lagos. According to Ken Nwogbo, Editor-in-Chief of Nigeria Communications Week (the event’s…

By Martin Ekpeke South Africa has emerged as the undisputed leader in generative AI adoption across the African continent, leaving its major tech rivals, Nigeria and Kenya, trailing far behind. According to the ‘Global AI Diffusion Q1 2026’ report, newly released by Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute, a widening digital divide is opening up across the region as generative AI transitions from an experimental novelty into core economic infrastructure. The comprehensive study, which tracked generative AI usage across 147 countries, reveals that 23.1% of South Africa’s working-age population actively used a generative AI product in the first quarter of 2026. This…

Every day, across Nigeria, the frustrations of Nigeria’s digital age often arrive without warning.  It happens in the small things. And the big ones. Take the case of a business owner who attempts to complete a critical bank transfer, only for the network to freeze. Consider a student who joins an online lecture and suddenly disappears from the session because the connection collapses. Or perhaps, a trader waits endlessly for a Point-of-Sale transaction approval while impatient customers walk away. For many, it has become an exhausting routine. The irony is difficult to ignore. Nigeria’s telecom sector is undergoing one of its…

Inside most companies, product, growth, and brand exist as separate functions with shared goals but different incentives. Product is focused on building, Growth is focused on scaling and Brand is focused on perception. In theory, they should reinforce each other. In practice, they often operate in tension. Product optimizes for functionality and delivery timelines. Growth optimizes for acquisition and conversion. Brand attempts to create coherence across both, often after key decisions have already been made. The result is misalignment that is subtle at first but compounds over time. The product promises one thing through design and capability; growth amplifies another…

Moniepoint has announced that the second cohort of its flagship DreamDevs Bootcamp will culminate in a highly anticipated Demo Day celebration on May 26, 2026, at its Ikeja facility. The event, themed “Training Done! Demo Up!”, will serve as a premier stage for participants to showcase the capstone projects they built during an intensive, nine-week, industry-grade software engineering programme. The DreamDevs Bootcamp represents Moniepoint’s dedicated commitment to identifying and nurturing Africa’s brightest engineering minds. To ensure participants could fully immerse themselves in the rigorous curriculum without financial strain, all cohort members received a monthly salary throughout the duration of the…

TD Africa, in collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), operated by Selectium, hosted a high-level partner engagement event recently, focused on emerging trends shaping the future of enterprise networking and infrastructure transformation. The engagement brought together key partners to explore how organisations can build smarter, faster, and more secure network infrastructures capable of supporting today’s rapidly evolving digital economy. Central to the discussions was the growing relevance of WiFi 7 and the shift from traditional networking models to intelligent, AI-driven infrastructure ecosystems. As businesses continue to accelerate digital transformation, conversations at the event centred on a critical question: Is your…

As Africa continues to accelerate its digital evolution, strategic dialogues around Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), digital identity, inclusion, and trusted ecosystems remain central to driving sustainable development across the continent. In line with this vision, the management of Galaxy Backbone Limited, led by the Managing Director/CEO, Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju, and the Executive Director of Digital Exploration and Technical Services (DETS), Olumide Akinugbe, actively participated in the prestigious ID4Africa Conference held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The delegation participated in core conference sessions and attended high-level side events hosted by the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) and Co-Develop. These sessions focused specifically on…