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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured Nigerians that the telecommunication industry is 97 percent ready for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology across the country. Speaking on “NCC as a Digital Transformation Crusader and Nigeria’s in-Road to 5G Deployment,” at the annual African Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTech 2021) in Lagos yesterday, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the Commission’s readiness is in line with federal government ‘s resolve to meet target set by the National Broadband Plan 2020-2025. “2025The other day I was at the National assembly, I informed the senate that we were…

A 22-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo State, Oluwadamilola Akintewe is on the verge of winning  this year’s $100, 000 global student prize, which is given to one exceptional student that has made a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers and on society beyond. Oluwadamilola Akintewe has made the top 10 finalist out of  over 3,500 nominations and applications from 94 countries around the world for the Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021. Commenting on Oluwadamilola Akintewe  feat, Lila Thomas, Head of Chegg.org, said: “Oluwadamilola and all our finalists represent the courageous and hardworking students all over the…

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has explained what the partnership with Zinox, Nigeria’s leading tech giant as a technology will mean for the state’s transformation programme. Obaseki gave the explanation during the formal signing of a partnership agreement between the Edo State Government and Zinox held at the Government House in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday, October 11, 2021. The event had in attendance the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh as well as other Management Executives of Zinox, with the Edo State Government represented by Obaseki, as well as other members of the State Executive…

A new report by Atlas VPN has revealed that despite the proliferation of cybercrimes dominating the headlines of many technology-related websites for at least the last two years across the world, hacker for hire costs $250 per job while ransomware costs as little as $66 per kit. According to data presented, spearphishing attacks cost anywhere between $100 and $1,000, while hackers charge around $311 per month to send a barrage of denial of service (DoS) attacks to a specific network. Citing analysts from Microsoft, who provided the costs of these tools in their Digital Defense Report, released in October 2021,…

Oxford Business Group (OBG) has produced a new focus report in partnership with the Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA), which x-ray the operation of Data Centres on the continent and the opportunities for investors. The aim of the report, titled “Data Centres in Africa Focus Report”, according to OBG is to establish an ICT ecosystem that will be key in driving the continent’s economic transformation. The report includes in-depth case studies and viewpoints by representatives from key industry players namely: Starline; the African Infrastructure Investment Managers; ONIX Data Centre; PCCW Global; ST Digital; Teraco; Databridge; MainOne; N+One; Uptime Institute; Workonline…

Seun Dania is the Chief Executive Officer of Tradefada,  an advanced and easy-to-use Nigerian cryptocurrency mobile application for buying, selling and exchanging Bitcoin. In this interaction with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke, Mr. Seun highlighted what the Nigerian government and other stakeholders need to do to strengthen digital currencies space.  Will you rate Tradefada as a platform that allows people to trade forex? Tradefada is a Cryptocurrency Exchange, and forex trading is not provided or available on the platform. The world has gone digital with most countries and individuals leveraging digital currencies. How do platforms like Tradefada keying into this? Tradefada is…

Kaspersky, a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider has revealed that  it blocked 14 071 malware attacks in Nigeria in the last six moths, while Kenya (10 697), and South Africa (5 499) have malware attacks in same period. This brings to a total of than 30 000 mobile malware attacks combined in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa out of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months. Revealing this in its latest research, Kaspersky said Nigeria only trails Egypt (19 466) by the…

There is an apparent shortage of senior software engineers in the west. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that by 2026, the lack of engineers in the US will exceed 1.2M. Among other nations, Canada, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom encounter the same paucity. This scarcity of senior IT experts  is unarguably due to the constant increment in global digital consumption, which puts more pressure on the central digital exporter countries. This will keep increasing as the middle class rises in developing economies. The question now is, how can this shortage or lacuna be plugged? Well, for…

The global revenue from 5G services will reach $73 billion by the end of 2021; rising from $20 billion last year, representing a growth of 250 percent, United Kingdom based Juniper Research has predicted. According to the market data, forecasts and research firm in the new report, ‘5G Monetisation: Business Models, Strategic Recommendations & Market Forecasts 2021-2026’, 5G will represent 8.5% of operator revenue by the end of this year, as operators seek a return on their significant investment into the technology. “Given the varying requirements of these 5G use cases, network orchestration tools that enable the real-time management of…

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has given some explanations regarding the three regulatory instruments, unveiled by the Commission and were subjected to a public inquiry last week. According to Prof. Danbatta, the three regulatory instruments; Spectrum Trading Guidelines (STG), Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, and the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Replacement Guidelines will offer enabling provisions that will help the country in tackling security and insurgency; as well as to enhance spectrum availability to facilitate the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology. While speaking at the semi-virtual public inquiry, which on-site…