Author: ITPulse

Konga has disclosed a plan to provide meaningful employment opportunities for over 500,000 Nigerians as well as another 500,000 in other African countries by 2025, saying the plan is keyed into its agenda to become one of the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria. Disclosing this, Nick Imudia, Co-CEO, Konga, said the development will see Konga not only top the employment charts in the private sector but will also see the company rival government and sub-national entities in terms of employment figures, while also significantly contributing to ameliorating the worrisome unemployment situation in Nigeria and other Africans as it prepares…

LG Electronics has donated the newly introduced Artcool Inverter air conditioners to the hospital as part of its commitment to support the health care delivery services in Nigeria. The decision to donate the equipment is part of its CSR initiatives to help communities in every possible aspect and reaffirm its commitment towards the people in the development of cutting-edge technology products and embarking on this gesture in order to support health care delivery services in Nigeria. At the event, officials of LG Electronics interrelated with the health center management as well as members of the community. The donated items are expected to meet the needs…

By Prof. Chidi Emmanuel Akujor Introduction This is a book that has a total of 531 pages including 27 preliminary pages. It is well organized in 8 sections with each section corresponding fairly with 8-point Agenda of the Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) of the EVC’s first tenure. The organization of the book in time sequence makes for excellent reading and a clear understanding of the activities of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in the last 5 years. The forward is beautifully presented by the late quintessential elder statesman, Ahmed Joda, CFR.  It is unfortunate that he didn’t live to witness…

Olusegun Adeniyi, who teaches art at Caleb British International School, Lagos, Nigeria, and Adeola Adefemi, who teaches the English language at Oke-Odo Senior High School, Lagos, Nigeria, has been included in the top 50 shortlists for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2021 in partnership with UNESCO. Meanwhile, Oluwadamilola Akintewe, a 22-year-old student at Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo, Nigeria; Blessing Akpan, a 23-year-old student at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria; and Esther Ajari, a 22-year-old student at the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo, Nigeria, have been included in the top 50 shortlists for its new sister award, the Chegg.org…

Going forward, Toronto-headquartered Plentywaka,  which provides hassle-free shared rides on-demand will now be known and addressed as Treepz, the management has announced. Making the announcement today, the company said the decision to rebrand is a significant shift in its business, as the strategy is to presents an opportunity to align the company name with its Pan-African expansion plan. “This name change is a result of in-depth discussions with our stakeholders, partners and staff. After we discovered that the term “WAKA” can mean different things across Africa, which may be completely different from travel or movement, we decided to change the…

Nigeria’s premier financial institution, Firstbank has announced the launch of LIT Application in an attempt to strengthen value-driven digital banking and ultimately, revolutionise the culture and experience of mobile banking in Nigeria. According to the bank, the banking app exposes customers to a wealth of opportunities to promote their safety, convenience whilst ensuring they are at an edge in today’s digital banking world. “It is a mobile banking app developed and owned by the Bank and configured with a wide range of exciting features to meet the needs of its dynamic customers,” said Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer of…

The implementation of the National Policy on 5G deployment in Nigeria is set to start as the Federal Executive Council, today at the Council meeting approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy. The National Policy was approved following a presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami. A statement signed by Dr. Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant (on Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, noted that the National Policy on 5G has been developed over a period of 2 years, due to the need for extensive stakeholder…

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Mal. Kashifu Inuwa has made a case for a market-driven innovation in Nigeria, saying for the country to be a prosperous nation, a paradigm innovation is needed for economic prosperity and development rather than focusing on the visible signs of poverty. Mal. Inuwa presented this case when he declared open a 5-day capacity building programme on market-creating Innovation and Advisory Services for civil servants and other Information Technology stakeholders today in Abuja yesterday. While expressing his enthusiasm at the theme of the programme, Mal. Inuwa stated that developing market creation strategies…

In an effort to reach more stakeholders with its content and improve the Commission’s visibility locally and internationally, the Nigerian Communications Commission has decided to launch a Podcast channel. The launch of the Podcast channel deepens NCC’s corporate culture as an organization after it has over the years deployed various well-established conventional and social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter (banned for now) for its media and public relations activities. According to the Commission, due to advancements in digital technologies, Podcasts have become increasingly popular as a medium of stakeholder engagement as they help increase these engagements…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has documented selected speeches made by its Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta in a book titled “Catalysing Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Transformation through Broadband Infrastructure” in order to preserve these speeches for historical reference. The speeches selected in the book launched yesterday by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami captures the successes and challenges of the Nigerian communications sector from the perspective of Prof. Umar Danbatta as the regulatory agency boss.  Giving a remark at the launch, Prof. Danbatta said: “As the chief regulator of this very dynamic telecom sector, I have…