Author: ITPulse

…To drive financial inclusion It was Sir Isaac Newton, in his letter to Robert Hooke in 1675, who wrote the now-famous quote: “If I have seen further (than others), it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The shoulders of giants Sir Newton referred to has to do with leverage provided by the discoveries and experiences of people who have gone before or walked that same path earlier, that pave the way for and enable other people and a new generation to take things to a totally new dimension. The truth is, giants whose shoulders provide such leverage to…

By Hashim Suleiman Nigeria is 61 today and I have always maintained democracy has brought certain goods owing to individual performances as against a coordinated national one that would aim to put the country on a planned and predetermined expectations. We are mostly having to deal with some states having good infrastructure that are not necessarily linked to other states because of the ownership of the linkages by the Federal Government that is overwhelmed and with major cash crunch that has led to massive borrowings which have to be rationed to the ones that are lucky if I may put…

Knowledge Hub 365, an online training platform with over 80,000 courses from the biggest eLearning service providers has debuted in Nigeria with a vast range of topics covering many industries. The company, a subsidiary of New Horizons Nigeria, the world’s largest independent ICT and e-business training organization with offices in 80 countries worldwide, has a collection of the world’s largest online learning and development portal that contains almost 100 per cent of learning and development (L&D) contents necessary for organization’s growth. The managing director, New Horizons, Mr. Tim Akano, says some of the categories of courses provided by Knowledge Hub 365 include…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again reminded Nigerians, especially telecom consumers  that the deadline for the linking of National Identity Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) remained October 31, 2021. This reminded was given during the NCC Digital Signature (NDS) radio programme, which hosted the 2nd episode of Telecoms Consumer Town Hall on Radio (TCTHR) live on a radio station in Lagos at the weekend to discuss benefits of NIN-SIM integration. Speaking n behalf of the Commission during the live programme, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, advised Nigerians to make use of the extension of…

A Nigerian e-Commerce website developed by a startup, Oaklinks.NG has launched its range of services into the market on the month that the nation is celebrating its 61 years of independence with a promise to offer Nigerians top range of goods and services, particularly gadgets. In a statement issued today, October 1st, to launch the e-Commerce website, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Olamide Adeyemi Kaka, said that his company wants to end the era when some people patronize mediocre outlets in order to get cheap and ineffective gadgets. He said: “People underestimate their freedom to choose quality and how…

Cloud Exchange, yesterday in partnership with telecommunications giant, Huawei officially launched what can be described as Africa’s first uptime institute tier IV modular prefabricated data center The launch of the data center is in line with Cloud Exchange’s expansion of its service offerings from systems integration, hybrid cloud infrastructure to Tier IV data center colocation, interconnects and cross-connects, managed network and security, private and public cloud services. Speaking during the event, which was held at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Chief Executive Officer of Cloud Exchange, Mr Glad Dibetso said Nigeria’s growing digital economy drove the development of the data…

The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2021, the virtual edition, scheduled for Tuesday, October 5 and Wednesday, October 6 2021, has received the support of critical industry stakeholders. Nigeria Innovation Summit in its 6th year is an annual event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of Nigeria’s economy to share ideas, trends, opportunities around technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. Through previous editions in the past six years, the Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) has attracted over 5,000 delegates, 100 speakers and panellists, 50 tertiary institutions and research centres, 25 government ministries and agencies, delegates from 27 states of the…

The two biggest and most robust stakeholders interest groups in the Nigerian telecom industry; the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have sealed a partnership deal with DigiVation Network, an awareness and digital solution firm to host an event to celebrate Nigeria’s telecom revolution at 20. The essence of the event, which is scheduled to hold November 11, 2011, in Abuja at the NAF Conference Center is to celebrate the impact GSM and Information Communications Technology have made across all sectors of the Nigerian economy in the last 20 years…

By Olatayo Ladipo-Ajai While the Nigerian government has placed extensive focus on politics, building infrastructure and supporting a host of “brick and mortar” projects, it has, like many other Governments across the world met with some significant challenges when it came to deploying effective customer experience platforms. This has made it difficult to meet the needs of citizens who – particularly during and following the impact of the pandemic –  want, and in many cases need to digitally engage with organs of state. As a developing nation, there is an urgent need for the government to address this gap and…

The 2021 Digital Quality of Life (DQL) research index has revealed that Nigeria as a country lacks internet affordability as it is 90 percent worse than the global average, explaining that people in Nigeria have to work the most time (more than 35 hours) in the world to afford the cheapest broadband internet (more than 35 hours). The research findings, released by Surfshark, VPN service company based in the British Virgin Islands cover 90 percent of the global population and index 110 countries by looking at five fundamental pillars of digital life – internet affordability and quality, e-infrastructure, e-security, and…