Author: ITPulse

Dr. Ebinabo Ofrey, Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder of GeroCare Solutions Limited in this interview with ITPulse’s team, gives an inspiring story behind the founding of Gerocare. He also gives reasons why he decided to apply for the Africa’s Business Heroes competition, sponsored by Jack Ma Foundation in the healthcare category, and the journey so far to be among the Top-20. What inspired you to initiate the GeroCare solutions A few years ago, in the space of one year, my father had two strokes. This was not because there was nothing I could have done, but it was simply because…

CED Technologies, a design technology company that connects businesses with the highest-rated and vetted software solutions in Africa has partnered Appknox, the world’s most powerful plug-and-play security platform to build a safe and secure mobile ecosystem in Africa. The aim of the partnership with Appknox, which helps Developers, Security Researchers, and Enterprises to build safe and secure applications is to Push world-class mobile apps faster into the market without compromising on security. Speaking on the essence of the partnership, the Chief Technology Officer of CED Technologies, Mr. Chukwuebuka Ume-Ezeoke noted that mobile devices do hold a lot of personal information,…

Global communications company Infobip has been ranked leading service provider in the mobile messaging space by Juniper Research in its new Competitor Leaderboard, placing well ahead of the next established leader.  The study assesses the capacity and capability, product positioning – including the size of operations – financial performance, and sophistication of messaging solutions of 20 prominent vendors. In particular, Juniper Research notes Infobip’s plans to enter the B2D segment, as demonstrated by the acquisition of Shift Conference. This could potentially prove lucrative for Infobip, as it is ultimately developers within enterprises that assess the viability of and recommend new…

By Andrew Bourne The term ‘customer engagement’ is arguably one of the biggest buzzwords in today’s business landscape. It’s so widely used that when many people hear the phrase, they interpret it as a checkbox item. It is, however, an ongoing crucial relationship between a company and its customers, which is determined by the customer’s preferences and behaviour. Customer engagement entails actively engaging with an audience through messaging that interests, educates or helps them, as well as encouraging two-way communication with your business. In short, it’s about figuring out what the customer wants and giving it to them at the…

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, today in Lagos put up a training workshop for Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) Role Players in Federal Government agencies and institutions in the South West region of the country. The training is part of the Federal Government’s resolve to evolve permanent solutions to hitches that may be observed in the operations of the IPPIS policy, which provides a platform for payment of personnel emoluments and maintains a database for information and actions on the government workforce. Giving an address at the 3-day workshop, the Accountant General of the…

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a technology-focused private university has further helped to increase Africa’s rising number of scholars in technology-related fields as the university graduated its eighth batch of PhDs during its recently held 16th Graduation Ceremony at the University’s Knowledge City Campus (KCC), Kokomlemle, Accra. This brings the total number of PhDs graduated at AIT since 2016 to Forty-Nine (49) in the fields of Engineering, Business Administration, Education, and Information Technology. According to a statement released by the university, “This achievement marks not only an AIT history but also a history in the annals of private university…

Ericsson has introduced an intelligent deployment process that uses technologies like AI and ML to reduce 5G rollout complexity and offer communications service providers innovative ways to make more intelligent investment decisions. The decision to introduce the intelligent deployment process is coming based on the introduction of 5G and cloud-based applications like virtualization, which has forced network deployment to becoming more complex and in need of revision. “Widespread adoption of cloud-based services and virtualization, network deployments, upgrades, and expansion are making network deployment and evolution more complex,” it said. The complexities, according to Ericsson include spectrum complexity and an increasing…

ASUS, maker of motherboards, PCs, monitors, graphics cards and routers has announced its full range of ProArt Studiobook, Zenbook Pro and Vivobook Pro creator laptops, which can be described as an advanced ecosystem of laptops that delivers performance and features suitable for any level of creator, from professional to hobbyist. ProArt Studiobook laptops fulfil the extreme performance and stability needs of professional creators, who are leaders and innovators in their respective creative industries, whether they work with audiovisual content, engineering, or science. The innovative and stylish ZenBook Pro is aimed at highly mobile advanced creators, who appreciate the latest performance-enhancing…

The asking price for a slot of 5G spectrum will start from N75 billion and will likely go to N100 billion after the auction process, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta said at a public hearing of the Senate today. “It is very important to stress this, a reserve price for a slot of the 5G spectrum is going to be N75billion, but after an auction by the Committee, it can go as high as N100 billion,” he told the Senate Committee on Communications. According to Prof. Danbatta, the 5G auction committee has…

Taiwan-based Synology, which specializes in network-attached storage appliances is presently offering a special 10 percent discount on all of its items in the Jumia store.  “We are happy to share with you Synology products are now under back-to-school promotion on Jumia. This announcement comes with a special offer with 10% OFF on all items in the store,” the company announced via email through Andrew Huang, Head of Marketing. Starting this September, Synology has outstanding deals on Jumia, with the budget-friendly DiskStation DS220j, DS220+ for media fanatics, and the 4-bay DS920+ for power users, 10% on all items in the store.…