Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to unveil what it has tagged a five year Strategic Vision Plan (SVP) 2021-2025, which will enable cross-functional infrastructure, ubiquitous services and deepen consumer engagement to consolidate the growth of the telecoms sector and expand the possibilities of the digital economy. Disclosing this in a statement, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs noted that the need to develop another SVP, as a five-year implementation roadmap for the Commission, followed the expiration, in 2020, of the first SVP unveiled by Danbatta in 2016. “It has been widely acknowledged that the diligent execution of…

The Nigerian telecom regulator is set to launch a compendium of landmark speeches and presentations of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta. Titled: “Catalysing Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Transformation through Broadband Infrastructure,” the historic launch of the book is scheduled to hold at the Communications & Digital Economy Complex, Mbora, Abuja, on September 7, 2021, by 10:00 a.m. prompt. The book is a compilation of carefully selected, seminal speeches and presentations of Prof. Danbatta, touching on all strategic areas of the nation’s telecoms industry development and the entire digital economy ecosystem, since his assumption of…

The ZenBook 13 OLED laptop from ASUS, maker of motherboards, PCs, monitors, graphics cards and routers can easily be qualified as one of the world’s most sophisticated devices as it comes highly equipped with the latest Intel 11th Core i7 processors. The laptop is largely targeted at high-end users that crave speed and durability, supports up to 32 GB of memory, 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs or optional Intel Optane Memory H10 storage as well as Thunderbolt 4, standard HDMI 2.0 and USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, along with a microSD card reader. With an incredible lightweight of 1.14…

Konga has sealed a partnership deal with the Edo State government that will see over 10,000 businesses in the state enjoying all the benefits of being on the Konga eCommerce platform by bringing their products and services to the consciousness of a global audience. With the partnership unveiled at a citizens’ engagement session held in the state capital last week, entrepreneurs and business owners including makers of indigenous products from Edo State such as furniture makers, hair manufacturers, artifacts, handcrafts, production machines, fashion wears and spare parts will be uploaded into the Konga platform. An elated Edo State governor, Godwin…

A telecom expert and Chief Technical Officer of Swift Telephone Network, Mr. Dare Folorunsho has charged the federal government to implement local content policy as being implemented in the oil and gas sector. Mr. Dare, who was speaking at BusinesMetrics organized conference with special focus on National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecoms Sector, argued that the local content policy is expedient going by the new global drive for the digital economy and considering the facts that telecommunication is the primary channel. “It is important that this same local content policy being implemented in the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the exercise of its functions under the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, has called on stakeholders in the telecommunications industry in Nigeria for their inputs in three draft regulatory instruments. The three draft regulatory instruments are Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations; SIM Replacement Guidelines and Spectrum Trading Guidelines. Quoting Section 57 of the Act, the Commission in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, stated that public inquiries in respect of the above-mentioned draft regulatory instruments have been scheduled to hold virtually at 11.00 am on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is in the process of repealing and re-enacting the NITDA Act, 2007, assuring that re-enacting the Act will ensure that Nigeria benefits maximally from the global digital economy. While that process is ongoing, it is important to highlight some points why repealing the existing Act became necessary with the launch of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), which effectively replaced the Nigerian National IT Policy, 2000. The vision of the National IT Policy is to make Nigeria an IT-capable country by 2005, but Nigeria has gone beyond the vision of using…

The narrative of Africa is nothing but positive. From time immemorial, Africa has been battling with all sorts of labels. These include lack of infrastructure, inequality, lack of opportunities, high crime rate, overpopulation, bad governance, corruption, and poverty. Many on the continent are already used to the over-flogged statement that Africans live on less than a dollar a day and that it is the world’s poverty capital. The international poverty line the World Bank says is $1.90 per day using purchasing power parity. In all of the labels mentioned above, one of the most challenging one to tackle but crucial…

By Hashim Suleiman The basic reason that dragged me into the political terrain in 2013 was my becoming worried about the state of the youth especially those from my creed. I had a desire to see the youth imbibing my understanding of life which had largely paid up for me at that time till today and I thought it was possible for every other person to do so but with the possession of certain principles which must be consistent. The most important of such characters was Openness to acquire networks and skills. Consequently, my NGO named ‘One Heart Initiative for…

Leading consumer electronics company, LG Electronics (LG) has announced the launch of its most advanced innovation in laundry, the new LG ThinQ™ FRONT-LOAD WASHING MACHINE features an Artificial Intelligent Direct Drive™ (AI DD) motor and the smart Wi-Fi enabled steam clothing care system STYLER into the Nigerian market. LG’s new AI DD Washing Machine not only detects the volume and weight of each unique laundry load but also uses AI and advanced sensors to identify fabric types in each load sensing the fabric texture and deploys the best wash pattern which provides 18% More Fabric Protection. The premium LG Styler…