Author: ITPulse

In a bid to strengthen financial inclusion in Nigeria, Firstbank has decided to empower its over 120,000 Firstmonie Agents spread across 772 Local Government Areas in the country with an N100 billion loan. The loan, according to the financial institution will help the agents to grow their businesses, whilst being at an advantage to contribute to national development. Launch a year ago, the Agent Credit scheme was created by the banking giant to promote and expand the business activities of its foremost agent banking platform – Firstmonie Agents – whilst putting them at an advantage to positively impact their immediate…

Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has been honoured with the highly coveted Forbes Best of Africa Leading Tech Icon Award. Ekeh was conferred with the prestigious award on Friday, August 6, 2021. The well-deserved accolade marks the latest in a long list of credible local and international awards and recognitions received by Ekeh for his over three decades of leadership and pioneering entrepreneurship in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) space in Africa, as well as his many enduring philanthropic and humanitarian legacies. The Zinox boss was singled out for founding the most integrated ICT…

A data center operator, MDXi has continued to expand its digital footprint across the West African region by leveraging its parent company Mainone with its presence in multiple countries, and access to all major operators across the region. With the affiliation with MainOne, MDXi has been able to deliver the best-connected content hubs in West Africa today, especially with the recent launch of its recent Data Center in Appolonia City, Ghana. In Ghana, MDXi already operates a network connected to all the major operators, ISPs, and the Ghana Internet Exchange (GIX) where MainOne has been a member for over five…

The African continent has been witnessing rapid growth in its tech ecosystem, with innovative startups and talented professionals driving technological advancements across various sectors. Data scientists have emerged as significant contributors among these trailblazers, utilising their skills in analytics and machine learning to address challenging problems and spur innovation. In this spotlight article, we expose five outstanding African data scientists that are making waves in their fields by utilising data to provide significant solutions. Daniel Oyeduntan: Is a highly talented data scientist and software development enthusiast from Nigeria, who specialises in intelligent automation, machine learning models, business intelligence, and interactive…

Global business communications provider, Infobip has partnered with Senegal mobile operator Expresso to provide WhatsApp-based customer communication and contact center services, it disclosed in a statement. The partnership will allow Infobip to leverage its Conversations CPaaS-based contact center solution to Expresso, the leading mobile operator in Senegal. “We’re delighted to partner with Expresso Senegal and provide them with the latest trend in customer communication. This is well beyond just a trend, this is a momentous change in the way businesses engage with their customers, and we are certain Expresso will see an immediate improvement and increased customer satisfaction,” quoted Mirza…

The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke has urged Small and Medium Scale Enterprises operating in Nigeria to pay greater attention to business intelligence in their quest to survive and deliver impactful products and services in the country. Ms. Opeke, who gave the advice during a radio program, Fidelity SME Forum in Lagos, also argued that SMEs, individuals or teams trying to build their startups into multinational companies need to first find their niche, develop a comprehensive business plan and prove that they can deliver great services and add value to their customers. “In a country like Nigeria…

Fiam Wi-Fi today announced it is expanding its use of Facebook Connectivity’s Express Wi-Fi platform to Ajegunle, a densely populated and lower-income area in Lagos, Africa’s most populous city. This initiative is supported by Facebook Connectivity as part of efforts to boost internet access across Lagos, Nigeria. Over the next three months, Fiam Wi-Fi will roll out additional Express Wi-Fi services in some of the most deprived communities in Lagos – including Makoko, a community built partly on stilts across the Lagos Lagoon and Naty Village, both shing communities without any public infrastructure. “With millions of Nigerians unable to afford…

Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity company has released financial malware attacks for the first quarter of 2021, with the result showing the overall number of financial malware attacks in Nigeria has decreased in the first half of 2021 when compared to the same period in 2020, The report disclosed that 14.4% of the 4 812 attacks recorded in the country targeted corporate users. This, according to Kaspersky is a cause for concern. “As local businesses have continued to adjust to remote work scenarios and the rest of the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we have continued to witness cybercriminals using this…

As the data center market continued to witness a steady interest from major global cloud service providers such as AWS and Microsoft, along with Huawei, the market has been projected to reach a whopping $3 billion by 2025, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of over 12 percent during the period. The growth in the market, according to Markets & Research is driving by the growing demand for cloud-based services and modular data center solutions among enterprises, especially in SMEs and government agencies. The report also disclosed that it is expected over 70 percent of organizations operating in the…

New data presented by Finbold indicates that about 4.74 billion people, representing 60% of the global population will have access to 5G coverage by 2026, as the network is projected a major technology take-off in the next few years. The data revealed that as of June 2021, 1.97 billion people, representing 25% of the global population already had access to 5G network coverage. Elsewhere, 3GPP accounts for the biggest share at 95%, while LTE has 86%. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, 5G network coverage is projected to account for 39%, 46%, and 53% of the global population, respectively. Meanwhile, the…