Author: ITPulse

Ten early-stage start-ups building innovative solutions to tackle the challenges caused by COVID-19 across the Education, Agriculture and Health sector in Nigeria recently showcased their solutions at a Demo Day event, which was held virtually. The ten startups, who were sponsored by the UK Government to create a pipeline of growth for more Tech SME’s in Nigeria, received capacity building training, mentorship and a pitch to industry experts, government partners.  In partnership with StartupBootcamp Afritech and Ventures Platform as implementing partners, this 3-month virtual programme afforded the top 10 selected Startups an opportunity to receive capacity building and lean startup…

Accelerated by the ravaging Covid-10 pandemic, the global digital banking market is expected to hit a whopping transaction value of $2.5trillion in 2021, a massive 70 percent increase in a year. According to data presented by AksjeBloggen.com, the number of users almost tripled amid the pandemic as in 2019, the global digital banking market hit $836.5bn transaction value, revealed the Statista data. After the pandemic struck, the transaction value jumped by 81percent YoY to over $1.5trn. However, the following years are set to witness even more impressive growth. Next year, digital banking is forecast to become a $4trillion worth industry.…

Kaspersky’s new Safe Kids study has recommended five important steps that will help parents ensure their children have a positive online experience. This is coming as Kaspersky believes that modern children grow up with gadgets in their hands from a very young age, which allows them to adapt to the digital space and master new technologies much faster. For instance, TikTok has become one of the main trendsetters among children in a short time and continues to keep their attention. At the same time, YouTube hasn’t lost ground and remains the leader in popularity among children, in part due to…

A new study by Kaspersky tagged Safe Kids has revealed children’s interest in an online move from software, audio and video’ and ‘e-commerce to ‘Internet communication media’ and ‘computer games’ such as TikTok, YouTube, and WhatsApp between 2020-2021. According to the study, 2020 turned out to be one of the most unusual years for modern children, as the Covid-19 pandemic changed many common life situations across the globe, including education, meeting friends and family, recreation and entertainment. Kaspersky analysed anonymized data, such as search queries, the most popular Android applications and website categories requested voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Safe Kids…

Infobip, an omnichannel customer engagement provider is presently powering Jiji Africa, an online marketplace in several African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania with voice and SMS solutions that will help the eCommerce platform drive down cost and boost delivery rates. Disclosing this, Jiji Head of Africa, Yuliy Shenfeld, said the company needed a solution that would enable it to seamlessly send out vital transactional information to buyers and sellers that use Jiji’s platform to exchange goods. “We experienced challenges with our previous SMS service provider in terms of delivery rates. Not all transactional SMSes, relating to registration…

While the age-old saying and philosophy of virtue being its own reward (or seeing doing good as its own reward) remain a strong motivating factor in doing good persistently, it helps when virtue gets recognition from time to time. Even though anyone or organisation committed to doing good will keep doing so with or without recognition, recognitions for virtue tend to act like a shot in the arm for such people or organisations, spurring them to commit even more to do good. That is what the recent award of “Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria” to Dr Adesola Adeduntan,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is not within its purview or regulatory mandate to arrest and prosecute Nigerians who are using the Twitter application in the country, despite the temporary suspension by the federal government. “The NCC is a regulator. It is not within our power to arrest or prosecute. We limited ourselves based on the order given to us by the government, which was to instruct the operators to disconnect, which was what we did. So, the other aspects are not within our purview,” NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde told the Punch Newspaper.…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has directed all Broadcasting Stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately. In a statement signed by its Director-General, Prof Armstrong ldachaba,  NBC said the directive is consequent on the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government over what it described as the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the corporate existence of Nigeria. In compliance with the above directive, NBC said all Broadcasting Stations are to de-install Twitter handles and desist from using Twitter as a source of information gathering for News and…

Huawei on Friday in Lagos at the Tech Experience Centre, partnered TD Africa to unveil the IdeaHub series products, a cutting-edge solution targeting the Enterprise market. The Huawei IdeaHub series is an intelligent endpoint that integrates multiple functions, including multi-screen collaboration between mobiles and PCs, interactive whiteboard, remote collaboration, FHD video conferencing and built-in HD AppGallery, Furthermore, the IdeaHub is a brand new productivity tool designed by Huawei to create an all-scenario smart office. The solution is aimed to bring digital to every meeting room and open office, promoting office and production efficiency for enterprises in need of the most…

By Olabisi Famojuro Humans are built to trade. Across eons, trade has connected people and communities. It unlocks human productivity. It is the precursor of commerce and the harbinger of development. Payments drive trade. In today’s information society, digital payment is an indispensable enabler of trade. This is precisely why experts have more or less hinged the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement on the success of digital payments. “We need to put as much effort as we are putting into getting the operational blocks of the agreement and secretariat going into getting the African payments regulatory…