Author: ITPulse

The outbreak of coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact that the world is still dealing with. Apart from the negative health implications, the COVID-19 pandemic has also crippled economies and businesses across the globe. Suffice to say that, the resultant effect of the pandemic has led to job losses, pay cuts, travel restrictions and consequently fall in foreign trade and general business activities. The businesses most hit are the Micro Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). A recent survey by the International Trade Centre (ITC) revealed that the pandemic has strongly affected nearly two-thirds of micro and small businesses…

The update by the Ministerial Task Force on the NIN-SIM data linkage shows that over 51 million people have been assigned the National Identity Number (NIN), even as the current number of monthly enrolments has increased significantly to about 2.6 million registrations. The update was given yesterday when the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, chaired a meeting that was attended by key stakeholders, including the EVC/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), DG/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), DG/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The Chairman of the Economic and Financial…

The 2021 IT Assembly of the Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), will hold next week Thursday in Abuja, the President/Chairman in Council, Prof. Charles Uwadia has announced. Announcing this in a virtual press conference today, the President said the annual Assembly, which is the 15th edition in the series will hold virtually and physically with each attendee observing strictly to all the government Covid-19 pandemic protocols. “Last year, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 Information Technology Assembly/Annual General Meeting held online (virtual). While the pandemic has abated drastically, at least in this part of…

Leveraging on the 2021 CEO Outlook Pulse Survey, new data presented by Atlas VPN indicates that nearly one-fifth (18%) of CEOs see cybersecurity risks as the number one threat to their organizations’ growth over the next three years. This is especially as few events in the recent decades have impacted how people go about their daily lives or conduct business as much as Covid-19, which hit last year forcing many to shift to remote work or transfer their business online, bringing about a wave of challenges. According to the data, CEO concerns that made it to the top five include…

In a move tinted towards providing transparent and reliable data about Nigeria’s Tech sector and help reduce barriers faced by companies interested in doing business in Nigeria, the United Kingdom has decided to launch an Open-Source Business Intelligence Platform. This was done through UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, which was funded by the UK Government’s Africa Technology and Innovation Partnership (ATIP) programme. According to a statement, the Business Intelligence Platform aims at reducing the informational barriers to entry for companies, investors, and researchers interested in doing business in the country. “The launch of this open-source Business Intelligence Platform will enhance access to…

By 2025, sales of laptop computers would have hit $150 billion, while desktop PC sales revenues are set to drop to $54bn in this period, new data presented by Finaria.it has revealed. The data shows that the increase in the sales of laptops will be largely occasioned by remote working and distance learning amid an ongoing pandemic, which has continued to fuel global demand for PCs. The global laptop segment has witnessed a steady growth in revenue and shipments even before the pandemic, wherein 2019, the entire market hit $135.8bn value, while last year jumped by $4.6bn YoY to $140.3bn,…

With the recent increase in the number of people working from home, the demand for energy-efficient and powerful cool air conditioners has risen exponentially across Africa due to unbearable heat caused by the weather, especially during the dry season. One company that has been at the forefront of the next generation of innovative Residential Air Conditioning (RAC) is LG Electronics. With a vision to provide differentiated customer value, LG over the last 20 years, has pursued earth environment preservation, sustainable social advancement, and improved the quality of life of all its stakeholders. Based on customer needs, the electronics giants has…

As the globe marks World Backup Day, which was initiated by a hard drive company (Maxtor) that was later acquired by Seagate Technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said it has decided to join the public in celebrating the day as it aligns with its data protection policy.. Specifically, NITDA believes that this year’s event is timely because data protection is needed more than ever due to the sudden global shift to work-from-home. In a statement signed Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, the Nigerian IT capacity building agency disclosed that World Back-up Day aims…

The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has pledged to work with its members to fully support the federal government one-dig policy being implemented by some of the states where ducts are shared by multiple operators. In a goodwill message, delivered by its President, Engr Ikechukwu Nnamani at the Anambra State Broadband Stakeholders Forum, organized by the state government, ATCON noted that the one-dig policy will help address complaints from the states that sometimes when fiber infrastructure is laid by the operators, the roads are not restored to the original state. “We believe that one-dig policy will address the…

New data presented by AksjeBloggen.com has shown that the year 2021 is expected to witness a downsizing trend in global tablet sales, with revenues falling by $2.4bn in a year. This is after the Covid-19 lockdown measures that forced people worldwide to switch to working and educating at home, helped to grow the entire market, which generated $39.9bn in revenue last year, slightly above the 2019 levels. Before the pandemic, tablets had been losing ground to smartphones for years in a row. In 2016, the entire market generated $44.6bn in revenue, revealed the Statista data. In the next three years,…