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The quest to improve access to power and thus boost national productivity has received a positive response with the partnership between Niteo Limited, an indigenous power integration firm and Green Glass Africa, Germany, to provide Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) across Nigeria. BIPV is an innovative customized solution that enables the integration of Solar Modules into building facades, rooftops, wall cladding, bus shelters and gatehouses among others facilities producing electrical power in addition to the aesthetic enhancements. This solution is a welcome development especially in urban areas such as Nigeria State Capitals where there is a current trend of utilizing glass…

Chidi Nwaogu, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Publiseer applied for Africa’s Business Heroes Competition and made it to Top-20 in the Media & Entertainment category. He has decided to share his experience about the process of the competition being sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation In your own assessment, what do you think is the challenge of the media and entertainment industry in Nigeria? Every day, fresh talents are rising and joining the media and entertainment industry in Nigeria, and even Africa. Some of these upcoming acts are in search of fame, some in search of green pasture, while…

Ikenna Nzewi, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Releaf applied for Africa’s Business Heroes Competition, sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation in the Agriculture category and has made it to the Top-20. In this interview, he revealed what he intends to do with the grant if he makes it to Top-10 and eventually wins any of the grant categories. Food shortage is one of the major problems in Nigeria, what solution is Releaf bringing to the table? Wastage is a major issue that is contributing to food shortages in Nigeria. According to The World Bank, Nigeria loses and wastes 40 percent…

Storage and transportation of perishable products such as dairy products and vaccines remain a challenge. Thus, Oghenetega Iortim, Managing Director of GRICD in this interview shared what it will mean to win Africa’s Business Heroes competition grant in the Logistics category being sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation. What is GRICD all about? Gricd aims at reducing losses by providing real-time visibility into the storage and transportation conditions of perishable products such as dairy products and vaccines. We make use of an infrastructure agnostic device called the “mote” to detect storage conditions in facilities and report this information in real-time…

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…