Author: ITPulse

Nigerian OneWattSolar, Powerstove and ColdHubs are among the shortlisted 28 ventures, which are considered most innovative and investment-ready that are transforming access to health, energy, and waste management in developing countries. While OneWattSolar and Powerstove are selected in the Energy category, ColdHubs has been selected in the Waste Management category in the Growth Stage Impact Ventures (GSIV) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an initiative aims at identifying and showcasing midcap impact ventures in developing countries with the catalytic potential to drive both large impacts and yield sustainable profit. Speaking on the selected process, Sarah Bel, UNDP SDG Finance Geneva Summit manager noted: “Through…

The Board members of the Ni Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) led by its Chairman, Prof. Adeolu Akande, recently paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The visit was part of the Commission’s strategic efforts to strengthen collaboration and partnership with state governments toward deepening the frontier of digital access to enhance the socio-economic development of the country.

Nigerian music star, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido in the entertainment industry has announced a partnership deal with Bitsika, a fintech solution that performs all financial needs on one application. While announcing the partnership via Twitter, an excited Davido said he has been working on the partnership for a while but very happy to announce that the solution is available and ready to cure all transfer and payment issues in Africa. “Been working on this for a while! Glad to finally announce. My first FinTech partnership. This one means so much to me! Our very own cure for all…

One of Nigeria’s Internet Service Providers, Smile has launched a triple offer to excite its customers as part of efforts to set the tone for a very blissful 2020 ember months of September, October, November and December. The integrated triple offer will ensure that consumers will not only stay connected, no matter where they are, but they will also enjoy extra data. The three separate but organically related Offers are two Router Offers and a SmileKonnect Roaming Offer. The first Router Offer gives consumers 160GB with a new SmileRouter at only N25,000.00, valid for 30 days. When the offer is…

Chinese equipment manufacturer, Huawei has partnered Sunline, a FinTech solution provider to launch what it tagged Digital Loan One Box Solution, a global contactless solution for financial services in Africa. The solution, which was launched at the HUAWEI CONNECT 2020 and will be rolled out in other regions of Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, where financial inclusiveness is urgently necessary allows financial institutions to launch a wide range of contactless services. Some of such contactless services include online loan product campaigns, customer E-KYC, risk assessment, fund disbursement and post-loan processing. Commenting on the solution, Jason Cao, President…

By Elvis Eromosele   Lagosians woke up to the news of another gas plant explosion, this time is Baruwa, a suburb in a densely populated neighbourhood in Alimosho area of the state. So far eight persons have been confirmed dead with tens of others injured.   Reports already indicate that at least 89 shops, 47 buildings including a primary school and church as well as 23 electric poles, two transformers, gas tankers, one tricycle and a motorcycle were ravaged in the explosion. It is disheartening.   Every sort of reason has been advanced for the accident. But the reality is…

Are you a Nigeria’s based artist or creator? Video sharing platform, YouTube is calling on you to apply apply for grants from its Black Voices Fund, which is part of the global $100m fund that will offer support to Black artists and creators so that they can thrive on YouTube. Interested artists and creators can apply for funding here. Explaining the rationale behind the grant,  Alex Okosi, MD, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA said the Black Voices Fund will invest with the intention to “present fresh narratives that emphasize the intellectual power, authenticity, dignity and joy of Black voices, as well…

Prof. Umar Danbatta, yesterday gave an account of his 8-point agenda, he unveiled upon his appointment as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2015. The NCC Boss, who gave the account in his keynote address at the 5TH edition of the Nigeria Innovation Week, said the 8-point agenda was driven by the vision to build a telecommunications market defined by universal access to affordable and equitable service. “The driving force behind the eight-point agenda was to prepare the industry for the uncertainties and challenges that lay ahead, considering the disruptions caused by evolving technologies. This…

In its drive to reinforce financial inclusion in Nigeria, West Africa premier Bank, Firstbank said it has disbursed loans of over N17 billion to individuals across the country through its digital lending solution, FirstAdvance. “Meeting the needs of our customers have always been our priority and we are delighted with the volume of loans disbursed to Nigerians as it reinforces the confidence of Nigerian workers in FirstAdvance, our digital lending solution and also our long-term offerings through Personal Loans for people in paid employment,” Gbenga Shobo, FirstBank’s Deputy Managing Director said. An excited Gbenga noted that FirstBank is deepening financial…

Out of the  Top 10 Smartphone brands captured by ComprarAcciones, Huawei and Samsung have accounted for 20 percent of the total 88 percent Market Share of smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2020. Meanwhile, the research data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones, shows that the worldwide smartphone sales declined by 20.4 percent in the second quarter, seeing a total of 294.7 million units sold compared to 370.3 million units in Q2 2019. The data also shows that though recording the highest decline of 27.1percent in Q2 2020, Samsung had the highest sales with 54.7 million. Huawei Captured 42.6percent Market…