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The organizers of the annual Nigeria Corporate Services Conference, NiCoS, TenticP Communications Nigeria Limited has announced a partnership agreement with Think Big Freelance Consulting on the 2020 and the second edition of the programme. The partnership, which was announced during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU by the management of both organisations. According to the Founder and the Lead Strategist, TenticP Communications, Nahimah Ajikanle-Nurudeen, the partnership is to form a synergy between both organisations for a hitch-free conference. She said NiCoS conference 2020 rides on the success of the maiden edition of the event held in May last…

…. Organisers blame technology failure By Martin Ekpeke A middle-aged woman, simply referred to as Janet has narrated how her sister was allegedly defrauded via the Better Life Billionaire Promo, organized last year by NNB Capital and Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Eczellon Capital, an investment and advisory firm. Narrating the story to ITPulse via email, she said the sister, whom she refused to reveal her name, citing security implication emerged as one of the winners of Better Life Billionaire Promo weekly draws and ought to have been paid N2million cash prize. She disclosed that up till now the money…

By Samantha Naidoo African telco operators face a landmark five-year period as they strive to reimagine their business models and build new capabilities that will ensure their future success. Currently, non-traditional market entrants are putting pressure on telco operators’ profit margins, forcing them to look at ways of quickly delivering new services to meet customer demands. The introduction of telco operator -enabled IoT networks and the upcoming rollout of 5G is also creating a new battleground for connecting a sensor-based world. The potential benefits to telco operators for 5G rollout are immense: total revenue from 5G is expected to reach…

The TV and video industry continues to grow as a medium. Thus, getting the marketplace more fragmented, eMarketer, research company focused on digital transformation, has released its 2020 TV and Video trends report, displaying where viewers are going to be spending their time. The report highlights 8 trends that will guild marketers deciding where to invest their video marketing efforts with a special focus on cable TV, connected TV, over-the-top, social media video platforms. The report advised that understanding the reasons for these trends will help any marketer to make better decisions on where to spend their video ad dollars…

In an effort to strategically implement the federal government digital economy initiative, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Kashifu Abdullahi, is seeking the partnership of Nigeria’s leading e-Commerce companies. The NITDA boss solicits for the partnership when the Chairperson of Jumia Group, Ms. Juliet Anammah paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja today. According to Abdullahi, it is time for the e-Commerce companies in Nigeria to come together and form a strong and viable entity that can work with the government so as to achieve the dream of digitalising  Nigeria’s business activities.…

The role of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in areas of promoting inclusive growth, increasing the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), creation of employment opportunities and wealth creation, the world over, can never be overemphasised. Their immense contributions to the growth of their micro and macroeconomics is the reason countries, developed and developing, highly regard their MSMEs sector.ording to the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), MSMEs make up over 90 percent of all firms and account for an average of 60 to 70 percent of total employment and 50 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of any…

Technology is reshaping the world in unbelievable ways and a look around simply buttresses this fact. Disruption occurs almost every other minute and African countries, particularly Nigeria must also be prepared, so as not to be left behind in this era. Come February 27, 2020, by 12:30pm at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Taiwo Fajolu and Chukwuemeka Fred Agabta, Jnr. “CFA” are set to launch their co-authored book titled, “Technology Disruption; To Wrestle or To Unleash” The central theme of the book launch is: “Re-imagining Enterprise through Effective Deployment of Innovation for Growth and Leadership” and Mr. Wale Ajisebutu,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will on Thursday at the Social Media Week Lagos (SMWL) 2020 present how the Fifth Generation (5G) networks will impact Nigeria’s socio-economic landscape and the inherent challenges to the deployment. In a statement, signed Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs at NCC, the Commission said the presentation will form part of a special session. which will hold at 1:00 p.m. in the Main Stage on Day 4 of the 5-Day event taking place from 24-28 February 2020 at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The statement noted that as a regulator of the country’s fastest-growing and…

In what can be considered as a move to remain relevant in the Nigeria’s digital economy pursuit, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has ran to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) seeking for means to reposition itself across the 774 Local Government Areas of the country. This is a move,  many industry watchers and analysts believe is an afterthought following the  dwindling fortune and relevance of NIPOST, since the rejuvenated Digital Economy quest, championed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami. One of the industry watchers, who spoke to ITPulse on condition of anonymity, noted that NIPOST…

Following the timely submission of the National Broadband Plan 2020-2025 by the committee inaugurated last year December, Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers’ (DEMS Volunteers’), a non-governmental group leading nationwide awareness/campaigns on Digital Economy, has commended the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), saying the implementation of the report, will speed up the Digital Economy quest of the federal government. The Nigerian Government had through the Minister inaugurated the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NBP) Committee for the Development of the 2020-2025 National Broadband Plan for Nigeria.  The essence is to foster the growth of a Digital…