Author: ITPulse

Excitement is sky-high among bargain-hungry shoppers as Konga Yakata, the Black Friday sales of Nigeria’s e-commerce giant is known, kicked off in the early hours of today, Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Already, thousands of eager shoppers expectedly kept vigil on the Konga website – www.konga.com to be the first to grab the special commencement deals. The 2020 edition of Konga Yakata runs from November 11 till December 12, 2020. Further spicing up the opening day of Konga Yakata 2020 is its coincidence with the globally celebrated Singles Day – a day of mega shopping frenzy which originated in China. Traffic…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said though the plan to deploy Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria has not been concluded, a Draft Consultation Document has been published on its official website (www.ncc.gov.ng). According to a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Comission said the document defines the implementation plan for the deployment of 5G in Nigeria. It provides a background into the benefits of 5G technology and outlines the Commission’s plans and strategies for a successful implementation of 5G in Nigeria. The document presents guidelines for the relevant areas of the technology and…

Epazz, a leading cloud-based software company that specializes in providing customized cloud applications to the corporate world, higher-education institutions and the public sector has introduced a Vaccine Management Solution as part of Covid-19 compliance features. This is coming after the announcement by one of the leading pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, that it has developed a vaccine with a promising result of 90 percent effectivity according to the company’s clinical results. According to the company, the vaccine management software will facilitate the tracking and management of employees’ immunization against the Coronavirus. It allows employees to indicate their vaccination history through the health…

Both the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta on Saturday at the Nigeria Technology Innovation and Telecoms Awards won award. While the NCC, as a corporate organisation received the “Outstanding Contribution to Driving Greater Broadband Penetration Award of the Year”, Danbatta was honoured with the “Broadband Oxygenator of the Year” for his remarkable role and commitment to the development of broadband infrastructure to support the country’s digital economy drive. The awards given to NCC and Danbatta were hinged on the increase in the contribution of the telecom sector to the Gross…

Galaxy Backbone (GBB), Nigeria’s foremost Shared Services Infrastructure & Network Connectivity organisation was on Saturday awarded the Public Sector Connectivity Services Provider of the Year at the year’s Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecoms Awards (NTITA). Presenting the award to Galaxy backbone, InstinctWave, organizer of the annual award explained that Galaxy Backbone has played a critical role in accelerating digital transformation and adoption of modern technologies within a short time especially in the public sector. According to the organizer, this role has further strengthened the goal of the Digital Economy drive agenda spear-headed by the Minister of Communications & Digital Economy,…

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) has partnered Education First Nigeria Limited (Edufirst.ng) to host the 2nd edition of the African Edu-Tech Conference, which will be anchored by the Learning, Education and Training (LET) Group of the Chamber and Edufirst. ng. The conference, which is scheduled to hold virtually on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, with the theme “Jobs, Education and Technology: The New Normal”, is aimed at exploring the role of technology in the education sector and showcasing the innovation and creativity from our future leaders. According to a statement, this year’s edition is supported by the Federal Ministry of…

The Nigeria chapter of Internet Society, a non-profit organization founded on December 11, 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access and policy has elected new members into its executive to pilot the affairs of the organization for another three years. In a keenly contested election for the Nigeria chapter, Caleb Ogundele was elected President, while Olorundare Kunle was elected Vice President. Other members elected into the EXCO include Adebunmi Akinbo, Seretary; Bukola Oronti, Treasurer; Chinwe Ogbujah, Program Secretary; Igba Priscilia, Financial Secretary and Bola Ahmed Tijani as Public Relations Officer. Speaking to ITPulse, the Vice President- elect, Engr.…

Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, the Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited was on Saturday given a special recognition at year’s Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA). According to InstintWave, who is the organizer of the annual award, the Medallion Boss was given the special recognition for his huge contributions to the Nigerian telecom industry, which has so many ways helped to bridge the digital divide. “We decided to give this special recognition award to Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani for his contribution to the telecom sector,” said Mr. Akin Naphtal, coordination of the Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards, while presenting…

Nigeria’s premier bank, Firstbank will tomorrow November 10, 2020 host an SME webinar themed “Rebuilding your Business” via Zoom meetings. In a statement, the bank disclosed that it is organizing the event in collaboration with FBN Insurance Brokers and FBN Quest with its discussants including: Tunde Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail Banking (Lagos & West), FirstBank; Olumide Ibidapo, MD/CEO FBNInsurance Brokers and Ijeoma Agboti, Managing Director, FBNQuest Funds. “I enjoin every business owner to participate in this event in order to be enlightened with essential information to promote the safety and economic security of their business, especially at this time,’’ said…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has posited that there is the need for ethical leadership in order to realise the dream of economic growth using the fourth industrial revolution, also known as 4IR. The NCC Boss posited this while delivering a speech at the 2020 Hybrid (ONLINE/ONSITE) Annual Directors Conference (ADC) organised By The Institute Of Directors (IoD) two days ago. Describing the 4IR as the age of intelligence and encompasses technologies like  high-speed mobile Internet, Artificial Intelligence, automation, the use of big data analytics and cloud computing, Danbatta noted that 4IR…