Author: ITPulse

Social Media giant, Facebook has presented its ‘2019 Year in Review’ infographic, showcasing some of its achievements across Sub-Saharan. In the report, Facebook said it is committed to giving people the power to build community and bring the world closer together, throughout the year this translated into significant support and investments into growing the ecosystem of developers, entrepreneurs, creatives, and many other communities. Commenting, Nunu Ntshingila, Regional Director Facebook Africa, said: “Africa is important to Facebook, and we’re committed to investing in its youth, entrepreneurs, the creative industries, tech ecosystem as well as its many other communities. Our 2019 Year…

The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), last night in Abuja assured the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami that the association will work closely with him towards implementing the Digital Economy agenda. The President of ATCON, Engr. Olusola Teniola, gave the assurance at a special and high-powered special reception for the Minister. Part of the move to implement the agenda, according to Teniola is to give complete industry support to the minister’s passion and dreams for a digital economy. Thus, in 2020, ATCON would be organising a National Dialogue on Telecom and ICT in Nigeria,…

In pursuit of a renewed thrust for leveraging the Digital Economy for National Economic Development, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)  has started the South West Zonal Women ICT Training and Empowerment programme at the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti. The essence of the capacity building programme, according to NITDA is to close the existing Gender Digital Divide in Nigeria, promote job creation, financial inclusion and providing women with the necessary skills and tools to participate in the digital economy. Making a remark at the kick-off of the 5-day programme, the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, disclosed that the programme…

By Banabas Igho If you are supervising an important ministry like that of communication, even without the recent fancy addition of “digital economy” to its name, and you still need a spokesperson to pen almost 2,000 words of polemics in order to project your image, then, your self-inflicted trouble is just starting in my reckoning. Before her latest outburst in the media, thoughtlessly blaming imaginary saboteurs for trying to stop her ‘unstoppable boss’, Uwa Suleman had issued a disconcerting diatribe in form of a press release, accusing all the critical stakeholders of the ministry her principal supervises including the media,…

The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has harped on the need to implement the Presidential Executive Orders, as a means to develop the software industry in Nigeria. This is the unanimous view of participants at ISPON’s Roundtable on the ‘Future of Software in Nigeria’; where the practitioners stressed need to implement the Presidential Executive Orders series that started in May 2017 with Numbers E01, E02; E03 and subsequently EO4, EO5 etc., so as to improve local content in software applications in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Government of Nigeria. ISPON is the industry professional body for…

Winners of the 2019 National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY), Taidob College Abeokuta, which was organized by Junior Achievement Nigeria and sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited, carted home four awards at the 2019 African Company of the Year competition, which took place in Ghana. Taidob College won the awards in the keenly contested competition, comprising representatives from 10 other Junior Achievement member countries in Africa, notably from the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland), Ghana, Zambia, Gabon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Botswana, Kenya and South Africa. Team Nigeria (represented by Taidob College) won the most awards of any other country…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday at the 2019 fourth quarter Open Forum of the NCC’s Industry Consumer Advisory Forum (ICAF) in Abuja, reiterated its commitment towards protecting telecom consumers against all forms of financial frauds. At the forum, which was well attended by institutional members of ICAF, stakeholders from the telecoms/ financial sectors; law enforcement agencies as well as consumer advocacy groups, Nigeria’s telecom regulator disclosed that it will fight the scourge of financial frauds through its multi-sectoral collaboration approach. NCC said the forum was convened to deliberate on financial frauds using the telecoms platform and what consumers need…

Nigeria’s CWG Plc was on Saturday in Lagos awarded the Technology Services & Support Company of the Year at the Nigeria Technology Awards (NiTA) ahead of the other five companies who were also shortlisted for the award category. Presenting the award to CWG, Mrs. Patience Tebowei, Chief Executive Officer of Phoges Tech, noted that the Technology Services & Support Company of the Year award to CWG is a general public endorsement of the company’s technology innovations, creativity, hard work and dedication. “We want to say congratulation to CWG Plc. We believe this is just the beginning of good things to…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has insisted that there is a need to have an implementable Accounting Separation Framework for the Nigerian Communications industry. The telecom regulator insisted on this today at a Workshop on Operators Capacity Building on the Framework For Accounting Separation For The Nigerian Communications Industry, holding at the Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi Lagos. According to Ms. Josephine Amuwa, NCC’s Director, Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis, the framework will outline the key principle and guidelines required tor the preparation and submission of Regulatory Financial Statements (RFS) for telecom operators. She disclosed that the Commission’s key objectives in implementing…

Human resources and management consulting firm, Workbarn Consulting has kick-started a Corporate Social responsibility initiative, which is targeted at guiding young Nigerian s to align their career goals for professional success. Tagged ‘CareerBanters With Ifeadi’, the initiative is the brainchild of Ifeadi Anigbogu, a human resource, advocacy and management professional. The first edition of the initiative was held recently at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. ‘CareerBanters With Ifeadi’ played host to over 30 young professionals who experienced intensive practical coaching sessions on how to get jobs and excel in their careers. Speaking on the initiative, the convener, Ifeadi Anigbogu…