Author: ITPulse

Organized by Shenzhen Safety Management Committee Office and Emergency Management Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Emergency & Safety Technology Exhibition of China Hi-Tech Fair 2019 (hereinafter referred to as interEMC of CHTF 2019) was successfully held at Great China International Exchange Square in Shenzhen, China. As the first exhibition dedicated to emergency and safety technology under China Hi-Tech Fair, interEMC of CHTF 2019 showcases the leading manufacturing products and technologies to echo the slogan “Innovations Frame A Safer World”, attracting over 150 well-known enterprises, and 3,000 professional visitors among total 20,000 visitors, with a display area of 7,000 sqm. An Event…

Eyal Titinger is a Partner at CyberDome, an Abuja based cybersecurity company. In this interview with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke, Titinger noted that while collaboration is key, the safety of Nigeria’s cyberspace also depend largely on disclosure of cyber attacks and data breaches. He also disclosed that Cyber Security Research shows that Nigeria has one of the highest levels of cybercrime in Africa and in the world.  How will you describe Cyberdome as a company? CyberDome is a Cyber Security and research firm located in Abuja with branches in Israel and the USA. We provide bespoke cyber services such as  analysis,…

Kazeem Hakeem, a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University and Obinna Onuoha, also a graduate of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, have won a scholarship for their Master of Science (M.Sc) programmes at Stellenbosch University, South Africa courtesy of the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) intercampus Machine Learning BootCamp 2019 prize. Microsoft (4Afrika) and BlueChip Technologies Limited, respectively, presented the awards to the duo at the grand finale held on November 23 at the University of Lagos (Unilag). Data Scientists used to work predominantly in the tech industry at companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and LinkedIn, but in the last…

USM Company has launched a YouTube channel that will feature varieties of programmes to engage children. In a statement, the company stated the programmes, which will be of interest and benefits to the target audience can be assessed via www.youtube.com/c/usmkids and will engage the children positively. “The Youtube channel would assist to correct the negative narratives about children’s use of social media,” said one of the Directors of the USM company,  Ufuoma McDermott, adding that part of the things to be taught on the channel were African culture and norms. He stressed that the idea behind the USM Kids channel…

By Hope Ashike In many parts of the world, including Nigeria, women often face the barriers of discrimination and persistent gender inequalities which deny them access to key positions in the corporate world as well as access to finance or the formal economy. Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly 5 billion people. But only about 50 percent of those women participate in the labor force, compared with 80 percent of men, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF’s research highlights how the uneven playing field between women and men…

The Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Italy in Abuja, Tarek Chazli, has singled out the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the innovative regulatory role it has played on the African telecom space. Chazli, who was on a courtesy visit with the Telecom Italia Sparkle team to the Commission’s headquarter in Abuja, noted that the Nigerian telecom sector is a leading light of the continental telecom business. He said the visit was aimed at strengthening the proposition by Telecom Italia Sparkle (TIS) to be a player in the Nigerian telecom sector. “Telecom Italia Sparkle as a leading player…

Professional services firm, KPMG yesterday unveiled agenda for the 2019 Digital Service, which is set to hold on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, at the Eko Hotels and Suites Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, KPMG said the summit with the theme “Leveraging Insights and Experience to Scale,” will provide insights to organisations on how to leverage digital to create and capture the value that is transformational. “This Summit will attract a variety of business leaders from financial service institutions, consumer markets, telecommunications, oil & gas companies, Tech companies, investment firms, government and regulators,” said…

Data Science Nigeria (DSN) is leading a revolution to upskill, re-skill and retool young Nigerians in Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to enable them to become more productive to the country and the world at large. DSN, a non-governmental organisation that is given to democratising knowledge in AI and related fields for socio-economic development in Nigeria, conveyed AI Summit in Lagos where it reiterated the vision to raise one million (1,000,000) high-qualified, world-class AI talents in the next 10 years. The Body believes that building a local data science/big data/AI ecosystem will position Nigeria to become the outsourcing hub for international…

American financial service company, Mastercard said, from the public records, the concession awarded to Chams with regards to the production of National Identity cards was terminated in February 2015 by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) for non-performance.  This is contained in an email response from Weber Shandwick, Mastercard’s PR agency in Africa to ITPulse’s queries on reports that a Lagos court has stopped Mastercard from producing the National ID Cards in Nigeria. Mastercard said it has not breached any agreement with Nigeria’s Chams Plc. Rather, it is NIMC that terminated Chams’ contract.  “Mastercard has not breached any agreements with…

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s ICT ecosystem have thrown the challenge of a sustained Local Content policy at the doorstep of the Federal Government, calling on it and all MDAs to patronize local  ICT products and services. Speaking at the 3rd Edition of the Local Content RoundTable and Tech Fair, which was held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, the stakeholders noted that the success of the local content policy rest largely on the patronage of homegrown and developed ICT products and services, especially by the government, who they believe is the biggest consumer of any product. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary…