Author: ITPulse

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has declared the Nigerian duo of Ikechukwu Umezurumba and Dominic Chidiebere Nwaogu among the winners of this year’s Innovation Challenge, which was part of the Global Innovation Forum, a flagship ITU event that focuses on fostering innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICTs), in line with Members States’ expectation from the Connect 2030 Agenda to “enable innovation in telecommunications/ICT in support of the digital transformation of society” (Goal 4). While Ikechukwu Umezurumba was among the winners in the digital change-maker challenge category, Dominic Chidiebere Nwaogu won in the category of the ecosystem best practice…

Ventures Platform Foundation, has launched an incubation platform where technology startups can apply to get the necessary funding, mentoring and support to design robust tech solutions which can solve the current inefficiencies around aid distribution and data management in relief efforts across the North East region of Nigeria.   The incubation programme, which is supported by the United State Embassy in Nigeria is met for early-stage companies building innovative tech solutions for communities hit by the crisis in North-East Nigeria. The entire programme will be conducted virtually with six successful startups recieving exclusive support for four months as they build, deploy…

A new survey by Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has revealed that organizations are never the same after being hit by ransomware, adding that the confidence of IT managers and their approach to battling cyberattacks differ significantly depending on whether or not their organization has been attacked by ransomware. The global survey titled “Cybersecurity: The Human Challenge”, also noted that outsourcing IT security is already the norm, with 65 percent doing it in some capacity: 43percent use a combination of in-house and outsourcing while 22percent wholly outsource their IT security. Meanwhile, the survey revealed regional variations. Top of…

The Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo has urged senior-level executives to develop what he called “cybersecurity readiness”, stressing that cybersecurity is now a culture which must be entrenched into an organization as safety, quality, ethics and compliance has been. Mr. Adewale, while making a presentation at the Director and Future of Business webinar with the theme ‘Cybersecurity & AI’ last month, also posed some key cybersecurity readiness questions for senior leadership in all organizations, both in the private and public sectors. Some of these key cybersecurity readiness questions are as follows; Do you secure suppliers, acquisitions,…

A cyber security expert, Dr. Adewale Obadare has asserted no company is totally immune against cyber attacks, going by the high dependency on the internet and adoption of digital transformation. Mr. Adewale, who is also  the Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Digital Encode Limited, a cyber security intelligence company, argued that the proliferaction of digital tools  has led to the increase in cybercriminal activities. “No organization is immune to cyber attacks as cybersecurity readiness and resilience is a journey not a destination,” he asserted at the 2020 National Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) Virtual Innovative Tech Webinar held…

The recent events of the country have showcased clearly how the digital age is a pretty difficult one to manage. Many thanks to the very much information that is out there and can be assessed by a simple sign up. This has also indicated how much challenging the task before President Buhari has been and how his successor must be a proven digital savvy individual in order that there can be a transition between war against indiscipline and corruption and a need to get the buy-in of the young Nigerians and their quick and digital expectations. This I’m sure resonates…

The Nigerian telecom industry boosted the revenue drive of the federal government by N344.71bilion in 5 Years, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has disclosed. Prof. Danbatta, who disclosed this while briefing the House Committee on Telecommunications during a legislative oversight function on the Commission in Abuja, stated that the money was remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the last five years. According to NCC Boss, this huge contribution was made possible largely to the harmonious relationship between the Commission and the National Assembly, explaining that such relationship led to the…

The President of  Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon has narrated how the recently held #EndSARS protest across Nigeria exposed the country’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Mr. Remi, who gave the narrative in his opening remark today during a free cybersecurity awareness seminar, organized by the association, said a lot of hacktivists and other Twitter users exploited the #EndSARS protest that lasted for about three weeks to steal sensitive information both from the government and private citizens. He cited instances of many Twitter users changing their handles to Anonymous with the sole aim of increasing their activities and…

The ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, which has taken a toll on the global economy has been attributed to the huge download of the BuyNow, PayLater App that have recorded about 8.43 million downloads on a year to date basis. Analyzing the growth of the BuyNow, PayLater App, Stock Apps indicates that the highest downloads were recorded as of September 20th at 1.4 million. Also, as of January 20th, the BNPL applications had been downloaded 962,000 times. The application downloads recorded a significant decline across the year between March and April at 767,000 and 734,000, respectively. The Stock Apps research also overviewed…

A new research data analysed by StockApp has shown that Lenovo recorded surge in the sales of Personal Computers brand in the third Quarter of 2020 with a total of 18.3 million unit shipments. The Third Quarter sales is a huge increase when compared compared to Q3 2019 when its unit shipments totaled 16.9 million, there was an increase of 8.3percent. In terms of global shipments, HP took second place with 15.4 million shipments, up from 15.3 million in Q3 2019, a 0.7percent increase year-over-year (YoY). Part of the reason for HP’s drop was a 30percent YoY decline in desktop…