Author: ITPulse

This year’s Data Center and Cloud Technology breakfast meeting will bring together DSOs, CIOs, CTOs, and data scientists to properly engage and facilitate policy that will truly see Data Centre and Cloud Technology as the backbone of the digital economy. The organizer of the meeting, Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD) has announced. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, one of the Coordinator of CECAD, Mr. Hilary Damissah, noted that the essence of the breakfast meeting is for businesses to see the need to leverage the internet to collect data and store at a data center or in the cloud, saying,…

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has outlined five year strategic business plans for the social media giant. Zuckerberg, who gave the hints during the company’s earning call two days ago, said Facebook’s plan is to create two distinct spaces: a public forum or “town square,” and a private encrypted space or “living room.” He said that the company will spend at least one year consulting with experts, government, and law enforcement before launching the closed-off private service. “We have highlighted our central focus for the company for the next five years or longer,” he disclosed. He admitted that there are really important…

Nigeria’s CWG Plc has been declared Infosys’’Business Alliance Partner’ of the Year for Middle East and Africa’ at a global partner event held last week in India. The declaration of CWG, the largest systems integration technology company in Africa as the ‘Business Alliance Partner for Mddle East and Africa’ is in recognition of its outstanding competency in successfully implementing the Infosys’s Finacle Banking Solution in over nine banks in Nigeria with branches in other African countries. Apart from implementing the solution and accelerating the growth of the digital world in Nigeria and indeed African countries, where it operates, CWG Plc…

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has described as strange and interesting the threats by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to demolish over 7,000 telecommunications mast in the country. The Chairman of ALTON, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, while speaking to Journalists on the sideline of the” Vanguard Economy Forum on Telecoms,said having met with the DG of NCAA about three months ago, where the matter of Aviation Height Clearance (AHC) was discussed and concluded on a committee to look into it, it will amount to illegality if the NCAA demolish any telecom mast. He warned that any…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has clarified earlier report, which quoted the Commission to have said 95.7million subscriber SIM registrations are invalid. The Commission said the figure quoted not invalid, but undergoing verification, emphasising that clarification is for the benefit of subscribers and other critical stakeholders who rely on subscriber registration data. “Although the figures quoted in the news reports were disclosed at a Sensitization Workshop to illustrate the quality of initial data submissions, subsequent process enhancements by the NCC and operators have led to better quality submissions. The process is ongoing, and is constantly being reviewed for higher efficiency.…

Chinese telecom company Huawei’s business arm, Huawei Cloud and Indian IT firm Infosys have signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation to jointly develop solutions around cloud computing services for business organisations. “Huawei Cloud and Infosys today signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation to help enterprise customers transition quickly to the digital cloud,” a joint statement by the companies said. The cloud computing system helps entities use software, store data and other IT related work without the need to buy complete software or hardware that they may need for computing purposes. As part of the agreement, Infosys will join the Huawei…

By Martin Ekpeke CWG Plc has adduced reasons why keeps making a case for a viable software ecosystem in Nigeria, where all the market players can engage, connect and share ideas across active communities and networks, as well as identify and convert opportunities into business. CWG, Nigeria’s biggest system integration company, said Nigeria, as Africa’s most populous country is transitioning into a dynamic ecosystem offering Fintech start-ups a platform to succeed and potentially grow into multi-million-dollar businesses. Thus, a viable software ecosystem is needed and must be worked upon by all, hence the regular clarion call. “As a major player…

Nigeria’s Carrot.ng, has been shortlisted by the United Nations’ World Summits Awards as one of the ‘40 Most Innovative Startups’ in 2018, making it the only Nigerian startup to be shortlisted. Carrot.ng was shortlisted from among 400 companies that participated in the competition from all over the world. In a statement made available to journalists, the founders of Carrot, Luqman Balogun and Odunayo Williams, expressed delight at been shortlisted for the prestigious awards, which was held in Cascais, Portugal last month. The duo noted that the shortlist proved that Carrot offered unique services capable of solving inheritance challenges. “Estate planning…

By Khalila Baldwin The launch and growth of digital financial services have led to an unprecedented increase in the number of people enjoying access to formal financial services. Today, Africa is home to more digital financial services deployments than any other region in the world, with almost half of the nearly 700 million individual users worldwide. Mobile money solutions and agent banking now offer affordable, instant, and reliable transactions, savings, credit, and even insurance opportunities in rural villages and urban neighborhoods where no bank had ever established a branch. This is, quite literally, banking at your fingertips – for everyone.…

The global Fintech software and services sector are expected to boom as a USD 45 billion opportunities by 2020, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 7.1 per cent, KPMG report says. This boom is attributed to innovation and technology, which have brought about revolutionary changes in traditional financial services. According to the report, the world has seen more than 12,000 start-ups emerge and massive global investments of USD 19 billion in 2015 in the Fin-tech space. These innovators are effectively employing technology tools to bring in seamless and innovative financial services for the banked and unbanked population in…