Author: ITPulse

Bluechip Technologies Limited, a leading indigenous business applications and data management solutions firm, continues its commitment to capacity building by sponsoring the second edition of the Inter-Campus Machine Learning Competition. The competition includes about 100 universities and polytechnics across all the states of Nigeria. The competition increases students’ expertise, enhances the opportunities and employability of Nigerian students through an incentivised exposure to advanced knowledge in Data Science, which is now world’s No. 1 career. Bluechip Technologies also sponsored the competition last year as part of its 10th anniversary. The competition, organised by Data Science Nigeria, is now in the final…

The 2020 Threat Report, which was today launched by Sophos, an in cloud-enabled next-generation cybersecurity company, has shown that cyberattackers are raising the stakes in ransomware, increasing stealth in malicious Android apps, exploiting misconfiguration in the cloud, and abusing machine learning. The 2020 Threat Report, which provides insights into the rapidly evolving cyberthreat landscape and was produced by SophosLabs researchers, explores changes in the threat landscape over the past 12 months, uncovering trends likely to impact cybersecurity in 2020. “The threat landscape continues to evolve – and the speed and extent of that evolution are both accelerating and unpredictable. The only…

Interswitch Limited, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa that is expected to expand the digital payments ecosystem across Africa, touted as the world’s most underpenetrated market. The partnership will see Visa, a digital payment platform acquiring a significant minority equity stake in Interswitch, making it one of the most valuable African FinTech businesses with a valuation of US$1 billion. This will also see Visa among other globally renowned investors like Helios Investment Partners, TA Associates and IFC that have shares in Interswitch, alongside Company management. According to Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Chief Executive of Interswitch, the partnership will create…

These terms: cyberspace, cybercrime, cyberattacks and cybersecurity are increasingly gaining ground in today’s society. They are readily on the lips of individuals, ranging from small businesses and corporations to governments. The entry of these terms into the common lexicon shows the pervasiveness of the Internet today. While cyberspace, according to Wikipedia, refers to the virtual computer world, it is today a conventional means to describe anything and indeed everything associated with the Internet and the diverse Internet culture. It has become evident that the growing access to mobile internet services and the widespread, interconnected digital technology brings cyberspace within the…

For the second year running, Microsoft through the 4Afrika initiative, is the lead sponsor of the 2019 Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp, an all-expenses-paid learning bootcamp that builds Nigeria’s capacity in the use of advanced machine learning and deep learning concepts and drives the application of AI for socio-economic development. The bootcamp will be held between 19 and 24 November 2019 in Lagos and will focus on the use of modern tools, particularly Microsoft Azure in Deep Learning, applied to concepts including convolutional neural networks, cognitive systems and natural language processing. The bootcamp is driven by a…

Nigeria’s Globacom has said it will continue to throw its weight behind initiatives and ideas that support the empowerment of women in Nigeria and other countries it has operations, stressing that when you empower a woman, you improve the overall wellbeing of the family unit. This is why it supported this year’s edition of the annual conference of the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ). In a statement issued in Lagos, the telecom operator noted that women’s empowerment is necessary for the emancipation of the family unit from a subsistence level of living. “When you empower a woman,…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has changed the date of the 12th Edition of e-Nigeria International Conference, Exhibitions and Awards to Thursday, 28th November 2019. The event was earlier scheduled to hold from 12th – 14th November. The theme of this year’s 3-day conference is ‘Leveraging Technology and Indigenous Innovation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals’. The conference will feature discussions on creating new job opportunities and economic development through technological innovation, harnessing indigenous innovation and creativity for poverty reduction in Nigeria. Other areas are leveraging disruptive innovation for achieving good health, national security, anti-corruption, and sustainable energy…

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has warned of impending telecom service disruption in border areas of the country. This warning follows the Nigeria Customs Service’s directive to all customs zonal coordinators not to allow petroleum products to be delivered to any filling stations within 20 kilometers radius to any border area in Nigeria. ALTON in a letter sent to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the directive is already having a huge negative impact on its members’ operations, noting that if the necessary agencies of government do not urgently intervene in the situation, the impact will…

New York-based international economic empowerment organization exclusively for women business owners, the International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Foundation (IWEC)  has announced the appointment of Ibukun Awosika as President, Board of Directors as its New President. Awosika, who is the Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, was elected to replace Miguel Valls, former president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and president of the IWEC Foundation, who passed away last month. “The Foundation is very excited to announce the appointment of our new president, Ibukun Awosika,” said Ruth A. Davis, IWEC Chairwoman and distinguished former U.S. Ambassador in a statement. Davis noted…

Following the official opening of Globus Bank Limited to customers for all forms of financial transactions a few days ago, Nigeria’s CWG Plc has taken some credit, saying it set up the Bank’s infrastructure and implemented the core banking application. In a statement issued and signed by the CWG’s Head of Brand and Marketing Communications, Mrs. Anthonia Ehanmo, CWG disclosed that both the infrastructure set up and installation, as well as the implementation of the Finacle 10.2.18, is riding on the company’s expertise. “We are happy to bring our expertise and be part of the successful launch of the Globus…