Author: ITPulse

Wole Abu is the Chief Executive Officer of Pan African Towers Limited, an indigenous infrastructure company in the African telecoms market. In this interview with the BUSINESS METRICS team, Abu discloses the circumstances that gave birth to his company two years ago and the impetus behind its fast-pervading footprints in Nigeria and Ghana as well as the aspirations of the company to disrupt more African telecoms markets in the coming years. As he fielded questions from BUSINESS METRICS at his Lekki Lagos office, Abu also dissects some government policies, opportunities and challenges in the African telecoms market while he proffers…

Prof. Mu’azu Bashir, a professor of Computer and Control Engineering and Head of Computer Engineering Department at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has been appointed the Chairman of a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications based research from Academics in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Inaugurating the committee at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja recently, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, noted that initiating the committee speaks to the NCC’s commitment towards encouraging the development of indigenous innovative solutions that impact not only the Telecom industry/ICT sector positively but also…

The Chairman of MTN Communications Nigeria Plc, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe has been speaking on why the foremost telecommunications services provider, MTN, has continued to dominate the Nigerian telecom space like a colossus. Ndukwe, who spoke as a guest at the Virtual Digital Africa VIP Leadership Series on Tuesday, organized by Digital Africa Group, organisers of the annual Digital Africa Conference & Exhibitions noted that three factors: good finance, good management and discipline in terms of managing resources, separate MTN from the rest of the pack. “I think it is important to say that MTN is a particularly disciplined company right from its…

A survey report by Finbold.com, which featured over 3,150 respondents from at least 120 countries and territories has revealed that 68 percent of hackers initiate attacks to be challenged, while 71 percent opting for websites. According to the data, websites are the most vulnerable hacking platforms, even as the respondents noted that making money accounts for the second-highest reason for hacking at 53 percent while learning tips and techniques accounts for 51 percent. Notably, about 49 percent of hackers launch attacks just to have fun, while 44 percent of hackers usually want to advance their careers as the fifth reason…

The ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced millions of people spending more time indoors and online has led to an increase in the sales of gaming equipment, as data released by SafeBettingSites.com, indicates that the global gaming PC sales revenue hit $39.2billion in 2020, representing a 60 percent jump in five years. According to SafeBettingSites.com, high-end gaming pcs account for almost 50 percent of global sales. In comparison, 2015 recorded $24.6bn in revenue with high-end PC sales accounted for 45 percent of that value, followed by mid-range and entry-level gaming PCs with 30 percent and 25 percent market share respectively.…

The organiser of this year’s edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit, InnovationHub Africa & Resources Limited has unveiled speakers, including the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami, who will deliver the keynote address. The forum is scheduled to hold virtually from Tuesday, October 6, 2020, to Thursday, October 8, 2020, under the theme: ‘Innovating in Critical Times’. Other influential speakers confirmed for the week-long event include; Profesor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); Andrew Bourne, Regional Managing Director, Zoho Corporation; Eduardo Bailetti, co-founder &CEO, ScaleCamp, Ottawa, Canada; Fatumata Coker, Founder/Group President, YGroup Holdings…

Nigeria today through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy officially launched the Digital Nigeria portal and mobile app as part of the implementation of National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for a Digital Nigeria. Speaking at the launch in Abuja, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, noted that the launch is towards the implementation of the Digital Literacy and Skills Pillar, adding that it is a follow up of President Muhammadu Buhari’s flagging off of the Digital Nigeria Programme on the 19th of March 2020 to support Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training for Nigerians.…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has disclosed that Nigeria did not only surpassed the 30 percent broadband target for 2018 but has increased broadband penetration in Nigeria to 42.02 percent as of July 2020. The former University lecturer, who disclosed this in a presentation titled “Communication Technology for Service Delivery in Health, Education, Tourism, the Creative Industry and Agriculture” delivered during the first virtual and sixth edition of the Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition (ICTEL) EXPO 2020, also assured that Nigeria will continue to promote and facilitate the expansion…

Aren’t SMSes dead? Aren’t they just plain old text anyway? Surely they’re of no interest to cyber criminals anymore? Well, SMSes aren’t dead at all – they’re still widely used because of their simplicity and convenience, according to this report by Naked Security. Indeed, as a general-purpose short message service – which is literally what the letters SMS stand for – it’s hard to beat because any phone can receive text messages, from the fanciest smartphone to the cheapest pre-paid mobile. If all you need to transmit is a 6-digit login code or a “pizza driver now 2 minutes away”…

The Nigerian government is set to implement a policy it tagged zero-rating for educational websites, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has disclosed. The Minister, who disclosed this while delivering his keynote address at a Webinar organised by Lead Inspire Network with the theme: “Enhancing Virtual Learning and the Challenges of Internet Penetration in Nigeria” said the policy would allow the consumption of contents without charges to the normal data plan. He noted that the policy is part of efforts by the federal government to ameliorate the impact of Covid-19 on the country’s education sector and…