Author: ITPulse

Nigerai’s CcHUB has announced that applications are now open for its 2018 incubation program. In a statement sent via email and signed by Chidinma Nwogbo, Programs Officer, CcHUB said deadline for submitting an application is March 16, 2018, adding that the program is also open to startup teams, from anywhere in the world, looking to grow their business in Africa (particularly Nigeria). The statement disclosed that the 12-month program targets tech startups that have gained some traction, generating revenue, address a clear need/want and have the potential to scale. “The core focus of the program is on enabling startups…

  Nigeria’s digital publisher, Publiseer, has been announced as one of the 14 finalists of the 2018 Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition, taking place in Boston, MA, United States, on March 2, 2018. The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School will be hosting the competition to showcase the diversity of entrepreneurs making a difference on the continent today. The competition will be held along with the 20th Africa Business Conference under the theme “Values And Value-Chains: Africa In A New Global Era”. From the pool of applications, 14 finalists have been invited to pitch their business in front…

  Scientists have developed a programme that uses artificial intelligence to decipher a website’s data protection policies in the blink of an eye, and can help you protect your personal information. The programme developed by researchers, including those from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, can let people know which websites and apps collect and subsequently sell their personal data. People do not always take the time to read website terms and conditions before accepting them. Not only are they extremely lengthy, they are also convoluted and written in opaque legalese, researchers said. However, they can contain surprising…

The General Manager, MDXi Data Centre, Mr Gbenga Adegbiji has disclosed that the company is presently investing additional N2.5 billion into its facility in Lekki-Lagos to raise its present investment stake from N10.7 billion in phase one to N12.2 billion in the current phase two. Adegbiji, who disclosed this during a media tour of the MDXi Data Centre facilities in Lagos last week, said the fresh investment will strengthen its operations in Nigeria to enhance and raise its capacity in local data hosting from 300 to 600 racks. He stated that the need for expansion was based on customer’s…

  Medallion Communications Limited said it is expanding its Interconnect and Data Centre infrastructure to Enugu, Port-Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano and Asaba in an effort to accommodate more service providers in other parts of Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, who disclosed this last week in Lagos said the expansion, which is in phases will help boost the experience of telecom users across the country. “Apart from our Data Centre in Lagos and Abuja, we are also on the verge of expanding the infrastructure to other parts of the country,” he disclosed. He noted that the expansion…

  By Martin Ekpeke There major Data Centre operators in Nigeria have called on the federal government to make policies aimed to localizing data and content in the country, saying that would help reduce capital flight, boost economy and ultimately create jobs. The three operators,  Medallion Communications, MDXi and Rack Centre made the call last week at the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA)’s February 2018 Edition of the monthly interactive session with ICT industry helmsmen tagged: ‘Breakfast Meeting With The CEO.’ According to them, a huge chunk of Nigeria’s content and data is hosted abroad, a situation they described…

  By Martin Ekpeke The disagreement between the National Information Technology development Agency (NITDA) and the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) over who register IT contractors continued yesterday. The NCS in a statement signed by its President, Prof. G.A. Aderounmu, insisted that the call for another registration and licensing of IT contractors by NITDA is tantamount to double registration which is contrary to the Federal Government’s policy on ease of doing business. NCS believes the call may lead to the registration of quacks and non professionals, as the only body recognized by law to register players in the industry is the…

  By kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured that the Code of Corporate Governance in the telecom industry is set to address the massive interconnection indebtedness and the unethical practice of call masking. The Board Chairman of the Commission, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, gave the assurance at the Code of Corporate Governance workshop in Kano, yesterday. “The Code of Corporate Governance is set up to address the concerns of massive interconnection indebtedness and the unethical practice of masking of international calls in the telecom industry,” he said. While warning operators to desist from call masking activities or face…

  By Kester Omu The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has disclosed that MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network has paid over 30 percent, representing N110 billion, out of the N330 billion fine it impose on it in 2015. Danbatta stated this yesterday in Kano at a workshop on Code of Corporate Governance. “MTN has so far paid N110 billion of the total fine of N330 billion,” he said The Nigerian Communications Commission had imposed the fine of N1.04tn on MTN for allegedly failing to register their SIM cards. This led to a prolonged…

  By Kester Omu The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has urged Swedish investors to consider the Nigeria’s Information and Communications technology industry, saying it remained one of the untapped industry in the country. Dogara stated this when he received the Swedish ambassador to Nigeria, Inger Ulvedt, who led a delegation to his office on a courtesy call. According to him, Nigeria remained the second largest trade partner with Sweden in sub-Sahara Africa and has an existing cordial relationship. He said this relationship hope to be strengthened for the overall benefit of both countries. “Swedish companies…