Author: ITPulse

A telecommunications enthusiast, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani has again, called on the federal government to set up a telecom industry financing bank that understands the industry and will be able to provide the right mix of financing, which will ultimately ameliorate some of the challenges of the industry. Ikechukwu, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited and First Vice President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), made the call last week during a high-powered virtual meeting, organized by ATCON to discuss the socio-economic and political impact of Covid-19 on telecom and ICT sector in…

Sponge Nigeria Limited, the technology partner to NNB Capital and Investment Limited, has been slammed a fine of N10million by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) for its failure to pay winners of the Better Life Billionaire promo since last year. NNB Capital and Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Eczellon Capital, an investment and advisory firm had organized the Better Life Billionaire promo, last year to give some Nigerians the chance of being one of 10 people to win N5 million each, every week or the lucky winner of the N200 million grand prize in the 13-week campaign. The Promo…

Nigeria’s CWG Plc has sealed a strategic partnership with Clari5, a Banking Enterprise Financial Crime Risk Management products company to jointly help African banks combat enterprise fraud and money laundering. The partnership will allow the two companies to provide solutions to African banks to counter enterprise-wide fraud and money laundering risk. “We are tremendously excited to partner with Clari5. Banks across Africa can now benefit from the unparalleled advantages of Clari5’s extreme real-time, cross channel, enterprise-wide fraud risk management capability,” announced Mr. Adewale Adeyipo, CWG’s Chief Executive Officer. He noted that the pan-African fraud and money laundering landscape has become…

…. Urges EVC to consolidate on 8-point agenda DIGITAL Economy Media Support Volunteers, (DEMS Volunteers), has congratulated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, on his reappointment for another term of five years. The Group made up of Nigerian media professionals that are leading nationwide awareness /campaigns on Digital Economy, expressed the message of goodwill, in a press release, over the weekend. The Group said that, with President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, reappointing Prof. Danbatta, following a recommendation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, shows a cordial working…

People will wonder why I have based more of my research on an individual but that is what you get when you have developed yourself into a critical character that is capable of attracting critically loyal fans. I have had to make do with individuals who only identify with progress when it emanates from them alone; I have however come to terms with those being part of growth especially in an African community like Nigeria. Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has built himself to become more of an institution that is capable of attracting loyalty and understanding from all walks of…

The training and capacity building arm of CWG Plc, CWG Academy started a six-week online session this June with registered students across Nigeria with an orientation programme. The online training is occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced many countries, including Nigeria, to declare a lockdown of activities with the closure of schools and many people working from home. This birthed ‘CWG Online Academy’, an initiative of the CEO, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo. The online Academy session is to be coordinated by Oghenetega Ogbeni, a Business Development Manager. She stated that though the world is on recess due to the…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has announced the approval of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari for the reappointment of Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission for another term of five years. In a statement issued and signed by the Minister’s Uwa Suleiman (Mrs), Pantami stated that the reappointment of Danbatta is based on the country’s efforts to consolidate the gains made in the telecommunications sector in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy. “In an effort to consolidate the gains made in the telecommunications sector in line with the…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has commended the telecom service providers in Nigeria for their resilience in providing reasonable services, despite the congestion caused by Covid-19. Danbatta gave the commendation yesterday during a high-powered virtual meeting on the socio-economic and political impact of Covid-19 on the telecom and ICT sector in Nigeria, which was organized by the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). According to him, though the congestion in the telecoms network exposes the inadequacy of infrastructure in the sector, the telecoms service providers must be commended because, in the…

A report by Vertiv, a provider of critical digital infrastructure in partnership with technology analyst firm Omdia, has predicted that Edge Computing will create new sources of income for telecom operators across the world. The report titled ‘Telcos and edge computing: opportunity, threat or distraction’, noted that though there are implications for the shift to Edge Computing for telecom operators, the best tactics and strategies for capitalising on edge growth must be sorted. Specifically, the report noted that the growth of Edge Computing opens opportunities for telecom providers to develop new services related to 5G, IoT and other innovative technologies,…

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) today led other stakeholders in the Nigerian Telecom and ICT sector to have a virtual conversation on the socio-economic and political impact of Covid-19 on telecom and ICT sector in Nigeria. Giving his welcome address at the conversation held via Zoom Video Conference and Facebook Live, the President of ATCON, Olusola Teniola, charged the stakeholders to come up with lasting solutions to issues that are militating against the growth of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria post-COVID-19. At the high-powered virtual meeting, which was attended by top government functionaries, CEOs of Telecom and…