Author: ITPulse

Did you know it’s World Telecommunication & Information Society day (WTISD) today? Probably not. And as it might sound boring, it’s actually very exciting. Right now 56% of the world population has access to the Internet. This means that more than 4 billion people, over half of the world’s population, are without any internet connection. The growth potential is huge. A fully connected world is not just a noble cause, but also the dream of every marketer and tech-company. Which means companies like Google, Facebook and SpaceX are jumping right in. Elon Musk’s space internet Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk does…

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Information and Communication Technology [ICT], Lanre Osibona, has disclosed that the present government has put strategic measures in place to harmonize all silo identity agencies in the country. Osibona disclosed this, while delivering a keynote address at the Lagos Fintech Week. He said there is an initiative in place by the federal government to set up an independent Data Protection Agency, that will take care of all national identity. “This is currently in the National Assembly for final adoption before being signed into law,” he added. This also includes FEC’s approval of…

The Nigerian government has disclosed that it has a plan in place to make sure financial services get across to all citizens irrespective of class, status or location. The plan, according to the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Information, Communication and Technology [ICT], Lanre Osibona, is to bring affordable digital financial services closer to Nigerians who are unbanked or under-banked. Osibona, while delivering a keynote address at the Lagos Fintech Week, also noted that the Federal Government mulled the plan because digital financial services are critical to building a robust digital economy, assuring that government is determined in…

Some Computer Engineering students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun State, have described their excursion experience to the head offices of CWG Plc last week as unforgettable, saying it was an eye-opener to the realities of the impact of their educational pursuit on potential careers in the future. The students, who shared their experiences with Journalists, said the visit was an inspiration that will ultimately boost and further stimulate their morale and imaginations on the implementation of the knowledge they are acquiring in school. Specifically, one of the students, Benjamin Lasisi, a software development enthusiast, said the excursion is…

By Martin Ekpeke Online shopping store, Jumia has described the allegations raised in a Citron report that it inflated the number of its customers and active participants to attract investors to the company as a selected, biased and unverified facts, whose sole objectives is to damage Jumia. The Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Mrs. Juliet Anammah, who was reacting to the allegation at a press conference in Lagos yesterday, narrated that the E-commerce company stand by the disclosures it made in its prospectus, which accurately describe the company’s business and the related risks in all material respects. “We are…

Chairman of Connect Technologies, Chief Chris Uwaje would preside over the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated for Thursday, June 20, at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos. Affirming this Tuesday in Lagos, the Executive Director, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Mrs Nkem Nweke, said that Uwaje, who is acclaimed pioneer of the national information technology policy for Nigeria and founding Member of Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum, is not new to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) eco-system. She said that this year, the forum which usually holds on…

A Lagos based legal practitioner, Dr. Charles Mekwunye has dragged the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja seeking to stop the planned listing of MTN shares on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange. In the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/2019, Dr Mekwunye is asking the court for a perpetual injunction restraining SEC from going ahead with the listing of MTN shares pending the determination of a suit before the Supreme Court bothering on alleged breach of contract in the divestment of MTN assets. Joined in the suit as co-defendants are MTN and Nigeria…

MTN has said it is ready to aid its Nigeria expansion project with the sum of N200 billion, which it will via bank loans and bonds. According to MyBroadband, MTN, Nigeria’s and Africa’s largest wireless carrier will use the said fund to finance capital expenditure in a bid to increase its reach and efficiency of its network in Nigeria Recall MTN listed its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange weeks ago. It registered 20.35 billion ordinary shares with the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission, with about 20 percent expected to be listed on the Lagos bourse. By subscribers, MTN is…

Some Cybersecurity experts yesterday in Lagos advised organisations that handle financial services and sensitive user data to proactively adopt measures that are capable of protecting themselves from the increasing wave of cybersecurity threats. The experts, who gathered “SECURE ENTERPRISE 2019” organised by ITANDT Solutions Limited, a leading software development and IT Security company, in collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) and Interdist Alliances, a Value-Added Distributor (VAD), also urged enterprises to remove the traditional security perimeter and adopt cloud, mobile, Internet of Things and social technologies to mitigate cyber risks. . “There’s no such thing as perfect security. An agile…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to engage stakeholders in the country’s telecom sector in a bid to sustain a robust collaborative regulatory environment that is capable of addressing current and future challenges in the sector. The telecom regulator said it will do it via its maiden edition of the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit (NTLS 2019) which will hold at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, May 23, 2019. It has chosen the theme: “Repositioning the Nigerian Telecom Industry for Future Challenges and Prospects”, saying it is in line with the…