Author: ITPulse

  MainOne’s Funke Opeke has been adjudged by an independent panel of data centre experts from hundreds of entries from across the world as the 2018 Data Centre Dynamics (DCD)’s Business Leader. The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne was recognised recognized for her role in leading her company, MainOne to success in West Africa, taking on the task of building a Tier III certified data centre from the ground up, with cables connecting it to the rest of the world, as well as her ability to assert herself, deliver results and actively take on challenges within a male-dominated field while…

  iSON Xperiences has been declared the best the company for work place practices, under the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs) 2018, having defeated 55 other companies in Africa. At the prestigious award ceremony, held in Lagos last week, the organizer noted that the award was in recognition of iSON Xperiences’ outstanding and innovative approaches in employee engagement and alignment such that they feel passionate about their jobs. The organizer added iSON has always display commitment towards ensuring that all its employees enjoy peace and prosperity through its strong management commitment and a participative approach to workplace safety and…

  A 11 years old Daniella Soje has won the star prize of $1000 at the just concluded World Child Innovation awards, which is the brainchild of Turkey’s Elvan Groups Founder, Mustafa Kadiroglu, an entrepreneur and Innovator. Soje, a student of Dansol High School won the highest prize after her project, where she uses home-use materials such as toothpicks and matchsticks to design artwork, beats over 150 applications submitted across Nigeria. Other winners are  Idrees Najeer and Ujunwa Madu, who won $500 and $250 respectively. While Idrees Najeer is a student of Glisten International Academy, Abuja and built a helicopter…

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has given a verdict that half of the world’s population will be online by the end of 2018, disclosing that this would be the first time more than half of the world’s population will be using the Internet. “At the end of 2018, 51.2 per cent of the global population, or 3.9 billion people, will be using the Internet,” says the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs) in its 2018 global and regional ICT estimates. These estimates, which shows it will will surpass the 50/50 milestone for Internet use are a…

One of the world’s premier digital industrial companies, GE has given reasons why it decided to launch an e-learning portal at the recently concluded Lagos Garage Week 2018. The company said it is in line with its commitment to skills development and the empowerment of entrepreneurs in Nigeria that it launched the Lagos Garage advanced manufacturing training program with the objective of extending the training program’s reach to thousands of Nigerians across the country. “Our goal is to empower Nigeria entrepreneurs with the relevant skills required to compete on a global scale. I’m happy to say that so far, over…

  The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami has claimed that the Information and Communications Technology industry in Nigeria is presently contributing 13.63 percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Pantami, who made this claim at a Startup event, organized by NITDA in Abuja, also stated that revenue from Startups in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector berthed at $101 million in the third quarter of 2018. “As a country, we should be excited that the burgeoning ICT sector is growing in leaps and bounds. I’m happy to report to you…

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has been scheduled to give the keynote address at the Fourth and last  in the series of this year’s Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) Quarterly Forum. The Forum with the theme “Achieving Last Mile Connectivity Through Affordable Broadband,” is expected to address broadband challenges, especially last mile connectivity, which industry watchers argue has remained a setback in the country’s broadband penetration quest. The Forum is billed for December 14, 2018, at the CitiHeight Hotel, Opebi Link, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement in Lagos signed by…

A Nigerian lady, Blessing Jonah on Monday this week drove home a Toyota Corolla worth N2.5 million, courtesy Ekojara.com, a leading online gaming platform, making her the first person to win an automobile since the unveiling of the brand rare feat. Congratulating Blessing, the Chief Executive Officerof Ekojara, Hillary Nwaukor disclosed that Blessing had won the Toyota Corolla vehicle with just N2,500 after an online raffle draw that was characterized by probity and transparency was drawn. “Remember, everybody stands a chance to win. Someday, we imagine that people will have a fair chance to win big items such as…

  It’s that time of year – our planet has made its trip around the sun and as we close out 2018, we look ahead and think about the possibilities for 2019.  And we’re closing in on the next decade of innovation that takes us into 2030, where we at Dell Technologies predict we’ll realize the next era of Human-Machine Partnerships – where we will be immersed in smart living, intelligent work, and a frictionless economy. We made some bold predictions last year – some coming to fruition a bit faster than others…there’s still much to do in advancing artificial…

  A 90 percent Internet penetration that would be experienced in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries will be driven by the growing young population with increased digital skills. This is the prediction of world’s leading technology provider, Ericsson, in its latest Mobility report. According to the report, Middle East and North Africa will experience 5G subscriptions in significant volumes as from 2022 and in commercial deployments with leading communications service providers by 2019, and significant volumes in 2021. “As 5G now hits the market, its coverage build-out and uptake in subscriptions are projected to be faster than for previous…