Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the first level of complaints from the telecom consumers should be channeled to the service providers. The Head, Consumer Protection and Advocacy at NCC, Aliyu Ibrahim, who stated this at the maiden edition of National Advertising Conference organised by the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), two days ago, explained that the 622 Toll-Free Line created by the NCC for complaints management serves as a second level of complaint about telecom consumers who had earlier complained about services to their service providers and need to escalate the issue. According to Aliyu, the 622…

Microsoft Nigeria has partnered the Candle Career to organize the 2019 edition of the Candle Career Conference, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 30 at the Civic Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos. The conference, which will be graced by seasoned speakers in various industries is themed: “Out of the Ordinary: The bedrock of an extraordinary career.” The conference is a spring up from “The Candle Career,” a community focused on up-skilling and increasing the pathways to success of Nigerian undergraduates and fresh graduates. For this year’s conference, top industry professionals are expected to share insights on the nitty-gritty of…

A Nigeria’s e-logistics company, Funnel Logistics Technologies Limited has launched its electronic courier aggregation platform. Tagged Funnel, the platform, which brings together customers in need of courier services is an electronic facilitator for efficient and seamless requests/fulfillment of deliveries through the best courier operators across Nigeria. Speaking at the launch, Mr. Tunde Oloyede, the Chief Executive Officer of the company noted: “We are excited to be launching this pioneering service in Nigeria. The Funnel platform provides innovative solutions to ease Nigerians’ everyday last-mile logistics pain points. At Funnel, our mission is to be the primary electronic facilitator for efficient request/fulfillment…

For students in Nigerian to fit into the emerging fourth industrial revolution (4IR), where technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science and machine learning are being leveraged, the government must partner with the private sector to develop a 21st-century curriculum. This advice was given by Ayodeji Balogun, co-founder and chief operations officer, Terragon Group at the 2019 Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Summit & Bootcamp held in Lagos. According to Ayodeji, the government can infuse more advanced topics around data science, machine learning so that students could get access and hands on experience at a very early stage before they…

Hanson Johnson, the founder of Start Innovation Hub, one of the foremost incubation Centre in Niger Delta region of the county speaks of challenges that the incubation hub face, the need to prepare for the 4th industrial revolution through capacity building and how the government is responding to IT as a form of mass employment program.  Tell me why Start Innovation Hub is located in Uyo and not Lagos, what prompted you?  It is basically because of the challenges I faced then, most of the ICT opportunities were in Lagos. For us to get any IT skillset or solution we…

The Association of Licenced Telecommunication Organisation of Nigeria (ALTON) is set to celebrate achievements and milestones in the telecom industry at its 20-Anniversary, which will hold tomorrow in Lagos. Rolling out the achievements yesterday at a press conference in Lagos, the Chairman of ALTON, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo noted that 20 years after the liberalization of the telecom sector in Nigeria, the country has moved from one cellular mobile network with limited coverage and 26,500 connected lines to 4 GSM operators, 2 VoIP operators, 4 Fixed Wired operators with 172.9mn mobile subscriptions & teledensity at 123.5 percent.  “After 20 years, Nigeria…

Lagos based tech solutions company, Softcom, last week at the University of Lagos facilitated based in an Artificial intelligence masterclass for business executives, teaching businesses how to leverage Data for more effective business operations. This was done in partnership with the Data Science Nigeria summit. The company said this was done in furtherance of its vision to solve some of Africa’s biggest challenges in identity, education, payment and data for people and businesses. “We constantly strive to build solutions and technology that will positively impact lives. We recognise that leveraging artificial intelligence applications across all socio-economic sectors will catalyse sustainable…

Technology is an almost indispensable part of human history. It has however never quite progressed as projected. It almost always manages to beat expectations. The automobile, the television and even the computer all defied expectations. One of the biggest fears about technology was always about job loss. This fear never quite materialised. Technology always manages to achieve net job gain. Rather than take jobs, technology constantly creates jobs and sometimes even whole new industries thus boosting productivity. After all, is said and done, technology is now an ally, an ally to humans, an ally for human development. On the flip…

By David Itile Recent moves by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, indicate, among other things, a deliberate ploy to usurp the power of the country’s telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). From directives to orders on issues bordering on regulation, industry watchers fear that any attempt to tamper with the independence of the regulator through unnecessary interference would erode the huge gains recorded by the sector since liberalization in 2001. From all indications, the Minister’s actions, both in body language and utterance speak volume of a man, who is knowingly or unknowingly undermining the independence…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja at the launch trial of the 5G Network by MTN Communications, a leading network operator in Nigeria, gave Nigerians the assurance that they will get the full benefits derivable from the deployment of 5G in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who conveyed Buhari’s message, added that the Federal Government will give full support to the initiative even as it looks forward to tapping the promise of 5G,  especially in addressing security challenges of the nation. MTN Nigeria, yesterday demonstrated the 5G telecommunications services in Nigeria…