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ITPulse is a wholly information technology communication (ICT) news website, with a special focus on the African continent. The website provides up-to-date biz-tech news, analysis and comprehensive and thorough insight into the continent's ICT terrain

  Search engine giant, Google last night in Lagos-Nigeria announced the winners of the first Google Impact Challenge, where twelve non-profits and social enterprises were each awarded a share of $2m in grant funding. Three out of four winners were chosen by the judges, they include – The Cece Yara Foundation,  HelpMum,  Project Enable Africa and the final winner chosen by the general public was Vetsark.  All four winners will receive $250 000 each, while the eight runners up will each receive $125 000. The funding will be allocated in tranches, to be assigned to each enterprise as they reach…

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  Eset Nigeria last week Friday held its next edition of Security Day, where the leader in cyber-protection, provided a common platform for the business owners, decision makers and end-users to interact with security experts and senior management from ESET. The Security Day, which is well-known globally as a gathering of independent and ESET security experts with IT professionals, business people and the general public draws the attention of business owners  to discuss the security landscape in their Organizations and country as a whole. More than eight thousand people around the world already attended with positive feedback on how beneficial…

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  Vodacom Business Nigeria, one of the leading Pan-African total communications solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft (through its 4Afrika initiative) and Descasio. The deal, according to Vodacom is to build capacity and help improve operational efficiency among its customers using the suite of Microsoft Azure Cloud platform services, an open and flexible cloud platform which will enable customers to rapidly build, deploy and manage its applications, data, runtime and more in the cloud. Speaking on the deal, Managing Director for Vodacom Business Nigeria, Wale Odeyemi noted that the platform allows users to leverage existing skills using…

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  The federal government through the Ministry of Education in partnership with Coderina Education and Technology Foundation has concluded plans to introduce Robotics, Coding and project based learning to all Federal Government schools across the country. Already, a ministerial committee that will execute the project has been set up, with a number of schools selected from across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones in a bid to ensure that the program can be scaled up along these geopolitical zones. The teachers from the selected schools converged in Abuja on the 8th of November for a 2-day hands on experiential training. According to…

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  An Africa based Information and Communications Technology Foundation, the African ICT Foundation has started what it described as re-branding and re-engineering process, which it believes will help it to formulate, evaluate, and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovations and boost productivity that will spur growth, opportunity and progress. The group in a statement in Lagos, signed by its Executive Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Bassey, the Foundation, which is an independent, not-for-profit, and non-partisan empowerment and educational organization, noted that the Foundation intends to positively impact on the African economy, tackle attended challenges and avoid potential pitfalls. Part of the re-branding,…

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  By Martin Ekpeke Nigeria’s Telecom House, Medallion Communications Limited has disclosed that it is presently hosting the highest number of operators both local and international, who are riding on its Data Centre infrastructure to provide telecom services to subscribers in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani disclosed this to ITPulse at the company’s corporate headquarters in Lagos, while x-raying the business activities of Medallion in 2018. According to Nnamani, despite some challenges, which he described as normal in business, 2018 has been a great year, especially for Medallion’s Data Centre business, which is the most…

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  Technology has the capacity to help leapfrog our National development, but it takes a number of initiatives to make this a reality, especially for a country like Nigeria with so much human potentials. One of such initiative is Genesys Tech Hub by Tenece Professional Services, set up with the aim of developing software talents, as well as incubating and funding start-ups. It is in furtherance of this objective that Genesys Tech Hub kicked off an annual conference tagged Genesys Ignite which aims to bring together start-ups, academia, software developers, students, policy makers, tech enthusiasts etc. to the beautiful city…

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  A Nigerian telecom subscriber, Laolu Alabi has narrated how the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) swiftly aided him to resolve a dispute he had with one of the Internet Service Providers in the country. Narrating his ordeal on the official Facebook page of the NCC, Alabi said the issue with the undisclosed Internet Service Providers lingered for a while without actually knowing how to deal with it, until a friend advised him to report to NCC. He disclosed that at first, he was reluctant to report to the NCC as advised but eventually did. Describing NCC as a breath of…

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The Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), has adjudged Airtel’s SmartRecharge advertising campaign as best Campaign of the Year at the 2018 Marketing Excellence Awards. At the award, which took place at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos last week, ADVAN said the campaign was creatively delivered through the art of storytelling, emphasizing that it became the talk of the town for promoting family bond in a relatable way that endears all Nigerians to the Airtel SmartRecharge brand. The award was received by the Vice President, Brands & Advertising, Airtel Nigeria, Enitan Denloye, and members of his team on behalf of Airtel.…

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New regulation requirements by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could make it difficult for some fintech companies to operate. In a draft policy document, CBN recognized products by fintech companies are “gaining acceptance” but argued their emergence would heighten existing risks in the financial system. To “address the emerging issues” such as risk management and capital adequacy, the policy proposal will require fintech startups to have minimum shareholder funds ranging from $275,000 to $14 million before obtaining licenses for their operations. It represents a significant barrier to entry for new fintech businesses which—like most startups—depend on revenue growth and…

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