Author: ITPulse

Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute, yesterday announced that it will launch its Abuja chapter, which it says will help to create over 20 global technology companies per year soon. With the official launch, the Startup Accelerator, which is described as the  world’s largest pre-seed accelerator plans to run two semesters annually, asking Nigerians who are interested in working with Abuja’s top startup mentors to launch a technology company to apply via http://fi.co/apply/abuja In the events leading to the launch, the chapter will host a series of free startup events for the general public, where attendees can learn how to build a…

Pan-African bank, Ecobank has asked Fintech entrepreneurs in Africa to apply for its 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, which gives African start-ups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially partner with Ecobank to roll-out their solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets in Africa as well as France. The Ecobank Fintech Challenge, which was designed in partnership with the advisory firm Konfidants and is supported by several partners across Africa and globally welcomes submissions from all start-ups and developers in any of Africa’s 54 countries. According to Ecobank, all Finalists will be inducted as Ecobank Fintech Fellows, participate…

Nigeria’s premier services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is set to host its 2020 second edition of the SME Business Clinic in Port-Harcourt and Abuja on the 25th and 27th February 2020 respectively. The bank said it is extending the SME Business Clinic in Port-Harcourt and Abuja, in recognition of the significant role SMEs play in achieving sustainable growth and development in the economy of Nigeria.  The event themed “Building a sustainable Business” . SMEs are encouraged to take the FirstBank SME diagnostic tool by visiting https://smeconnect.firstbanknigeria.com/ in order to stand a chance to be amongst the participants that…

Electronic Payment company, Interswitch has called on students from Senior Secondary Schools to register for the InterswitchSPAK 3.0 National Science competition on the InterswitchSPAK portal henceforth. The call becomes necessary after the success of the last edition, which was aimed at re-igniting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects among secondary school students. “We at Interswitch are committed to inculcating knowledge, coupled with improving the standard of education in Nigeria. We are very passionate about encouraging more girls to take up STEM subjects.  The good thing is, there has been an increase in the number of girls participating in the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has promised to help the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), affirm one of its mandates of deepening access to certain government services in all the 774 local government areas Nigeria. This formed part of the discussion when the NIPOST team led by the Postmaster General of the Federation, Dr. Ismail Adewusi paid a courtesy visit to the NCC’s headquarter in Abuja two days ago. According to Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who received the delegation, NCC is ready to support NIPOST with a resilient telecom infrastructure that allows the postal agency to jointly…

The Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has urged the Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN) to leverage smart technologies in their operational processes. The NITDA boss gave the advice while delivering his address as the Special Guest at a Conference organised by the Association with the theme “Digital Economy Campaign: Prospect and Industrial Connections”. He noted that leveraging smart technologies such Internet of Things, (IoT); Artificial Intelligence, (AI); Robotic Technology, is necessary for any manufacturer who is ambitious to be a player in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “With the various opportunities provided by the present…

….A personal reflection by GODWIN UDU on transitioning from the technical side of user experience to the creative and strategic realm of design The Beginning: When Code Met User Experience. In the early days of my career, I was deep in the trenches of frontend and API integrations. As a UX Engineer, my world revolved around translating design mockups into pixel-perfect, interactive experiences. I lived in the space between design and development, building design systems, creating prototypes, and ensuring that beautiful designs worked in the real world. I remember the satisfaction of seeing a designer’s vision come to life through…

Nigeria is on the path of 70 percent broadband penetration in the next five years, as the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, received the draft report of the National Broadband Plan Committee 2020-2025. The Chairman of the Committee, Ms. Funke Opeke, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MainOne Cable, presented the report to Pantami in the present of the Committee is co-chaired, Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former Executive  Commissioner Technical Services at NCC. Others are the presentation of the report, include Engr. Ubale Maska, NCC’s Executive  Commissioner Technical Services, who is the Secretary of the Committee and the Executive…

The federal government has assured Nigerians that it is committed to the implementation of the Ease of Doing Business policy using advanced technology. The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, who spoke on behalf of the federal government, noted that implementing the Ease of Doing Business policy has become more necessary as technology has paved the way for many e-commerce businesses to thrive, hence creating wealth and jobs to millions of people around the globe. Abdullahi disclosed that NITDA has identified capacity building as one of the key pillars and strategic road map for ICT development…

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today introduced a new “Xstream” architecture for Sophos XG Firewall with high performance Transport Layer Security (TLS) traffic decryption capabilities that eliminate significant security risk associated with encrypted network traffic, which is often overlooked by security teams due to performance and complexity concerns. XG Firewall now also features AI-enhanced threat analysis from SophosLabs and accelerated application performance. Sophos today also published the SophosLabs Uncut article, “Nearly a Quarter of Malware now Communicates Using TLS,” which explains how 23% of malware families use encrypted communication for Command and Control (C2) or installation. The article…