Author: ITPulse

  By Kester Omu The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has disclosed that MTN, Nigeria’s largest mobile network has paid over 30 percent, representing N110 billion, out of the N330 billion fine it impose on it in 2015. Danbatta stated this yesterday in Kano at a workshop on Code of Corporate Governance. “MTN has so far paid N110 billion of the total fine of N330 billion,” he said The Nigerian Communications Commission had imposed the fine of N1.04tn on MTN for allegedly failing to register their SIM cards. This led to a prolonged…

  By Kester Omu The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has urged Swedish investors to consider the Nigeria’s Information and Communications technology industry, saying it remained one of the untapped industry in the country. Dogara stated this when he received the Swedish ambassador to Nigeria, Inger Ulvedt, who led a delegation to his office on a courtesy call. According to him, Nigeria remained the second largest trade partner with Sweden in sub-Sahara Africa and has an existing cordial relationship. He said this relationship hope to be strengthened for the overall benefit of both countries. “Swedish companies…

  Adopting artificial intelligence for growth and positive social impact means forming new partnerships with customers and business partners. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies are accelerating the creation of intelligent enterprises and enabling companies to integrate themselves into people’s lives, according to Accenture Technology Vision 2018, the annual technology report from Accenture that predicts key technology trends likely to disrupt business over the next three years. However, capitalizing on growth opportunities while also having a positive impact on society requires a new era of leadership that prioritizes trust and greater responsibility. This year’s report, “Intelligent Enterprise…

  The Enforcement Unit of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday raided some companies in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, whose installations were allegedly causing service disruption on 9mobile network. The companies are Page Microfinance Bank, GMT Energy Resources, Club 57 and a property on No 61, Ademola Street, Ikoyi. Speaking to Journalists,  Head of Enforcement Unit at NCC, Mr. Salisu Abdu, said the raid was as a result of complaints received from 9mobile in respect of frequency interference it was having in its network, which has subjected a number of corporate and individual customers to interrupted service delivery. “We…

  The Chief Executive Officer, Oracle Nigeria, Adebayo Sanni, has predicted that, blockchain will emerge as a transformational technology in 2018, while Internet ofThings will evolve from individual components to an integrated platform; and regulated industries will move to the cloud en masse. According to Sanni, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will also cement its place in enterprises, arguing that by the end of this year, most customer support will be conducted by chatbots. “With IDC projecting the country’s ICT market to grow to $10billion in 2018; Nigeria is fast emerging as the hotbed of technological innovation in Africa, and we are…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has called to order the policy statement credited to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) that it will henceforth to register and license all IT contractors in Nigeria. The advocacy group made up of all IT practitioners in Nigeria, said registration and licensing of IT contractors is not part of NITDA’s mandate, but that of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) Act 49 of 1993, which is saddled with the mandate to register, license, supervise and control the profession as stated in CPN Act section 1 (2). In…

Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. Bruce Sterling The term “smart city” is interesting yet not important, because nobody defines it. “Smart” is a snazzy political label used by a modern alliance of leftist urbanites and tech industrialists. To deem yourself “smart” is to make the NIMBYites and market-force people look stupid. Smart-city devotees all over this world will agree that London is particularly smart. Why? London is a huge, ungainly beast whose cartwheeling urban life is in cranky, irrational disarray. London is a god-awful urban mess, but London does have some of the…

  By Kester Omu The management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has started the registration and licensing of Information Technology contractors in Nigeria in a bid to curtail the increasing menace of failing IT projects. Apart from contractors, service providers for the purposes of procurements, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and other forms of engagement with Government establishments and Private Sector, will also be licensed. The federal government IT clearing house disclosed this in a statement today. The statement signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, noted that the agency is dismayed at the…

  Barring any last minute change of mind, Nigerians may no longer be worried about electricity to charge their devices, as scientists at the University at Buffalo in the US have have developed a small metallic tab that can generate electricity from simple body movements. The device, when finally release will help to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians and indeed other African countries currently plagued by lack of electricity supply, as searching for a power outlet to charge your devices may soon become a thing of the past. “No one likes being tethered to a power outlet or lugging around…

  Chief Executive Officers of Nigeria’s leading Data Centre Service providers- MainOne, Medallion Communications, and Rack Centre will be guests to the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA)’s February 2018 Edition of the monthly interactive session with ICT industry helmsmen tagged: ‘Breakfast Meeting With The CEO.’ The CEOs, Ms Funke Opeke (MainOne), Mr. Ike Nnamani (Medallion) and Mr. Tunde Coker (Rack Centre) have all indicated interest to be physically present at the Breakfast meeting which will have over 50 journalists from various media organizations in attendance. As the world increasingly exploits information technology for innovative services and competitive advantage, the…