Author: ITPulse

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), in its report has tipped Seamfix, Nigeria’s based identity management solution provider as one of the companies to watch out for in Africa in 2019, noting that the company is poised to inspire the continent through identity and data management. This is the second edition of London Stock Exchange Group’s report, where the continent’s most inspirational and dynamic private, high-growth companies that are affecting and Inspiring the African market in different special ways are recognized and highlighted. The London Stock Exchange Group sees Seamfix’s growth rates and their unique potential to transform the…

For the past seven years, The Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) has evolved into an inclusive Internet policy dialogue mechanism contributing to national development. In a bid to Shape the digital future in Nigeria, the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum Multi-stakeholders Advisory Group (NIGF-MAG), comprising of the Federal Ministry of Communications (MoC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Internet Society Nigeria Chapter (ISOC NG), DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Creative Technology Development International (CTDL), and Global Network for Cyber Solution (GNC), in collaboration with the Internet community stakeholders is holding the 2019 Internet Governance…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday at the Eko Innovation Centre, assured that going by the technology revolution across the world, Lagos State would soon turn into a smart city. The Governor, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, stated this while making a remark at a forum titled ‘An Evening of Conversation on Moral Leadership.’ organized by Eko Innovation Centre, Acumen and African Venture Philanthropy Alliance. According to the Governor, with a smart state, Lagos will be able to response to crime easily and have a seamless government process. To achieve this, he disclosed that the state will…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is joining other regulatory bodies in Africa to combat the menace of fake and counterfeit Information and Communications Technology devices in the continent. The regulatory bodies, according to the Nigeria’s telecom regulatory body are the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), West African Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) and Mobile and Wireless Forum (MWF). NCC’s Director Zonal Operations, Amina Shehu disclosed this at a Stakeholders Sensitization Programme held today at Bwari, Abuja, on the hazardous effect of Non Type Approved Handsets on humans, Quality of Service and e-waste. Shehu noted that the objectives o the collaboration is to…

Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited held an award ceremony at Sheraton Abuja to celebrate the achievement of some Nigerian students for their remarkable performance at the Huawei Global ICT Competition held in China, as well as launch and sign the MoU (between Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited and National Information Technology Development Agency) for the 2019/2020 next edition. The award and launch ceremony had in attendance the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Vice Chancellors and representatives from 30 Nigerian universities, Ministry of Communication and the Ambassador of the People Republic of China to Nigeria. Speaking at the ceremony, the…

By Wale Oguntokun It was all, series of dissemination, of highly valued nuggets, garnered from over 30 years of international entrepreneurial experience in Europe, USA, Asia and Africa, passed on by Tunde Coker, MD, Rack Centre, to the attendee start-ups. This was at the 19th edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout that took place at the premises of GoDoHub, 53, Oladipo Bateye Street, GRA, Ikeja, on the evening of Thursday, July 4, 2019. Speaking to the start-up attendees at the event, Tunde advised them, not to make themselves indispensable because it will never make them to grow. “Making yourself indispensable, is the beginning…

By Martin Ekpeke Former Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson has put up an argument that what Africa needs to accelerate broadband penetration across the continent is terrestrial fibre and not undersea cables as being advocated in some quarters. Johnson, who made her position in a tweet, argues that with a terrestrial fibre, connecting countries, cities, towns and villages, development that can impact on every sphere of human lives will be spread easily. “What Africa really needs is more terrestrial fibre connecting countries, cities, towns and villages not more undersea cable,” she tweeted via @OmobolaJohnson. Her tweet was a…

Third largest mobile operating system after Android and iOS, KaiOS said its next phase of expansion is Africa, which it described as the emerging market for its smart feature phone brands. Although, reasons have not been given for the decision, but it is not unrelated to the fact that the smart feature phone segment has reached a saturation stage in India, where it garnered 100 million users over the last few years. Africa, it is believed offers a more compelling proposition for KaiOS. According to Counterpoint Research, nine out of the top 20 countries with the highest potential for smart…

Jumia Nigeria has said its major successes as a company in the last seven years can be largely seen in the several jobs it has created and the empowerment it has given to many Nigerians, especially women. The Chief Executive Officer of Jumia, Mrs Juliet Annamah, stated this while highlighting the successes of the company as part of its 7th anniversary held in Lagos recently. Apart from jobs creation and empowerment, in the last 12 calendar months, Jumia Nigeria has recorded significant achievements in three major areas of its operations in the country: customer delivery experience, e-commerce reach and the…

By Martin Ekpeke One of Nigeria’s commercial banks, Fidelity yesterday said the essence of the Fidelity Bank SME Funding Connect is to expand the frontiers of SME funding and bridge the seeming gap between entrepreneurs in Nigeria and fund providers. Tagged ‘Entrepreneurs meet Capital’ and scheduled to start in Lagos on the 7th of August, 2019, the bank said the event will bring together 3000 participants, 60 founders, 60 fund providers and 12 million Naira in grants. Giving a remark at the press conference, which was held in Lagos at the bank’s head office, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank,…