Author: ITPulse

Technology Africa, organizer of the annual Titans of Tech Award has disclosed that the 2019 edition will focus on local content in ICT and infrastructure protection for socio economic growth. The focus was disclosed in a statement in Lagos, issued and signed by Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa. The statement, noted that the event will holdin Lagos on Friday, July 19, 2019 at the Oriental Hotels Victoria Island with a special Roundtable on the growing importance of digital infrastructure protection in the quest to further Socio-economic Growth. It also revealed that the theme of the Leadership Roundtable is “Cyber…

Some stakeholders in the Nigerian educational and Information Communications Technology sector on Thursday in Lagos gathered to deliberate on how best to rejig the country’s educational system for optimum performance. Tagged, African EduTech Conference, the stakeholders at the event organised by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with EduFirst.ng; a subsidiary of Skool Media with support from Olashore International School and other organisations, called for a situation that will ultimately reduce illiterate adults and out of school children put at 60 million and 10.2 million respectively. They argued that for the situation, which they described as ugly to be…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today, announced the appointment of Dr. Henry Nkemadu as its Director Public Affairs. In a statement posted on its social media pages, the Comiiission disclosed that Nkemadu is a graduate of veterinary medicine from the University of Nigeria, addi g that he has traversed the length and breath of NCC acquiring experiences that qualify him for his new role. The statement revealed that Nkemadu is a former Controller of the Lagos Zonal Office – NCC’s largest Zonal Operation. He has worked in the Departments of Economic Analysis and Corporate Planning (EACP); Policy, Competition and Economic…

The Federal Government has declared its determination to provide a lifelong unique identification for every individual physically residing in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora within the next five years. Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz, made the declaration two days ago in Johannesburg, South Africa, while speaking at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Identity for Africa (ID4Africa) Movement. Addressing the over 1,500 delegates at the world’s largest identity, for development gathering, Engr. Aziz stated that for Nigeria to enhance governance, help its people rise out of poverty, restore growth and participate in the…

The Director General of theNational Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has revealed that Nigeria loses about N3.133 trillion to cybercrime and foreign software annually. Vanguard reports that Pantami gave the figure at a stakeholders engagement on Nigerian Software Testing Guidance, NSTG, and the Guidelines for Information Systems Audit, GITA, in Abuja. According to the report, N127 billion is lost to cybercrime annually due to the nation’s inability to adequately secure information systems, advising that to guarantee safe delivery of services, it has become imperative to secure Nigeria’s information system. “There is an urgent need to continually protect the country’s information…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is about to demolish over 8,000 telecom masts belonging to some of the country’s mobile network operators across Nigeria. This is coming after it said a month grace it gave to the telecom operator to remove the mast, which are violating safety regulations elapsed. According to statement from Mr. Sam Adurogboye, spokesman of the NCAA, the demolition will also affect some banks and financial institutions which discountenanced the Authority’s regulatory requirements for clearance to erect any high structure within the navigable airspace in Nigeria. “We are left with no choice as the 30–day ultimatum…

VDT Communications Limited, today said Nigerians are set to experience what can be truly referred to as broadband services, after the commercial launch of its advanced 4G LTE data service, scheduled for next month. The Managing Director of VDT, Mr. Abiodun Omoniyi stated this at the media launch of the service, noting that the retail broadband service is being launched to satisfy Nigeria’s insatiable data need. “Today, we are informing Nigerians that we are about to launch our retail data network4G LTE Advanced service into the market with the theme ”…Iive the life” which we are leveraging to drive home…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has urged all Nigerians to assume the responsibility of a watchdog to telecom infrastructure across the country, noting that telecom infrastructure is a Critical National Asset. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the call in Sapele, Delta State at a sensitisation forum focused on the imperative of protecting telecom infrastructure. “All citizens should see telecom infrastructure as a critical national asset because of the centrality of telecoms to the effective delivery of services in all other sectors of the economy,” he said in a paper presented on…

Digital and Shared services Infrastructure provider of the federal government, Galaxy Backbone has disclosed how local partnerships have helped it to expand its space segment and satellite services across the country, especially to Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. In a statement sent to Journalists via email, Galaxy Backbone noted that, the service, which is being provided on its 1GOV.ng platform with fibre, is the preferred mode of connection. But, in locations where there are no fibre or terrestrial networks, satellite capacity is used. Thus, it has done through the satellite capacity required from its sister agency, NIGCOMSAT, stressing that…

In a bid to deepen eCommerce penetration in Nigeria, Jumia has decided to empower resident in Lagos through the company’s Women & Youth Empowerment Programme, created to provide training and support to young women and youth seeking to expand their sources of income. The pilot phase of the empowerment programme was launched on Friday 14th June 2019, at the Jumia Experience Centre in Yaba, Lagos. According to Jumia, the programme is aimed at bridging the widening unemployment gap among the youth in the country. “When women are empowered, families are also empowered. This empowerment programme aligns with Jumia’s mission of…