Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday at the eWorld Forum on Broadband at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, gives reasons why it will always support any initiative aimed at improving broadband penetration in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who gave the reasons, noted that broadband has been globally acknowledged as the foundation for transformation to a knowledge-based economy, given the World Bank acknowledgement that a 10 percent increase in broadband penetration in developing countries results in a commensurable increase of 1.38 percent in GDP. “It has also been proven that for every 10 percent increase…

The laudable results witnessed over the years in the development of broadband and digital connectivity in the country would not have been possible without the various roles played by eight companies and associations. To further stimulate them for more work in helping Nigeria get everyone connected to digital platforms, services and ensure affordability, the six private companies and two government agencies received various awards at the 10th Edition of eWorld Forum, held today at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. Two government agencies, which have stood out in the management of Nigerian public entities, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and the Galaxy…

The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms. Funke Opeke has identified some bottleneck stifling the development of local content in Nigeria. The bottlenecks, according to her areinadequate infrastructure, lack of electricity, broadband, good roads, access to funding by Startups and lack of collaboration between the Universities and the corporate world. Opeke, who delivered the Lead paper, ‘Developing Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem; Imperative for Improving Local Content’, at the opening of a two-day maiden Edition of ‘Emerging Technologies Research And ICT Innovation Forum, organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission, noted that tackling the aforementioned challenges should be the government’s priority. By the…

The 2019 edition of Titans of Tech Award, which will hold in Lagos on Friday, July 19, 2019 have line up a special programme to honour the dynamic Engr. Florence Seriki with a posthumous award for her unparalleled contribution to the growth of ICT industry in Nigeria. Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa, who revealed this to newsmen in Lagos, weekend said that it is important to celebrate Engr. Seriki, especially now that she has passed on, so as to remember her great work in building the first made in Nigeria computer, establishing high tech factories and promoting girls…

Chief Executive Officers have been advised to create organizational agility that will disrupt existing business models and challenge long-held market orthodoxies in the face of unparalleled environmental, economic and technological changes. The advice was contained in the Fifth KPMG International ‘Global CEO Outlook’. According to findings from the Outlook, two-thirds of CEOs say that agility is the new currency of business and that if they don’t adapt, their business will become irrelevant. It disclosed that just over half of CEOs are confident they will succeed but are realistic, with 53 percent projecting cautious three-year growth of up to 2 percent…

Galaxy Backbone, a digital infrastructure and shared services provider to government and all its agencies, said infrastructure for the implementation of the Electronic Government master plan is readily available for deployment. In an email message, the Managing Director/CEO, Mr, Yusuf Kazaure of Galaxy backbone said the e-government master plan heralds the platform that will help ministries and agencies perform better and become more effective in providing services to other government institutions, businesses and the citizenry in a fast, reliable and efficient manner. “The goal of the e-government plan is to provide a transparent, competent, service oriented digital base, and an…

A Globaldata latest report has disclosed that spending on automated home devices will hit $75bn by 2025, up from $23bn in 2018 globally. The report titled ‘Thematic Research: Automated Home’, noted that much of that growth will be driven by two types of devices: smart thermostats, which are becoming increasingly common as consumers and governments alike look to control energy consumption; and smart speakers, relatively recent entrants to the market. According to Ed Thomas, Principal Analyst for GlobalData’s Technology Thematic Research, the advent of smart speakers has had a significant impact across the automated home, as they have enabled simple, voice-activated…

The Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express, Mr. Hennie Heymans has disclosed that the courier company has unveiled mobile and desktop platform e-shop in nine African countries. The unveiling follows the success of DHL Africa eShop app in 11 countries across Sub Saharan Africa. The countries are South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Ghana, Senegal, Rwanda, Malawi, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Uganda. According to Heymans, the uptake and usage of this platform over the past seven weeks has been incredible, with exponential growth in subscribers and physical orders. “Based on this rapid growth and the positive feedback that we have received…

Customer service departments of big companies engage with thousands of customers every day. Each interaction holds importance and the company can use it for their benefit. But the increasing number of these interactions means it is impossible to look at each one of them individually or to understand the individual customer journey. That is where Data visualization comes in. It can help customer-facing teams to improve their customer experience and point out the areas for improvement by using data analytics, and machine learning on customer data. Marketing managers, sales representatives, and customer service professionals need to process a rapid flow…

Sophos has announced the acquisition of Rook Security, a pioneer and leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services to boost its threat detection, investigation and response capabilities to its recently acquired DarkBytes technology platform. With the acquisition, Sophos will deliver the new MDR services through its network of approximately 47,000 channel partners worldwide. “Cybercriminals are relentlessly trying to exploit organizations with techniques ranging from tried-and-true phishing emails to the more recent trend of ‘hacker pen-testing’ to find weaknesses in their surface area. As a result, businesses need 24/7 monitoring and management of what is happening on their network, yet…