Author: ITPulse

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), partnered with the Senate Committee on Communications to organise the annual retreat for the legislature last week in Lagos. In the retreat, which was very interesting, we parse some of the things we learnt below. The Nigerian Communications Commission showed a concrete expression to its most renowned tradition of Stakeholder Collaboration, Consultation and Engagement. The retreat stamped Nigeria’s resolve to improving the socio-economic development of the nation through qualitative telecommunication services. NCC’s culture of consultation and collaboration has helped many telecom stakeholders to stay abreast of developments in the telecom sector. The Nigerian legislatures…

  The last edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout for 2017, slated for Friday, November 25, will be featuring the second Startups Pitch session in the series. Startups that are interested to participate in the Pitch session that will also be coming up during the Hangout, should visit https://goo.gl/forms/MhXZyVay4A0AeemX2 and register for it. Entries for the Pitch closes by mid-night on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Two successful entrepreneurs are also scheduled to speak to the attendee Startups at this edition of the Hangout. They are John Obaro, MD, SystemsPecs (Remita) and Jane Egerton-Idehen, Country Manager, Avanti Satellite Communications. Attendee Startups are…

  Airtel Nigeria, has been awarded the Best Company in Stakeholder Engagement at the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) 2017. The leading telecommunication service provider was given the award  for its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative dubbed ‘Airtel Touching Lives’. Airtel Touching Lives is an inspiring CSR initiative that offers practical relief, succour, hope, opportunities and credible platforms to liberate and empower the underprivileged, disadvantaged and hard to reach persons in the society.  The activities of Airtel Touching Lives are recorded and produced for national television with a view to promoting the spirit of giving, self-sacrifice and love among Nigerians. The…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) disclosed that the Nigerian government was able to save a whopping N3 billion on a single IT project through its project clearance process. Though, the specific project and the contractor were not mentioned, NITDA said the saving of the money is a display of its commitment as the government’s clearinghouse for all IT procurement and services in the public sector. “Amid growing concerns about the mismanagement of huge investment of public funds on IT Projects in MDAs, NITDA has offered a glimmer of hope by saving N3 billion on a single IT…

Galaxy backbone has been adjudged Public Sector ICT Infrastructure Provider Of The Year at the just concluded Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) 2017. The event, which was organized by the Association of Telecoms Companies Of Nigeria (ATCON), was a gathering of industry leaders, Decision makers, practitioners and the media.  The event provided a great opportunity for Information Technology and Telecommunications leaders from both the private and public sector platforms to interact, share ideas and celebrate one another on the successes and milestones achieved during the passing year. Meanwhile, Mr. Yusuf Kazaure, Galaxy Backbone’s Managing Director/CEO was recognized…

The Minister for Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, has disclosed that Nigeria has spent a whopping $70 billion to support Information Technology startups in the last sixteen years. Shittu, who disclosed this at at the just concluded ICT Start-up Ecosystem stakeholders meeting organized by National Information Technology Development Agency, justified the expenditure, saying Nigeria can only get out of the present economic woes by embracing innovations in information and communications technology. “So far, Nigeria has spent $70 billion since 2001to support IT start-ups. The essence is to have startups that would help improve our economy and also compete favourably among…

The National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria (NCCN) has launched the first ever National Competitiveness Report and Sub-National Index, ranking all 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory across four key areas: Human Capital, Infrastructure, Economy and Institutions. Lagos State came out on top, followed closely by Delta and River states. Borno and Gombe states ranked 36th and 37th respectively in the index. The financial capital of Nigeria fared best in the areas of Infrastructure and Economy, while northern states Borno and Zamfara lost significantly in the area of Human Capital – plagued by issues with healthcare and education. According to…

It has always been said that Nigeria needs to develop many innovation hubs to give the teaming youths who are interested in joining the tech industry an opportunity to express themselves. I recently met with Gbemi Akande, Co-Founder, Glasslab.ng, at Dubai, and he shared his thoughts on the relevance of having innovation hubs around the country. Gbemi has been involved in setting up of about four innovation hubs, especially, in the city of Dubai. Gbemi stated that, his involvement in starting of hubs all over the place, started with a vision. “I left Nigeria in 2011 with a vision…

By Akachi Ngwu Successful organizations are driven by competent people, effective systems and processes, as well as good corporate governance. As such, Nigerian out-of-home (OOH) advertising firms who must compete in a rapidly-changing world need to rethink their strategies with regard to processes, business offerings, and governance practices to be competitive. The competitiveness of a firm can be described as the ability of the firm to offer comparatively good or better goods or services that meet the quality standards of a given market – and provide adequate returns for its shareholders. The ability to be competitive is driven by a…

  Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp may be working on an app for iPad users as references of WhatsApp for iPad are spotted on latest WhatsApp desktop app. According to a tweet from popular WhatsApp change tracking website WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is gearing up for a dedicated application for iPad. “Great news for all WhatsApp users having an iPad device. Our rumour about a WhatsApp for iPad app was real (real like our other rumours as WhatsApp Business and the Facebook infrastructure),” WABetaInfo tweeted. WABetaInfo also stated on Twitter the WhatsApp Desktop 0.2.6968 app references for an iPad application. However, the WhatsApp…