Author: ITPulse

  This might come as a shock, but most of you have been charging your phones and tablets the wrong way. You must have heard or read on WhatsApp about phone on overnight charging blowing up causing injuries to the user while the person was asleep. Well, don’t worry, the overnight charging wouldn’t do that to your phone, but it is also not recommended, according to the findings of Cadax, a company that offers devices that test smartphone and other batteries. According to Battery University, which the company runs for free, the phone needs to charge in short bursts and…

  By Martin Ekpeke Telecommunication subscribers in Nigeria have called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to further reform the Value Added Service segment of the telecom industry. The subscribers, who made the call yesterday at the 83rd Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP), which was held in Lagos, said the call became necessary due to the avalanche of unsolicited SMS, being sent by the operators that end up draining the pulse of the subscribers. One of the subscribers, who described himself as Joseph Igbu, a trader, said the activities of the VAS providers have become a challenge for…

  By Martin Ekpeke Nigeria’s largest system integration company, CWG PLC has unveiled what it described as a 5-year growth plan and the operational strategy that would empower it to remain the leading service platform provider out of Africa. CWG’s Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo, revealed the growth projection plan in an interaction with Journalists in Lagos. According to Adeyipo, after 25 years of doing business and providing services to major corporations in Nigeria and West-Africa, and being strategic partners for major multinationals in the continent, the next phase of CWG’s growth trajectory would be about making…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is set to train 100 women across Nigeria on digital literacy and digital jobs, which will ultimately bridge the digital divide and promote digital inclusion. The federal government agency, saddled with the responsibility of IT development and regulation in the country, said the training would address gender imbalance in ICT, where statistics have shown that women’s participation in ICT is less than 24 percent. “We in NITDA are determined to bridge the gap through special training programmes for women in addition to the usual ICT capacity development activities of which both men…

  Smile Nigeria has introduced a value adding service from its rich repertoire of value adding services, in a bid to delight its teeming subscribers. The free offering, according to the company is to make it possible for its customers to enjoy FREE 1GB data daily for 365days on a minimum of 500MB daily usage from their paid bundle. Aptly dubbed “Get 1GB FREE Daily for 365Days” the service is specifically designed for customers that have not used their Smile device in the last 90days. The service ensures that those who use a minimum of 500MB in a day from…

By Anthonia Ehanmo A number of people have asked what this is about, so I will use this opportunity to explain it to us all, so we are better prepared for subsequent programmes.The CWG D-Coder Initiative is an initiative that generally provides a platform for Senior Secondary School Students to interact with the Technology world, within a Professional setting, with the aim of preparing them for the reality of the work place. What birthed the concept? We were aware of certain challenges in the technology industry, these challenges ranged from having capable hands to fill certain positions within the industry,…

  Nigeria based startup UTRUCKIT.NG, with expertise in the provision of logistic solution has received the United Nations World Summit Award ​in​ ​the​ ​​SMART​ ​SETTLEMENTS​ ​&​ ​URBANIZATION​ ​category for 2017​ ​​at​ ​the World​ ​Summit​ Awards Winners’ ​Global​ ​Congress, held ​in​ ​Vienna​, Austrialia March 20-22 2018. Programos​ ​Foundation,​ Nigeria’s​ ​coordinating​ ​civil​ ​society​ ​organization​ ​for​ ​the​ ​United​ ​Nations based​ ​World​ ​Summit​ ​Awards​, ​which​ ​selects​ ​and​ ​promotes​ ​local​ ​digital​ ​innovation​ ​with​ ​high impact​ ​on​ ​improving​ ​society, disclosed in a statement. According to the statement signed by Mr Amos Emmanuel, Chief Software Architect/Chairman, Programos Software Group and Founder, Programos Foundation,​ UTRUCKIT.NG  was given the…

  Oradian, a financial inclusion company, is set to build its community of visionary microfinance institutions, microfinance banks and Cooperative Societies in West Africa, through the company’s toolset, which includes its cloud-based core banking system (CBS) Instafin, financial institutions are enabled to grow and reach more clients with digital financial services. The company’s mission – to boost financial inclusion by delivering the tools financial institutions need to reach more clients in rural communities – supports Nigeria’s goal to reach 80 percent financial inclusion by 2020 as stated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to Oradian Co-founder and Head…

  By Kester Omu As part of effort to achieve the goal of financial inclusion in Nigeria, some Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have partnered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expand shared agent network across the country. The target, according to the Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, who is the chairman of the body of Bank Chief Executive Officers, Mr Herbert Wigwe, is to reach 500,000 agent network that would offer basic financial services to Nigerians. Wigwe believes that, apart from providing financial services to the citizens, the partnership would also help to create over 500,000 new jobs over…

  We are living in exciting and innovative times with futuristic technology literally at our fingertips. But for the longest time, small to medium sized businesses were not serviced by the latest tech trends enterprises have been able to benefit from. That is, until now. In this article, we’ll explore these technology trends and how they will impact business in 2018 and beyond. So, what kind of things can this ‘smart’ tech do? Just 4 months ago, an AI machine managed to complete a University level math exam 12 times faster than it normally takes the average human.  How? Through…