Author: ITPulse

The Minister of Communications Minister, Chief Adebayo Shittu; the Chairman of NCC Board, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye; Nigeria’s Chief Telecoms Regulator and Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, will lead other industry stakeholders; operators; ministries, departments & agencies (MDAs) to be part of this year’s ITU Telecom World. Nigeria is expected to ride on the crest of the successes it recorded in the South Korea-hosted International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017. Already, Nigeria’s planning committee for the 2018 edition of ITU Telecom World holding in Durban, South Africa, September 10-13, 2018 has been…

  Pan-African Bank, Ecobank won the Best Digital Strategy Award at the Retail Banker International’s prestigious awards ceremony held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London last week. Ecobank won the award largely due to its mobile app, which has already been downloaded by over 5 million people. The app is a unified banking app serving 33 African countries, enabling 24/7 banking services and transactions in 18 different currencies and in four major languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Speaking on the award, Ade Ayeyemi, CEO of Ecobank said: “This award is a real vote of confidence for the hard…

  eCommerce and its continuous explosion – thanks to the internet – has forever changed the way we shop for products and services. We have witnessed – in the last 6 years of eCommerce debut in Nigeria – many impactful changes, such as the rise of online marketplaces; the seamless shift to using mobile devices for online shopping; the incredible growth of online and digital marketing and advertising; and the use of digital modifications in sales and mainstream consumer shopping. Despite this remarkable innovation, many still find it very challenging to use these eCommerce platforms because they hardly understand how…

  CitizenGO, a community of active citizens that seeks to defend life, the family and fundamental rights worldwide has called on concerned parents in Swaziland to boycott MTN services over what it termed support for the homosexual agenda by the telecom company. The Non-government organization alleged that MTN, by being the main sponsor of Bushfire 2018 Festival, organized by Rock of Hope, is sowing endless seeds of confusion amongst the populace of Eswatini, especially the children who are the future. “It is with great despair that the people of Eswatini have learnt that MTN intend to promote the LGBTQI agenda…

  As part of its initiative to deepen its support for startups in Nigeria, a leading technology blog, CFAtech. ng has opened entries for a pitch session. Interested startups and entrepreneurs are expected to sign up/submit their ideas at http://startups.cfatech.ng. While those who want to observe the pitch session must register here https://goo.gl/forms/xVrGYSSi4Rkxwseo1. The pitch session will hold at No 53 Oladipo Bateye, GRA, Ikeja on the 24th May 2018. And the winner of the pitch will have a One on One with CFA. Applicants should note that any idea to be pitched should able meet certain criteria, such as solving specific problems, having unique selling points,…

  East African countries of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda will have a combined mobile broadband connection of 186 million by the 2022, Ovum’s new forecast data service has revealed. According to the forecast, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will account for 112 million subscriptions at end-2022, while all nine East Africa countries will account for 186 million mobile broadband subscriptions at the end of 2022, making a mobile data key driver for the East African telecoms market in the next five years. The growth of mobile broadband will be powered by increased deployment and…

  One of the key players in the Nigeria’s industrial growth and a diversified conglomerate, Sona Group Industries has urged stakeholders in the industrial sector to take advantage of the vast opportunities in the African market, embrace and promote Made in Nigeria products. Mr. Arjan Mirchandani, Chairman of Sona Group, while speaking at the Food West Africa 2018, said the future of  Africa is based on self sufficiency, locally made products and the Nigeria market is not an exemption, which is the major reason he is emphasizing the patronage of Made in Nigeria products. “The chain of distribution in the…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is strengthening its digital inclusion policy by extending Information and Communications Technology training to persons living with disabilities. NITDA said the training is part of its mandate to develop and regulate Information Technology (IT) in Nigeria and ensures that disadvantaged groups are given access and skills required to enjoy the benefits of the information age. In a statement issued and signed in Abuja by the Director General of NITDA,  Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the federal government agency disclosed that it has been organising an annual ICT training for PLWDs as a…

  The introduction of the Contactless Naira MasterCard by Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank Plc will promote the convenience, ease of transactions and the security of funds. This is Firstbank’s position as it announces the Contactless card as an addition to its array of debit cards. The debit card, which FirstBank stated, is widely acceptable nationwide and globally, will be used to withdraw cash, and access value added services including bill payment, airtime recharge, flight, and hotel booking and many more. In a statement in Lagos, FirstBank explained that the Contactless Naira MasterCard enables quick pin-less purchases and is a…

  Government in Nigeria at all levels must invest in the development of Information and Communication Technology knowledge and skill, the Administrator of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde has canvassed. Adinde, while speaking with Journalists in Abuja during the weekend, noted that investment in ICT skills is the only sure way Nigeria can optimally harness the possibilities and potential inherent in the deployment of infrastructure across the country. “There are two ways to fund ICT: infrastructure side and soft side (skills and knowledge). On the hard side which is the infrastructure side, it is easy to perceive…