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Mrs. Anthonia Ehanmo is the Group Head, Brand & Marketing Communications at CWG Plc, Nigeria’s largest system integration company. In this interview with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke, she disclosed how the CWG’s brand has enabled the growth of businesses in countries where it has operations. She also adduced reasons why the name of the brand was changed from Computer Warehouse Group to CWG Plc in 2017. As an insider, what is your assessment of CWG Plc as a brand, placing it side by side other brands in its class? CWG Plc as a rebranded identity is gaining recognition and matching up…

The organizer of this year’s Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit and Expo (NiMES), scheduled to hold at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos later this month have assured that the event will provide better opportunities for the participants. Speaking to Journalits in Lagos, the organizer stated that, the event with the theme of this year’s event tagged “Unlocking the Economic Impact of Digital Transformation in Nigeria”, would be focused on issues relating to mobile technology and the economy driven by the digital transformation as they affect the society. “Opportunities would be opened to participants to meet senior executives from public and…

Introduction to web scraping Web scraping is one of the tools at a developer’s disposal when looking to gather data from the internet. While consuming data via an API has become commonplace, most of the websites online don’t have an API for delivering data to consumers. In order to access the data they’re looking for, web scrapers and crawlers read a website’s pages and feeds, analyzing the site’s structure and markup language for clues. Generally speaking, information collected from scraping is fed into other programs for validation, cleaning, and input into a datastore or its fed onto other processes such…

The University of Nexford, has said the reasons it is set to host Open Day in Lagos is to fight brain drain and unlock $1trillion in global economic value. The University, which has requested participants to pre-register for the free conference at www.nexford.org/lagos, also added that during the Open Day, which will hold on September 21 in Lagos, the region’s entrepreneurs would be empowered. In a statement signed by Nexford University Country Manager in Nigeria, Miss Olamidun Majekodunmi, the University, explained that millions of people have the potential and ambition to contribute to a more robust global economy. But few people in emerging…

The 2019 World Summit Awards has come and gone, Mr. Amos Emmanuel, WSA Eminent National Expert for Nigeria presents to you the national nominees from Nigeria, winners of awards and their solutions. In 2019, numerous innovative people in Nigeria, using digital solutions to take action on local issues applied for the global UN World Summit Awards competition on local innovation with high impact on society. Combining an ongoing series of international events, activities and research with a global network of partners, experts, social entrepreneurs, digital policy think thanks and major collaborations, Programos’ Innovationbed. Africa initiative leverages the World Summit Awards…

A new hassle-free bus hailing platform, PlentyWaka is going live in Lagos today, and will offer daily commuters the ability to move from point A to B in comfort, style and safety with a few taps on their mobile device. Owned and launched by Crowdyvest, an impact-driven platform that connects its members to multiple sponsorship opportunities, PlentyWaka is a real-time bus sharing solution that is evolving the way commuters enjoy convenience, safety and comfort in their daily rides. The PlentyWaka buses at the launch Speaking at the launch in Lagos, the company’s Managing Director, Johnny Enagwolor, noted that PlentyWaka is…

Coderina Education and Technology Foundation have entered into a partnership with Google to initiate CSFirst Code Club to over 100 schools and community centres. The CSFirst Code Club will offer trainings free of charge and facilitate CSFirst & Online Safety curriculum to over 3000 youths across Nigeria. CSFirst curriculum which is the main component of the code club is a specialized curriculum by Google based on the programming language, Scratch from MIT, which helps kids and youth to become equipped with 21st century coding skills, problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity thereby empowering them to be able to contribute to personal…

Mr. James Agada, a former Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, Nigeria’s largest system integration company, has been billed to deliver the keynote address at the South East Cybersecurity Conference, scheduled to hold in Enugu next month. The organizer of the event, Techcode Nigeria Limited, while disclosing this in a press statement, noted that the event was was launched to inform Governments and the private sector in the South-Eastern part of the country about cyber threats and show them ways they can stay safe online. This year’s edition is also expected to welcome special guests such as the Chairman, Southeast…

A Nigerian startup has unveiled PhantFashion, an innovative online fashion directory that seeks to bridge the gap between fashion designers, dealers, and potential customers. PhantFashion provides the technology that enables Nigerians to easily access fashion. By simply logging in, users can choose their desired fabric and utilize advanced Artificial Intelligence technology to design and customize their clothing. This innovative process involves a simple step of standing in front of a camera. Once the design is finalized by the listed and verified tailors, they are promptly delivered to the customer’s doorstep. However, to get started which is free of charge, tailors…

Programmers’ Day is celebrated on the 256th day of each year. 256 is the number of distinct values that can be represented by an eight-bit byte. Usually, the 256th day is August 13th (except for leap year). But this year it is also Friday the 13th! What could go wrong, right? Since Friday the 13th is a common day for scary accidents, let’s imagine what would happen if all programmers would disappear this Friday. Not much at first To be honest, people wouldn’t notice the disappearance for quite some time. Most of the systems would work on their own for…