Author: ITPulse

  The African Development Bank is presently facilitating a partnership with South Korea that will enable technology transfer to Africa in the area of Agriculture, Green growth, Smart urban transportation management and numerous business opportunities. The partnership was mulled in Seoul during a meeting on potential technology partnerships between Korea and Africa, where representatives of Busan Metropolitan City, Busan Techno Park and Korea’s Green Technology Center were present. “What we are facilitating is a win-win proposition,” noted Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. He said the future is going to be an exponentially different future and that the…

  By Enitan Adekoya Skool Media, Nigeria’s based digital school promoter has given reasons why it is promoting the idea of making schools in Nigeria go digital, saying that will redefine the goals of education to transform how learning is practiced each day and make students and the teachers compete favourably among their peers across the world. The easiest and surest way to get the desired quality education in Nigeria is to create an enabling environment for both the teachers and the students. This formed Skool Media’s strategic plan in their quest to get education work again This is even…

  Students admitted into the CWG Academy for the 2019 session have expressed their excitement, saying they are being taught in the Academy what is capable of turning them into real Tech Guru very soon in Nigeria and anywhere in the world. One of the trainees, Pascal Amaechi, a graduate of electronics and electrical engineering from the Covenant University, who spoke with ITPulse, said having heard from a friend who passed through CWG Academy, has been very successful in the IT industry, hence, his reason to also participate in the 2019 session. He further stated that the experience so far…

Nigerian telecom regulator, the Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the Do-Not-Disturb directive to Mobile Networks Operators. NCC said it took the decision as a result of the coming election so that the MNOs disseminate specific information on voter education on behalf of the Independent NationalElectoral Commission (INEC). The Commission however noted that in the process of inimplementing the suspension, MNOs are to be mindful of existing directives regarding the timing and regularity of such messages and the fact that the temporary suspension is only with regards to the specific messages on voters’education. The new directive to all MNOs and Value Added Service Providers…

  A combination of affordable data and handset would deepen connectivity and ultimately lead to financial inclusion in Nigeria, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), GTBank, Segun Agbaje has posited. The GTbank boss took this position yesterday during a presentation on Building the bank of the future at the Social Media Week (SMW) event in Lagos. Agbaje, who admitted that both Financial Technology firms and telecom operators are daily taking market share from the usual brick and mortal banks, urged the bank to leverage Artificial Intelligence banking process. “At this point, it will be pertinent for Mobile Network…

  Nigeria’s Telecom House, Medallion Communication Limited last week at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos won the ‘Data Center of the year Award’ at the Nigerian NewsDirect 8th Anniversary Award of Excellence. The organizer of the Award, Nigerian NewsDirect said, Medallion was painstakingly selected for the award after their background check showed that Medallion is the connected Data Centre in Nigeria. Nigerian NewsDirect disclosed that their check revealed that Medallion has over 83 ICT service providers are connected to its Data Centre. These service providers include all GSM operators,  CDMA operators, Fixed Wireless and Fixed Line operators in…

  Nigerian former Vice President and Presientail candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming election, Ahj. Abubakar Atiku has launched an Artificial Intelligence solution that will enable him interact with Nigerians, especially the youths. Tagged world’s first ‘emojified’ manifesto in a new effort to attract youth voters, the innovation will enable young people to interact directly with Atiku by choosing from a host of questions to pose to him and hear directly his responses. “The aim of the solution is to cut through the rhetoric to help youth voters understand more about the issues that matter most…

  Social media giant, Facebook has partnered Nigeria’s Paradigm Initiative to run workshops on safe Internet use in Kano, Lagos and Aba. The partnership is keyed into this year’s World Internet Safer day, where Facebook’s Safe Online trainers will run two-hour workshops in both PIN’s LIFE Centers and at schools in Kano and Lagos for the initiative. “Working with Facebook on online safety aligns with our focus on driving digital inclusion and educating the youth about their digital rights,” said Tope Ogundipe, Director of Programs at Paradigm Initiative Nigeria. She noted that the programme promises to equip the children who…

  By Wale Oguntokun 18th Edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout is coming up on February 27; Set to teach Startups how to scale up The 18th edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout, slated for Wednesday, February 27, 2019, promises to be a burden-breaker for many upcoming Startups. This is because, the theme that the guest speakers will be speaking on, ‘From Startup to Scale up – The Whole 9 Yards’, has always been the albatross of many Startups all over the world. The inability to scale up by many Startups is the real reason why many Startups die off before the…

  Top dignitaries from all spheres of the corporate world will gather at the Civic Center on Tuesday 5th February 2019 to witness the official presentation of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System to Cyberspace Limited. Ms Boma Beddie-Memberr, Sector Lead/Trade Advisor for ICT, United Kingdom International Trade and Investment will officially hand over the Certificate to Cyberspace Limited on behalf of the British Standard Institute (BSI). According to BSI, ISO 9001 is the internationally recognized Quality Management System (QMS) standard that offers maximum business benefits. It was designed to be a powerful business improvement tool which helps organizations to…