Author: ITPulse

In addition to human capital and natural resources, social resources is quietly emerging an important ingredient for socioeconomic development. Managing Director, Ayo Ojuroye, BET9JA, Nigeria’s preferred sport betting operator, who revealed this in a conversation with newsmen in Lagos noted that lottery is a social resource that is positively changing the economic fortunes of countries across the world. According to Ojuroye, “In Nigeria, the operation of lottery has precipitated increase in state revenue through payment of taxes and other levies paid to the government.” He revealed that Bet9ja pays ALL taxes and levies due to it as an organization promptly…

Digital marketing professional, Amplify Digital Agency is set to hold its monthly ‘ThinkDigital’ event on Thursday May 30th, 2019 at the Work Station MaryLand Mall. The theme of this month’s edition is ‘Under Influence: Understanding the Power and Reach of Social Influencers.’ The theme was chosen specifically for all the tripartite parties involved in Influencer Marketing to experience how to effectively leverage on influencer marketing to reach their goals. In a statement, Amplify said it will be hosting Dimma Umeh and Fisayo Fosudo and others to champion the conversations and also answer any questions that might come up. “We would also…

Nigeria’s CWG Plc said it has sealed a partnership deal with three Nigerian banks on the ATM as a Service concept, which it deployed about two years ago; giving the banks the needed freedom to focus on their core banking operations whilst CWG handles their ATM businesses. The banks at the fore of this rollout with ATMs deployed across the nation are; United Bank of Africa (UBA), Unity Bank and Rolez Microfinance Banks, with Ecobank on the verge of being fully integrated as well. These banks are giving their customers access to enjoy better financial technology with this deployment, ensuing…

The fourth edition of Firstbank Fireside Chat will hold this Friday, 31st of May 2019 at its Digital Innovation Lab in Yaba, Lagos. The premium bank said the topic for this edition is “Cyber Security in Digital Payments” and will be delivered by the guest speaker at the event, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale (Co- Founder of Digital Encode) Firstbank held its inaugural edition Fireside Chat in 2018 with Tosin Eniolorunda, Founder TeamApt Limited, and subsequently with Ope Adeoye, Managing Partner, 2iLabs, and Bunmi Akinyemiju, MD,Venture Garden Group. “The FirstBank Fireside Chat is a congregation of players in the technology and…

By Cyril Ilayah The entrenchment of good corporate governance standards and practices has continued to gain global recognition and acceptance as the bedrock for corporate success and business sustainability. Thus, the need for compliance to corporate governance code in an industry like the Nigerian telecom industry, which is an enabler of other industries cannot be overemphasized. The telecom industry is re-engineering the Nigerian economy, helping other industry like the manufacturing, commerce, transportation and governance to work effectively. In fact, with the aid of telecommunications, jobs are being created directly and indirectly even in the gaming industry, with the likes of…

The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said the 5th edition of Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum is set to formulate policy and regulation for Over the Top Technolohies (OTTs). The Executive Secretary of ATCON, Mr. Ajibola Olude, who stated this in an email statement, added that other topical industry issues the forum will address are funding telecoms investment in Nigeria, the deficit in the Nigerian telecom infrastructure and the influx of cloned and fake phones and other telecoms devices in Nigeria. The statement noted that, Ms. Funke Opeke, while MD/CEO, MainOne, will speak…

Beryl Ehondor is a prolific creative writer, teacher and speaker with a child-like heart. She believes every person is a child in adult skin and thus writes to reach the child in them, to create a desirable society. Thus, exploring the power of folktale, the book, Ant & the Pig brilliantly attempts to answer why the Pig is the face of savings. “It also highlights rich African, yet ‘universal’ societal values of savings, delayed-gratification, respect, hard work, teamwork and gains of togetherness in families; core values today’s society needs to survive. This book is not only for little children, but…

Seamfix Nigeria has adduced reasons why it is taking data management sensitization campaign to some Non-Government Organisation (NGOs). The data solution management company, said sensitizations on data management will help the NGOs to make better use of data and address the challenges of data collection and analysis among them. The Executive Director, Seamfix Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chibuzor Onwurah, stated this ‎at one of the seminars organised for NGOs in Lagos. He noted ‎that NGOs make use of data with no knowledge of how to effectively collect and analyse those data. According to him, there are a lot of data around us, “yet…

FPG Technologies & Solutions Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost IT Companies known for providing Mobile, Cloud, Infrastructure and IT Security solutions to various sectors of the Nigerian economy, is pleased to announce that it was awarded 2019 BOICT Award for Cyber Security Company of the Year award during the recent annual award ceremony held in Nigeria by Communications Media Limited, Publishers of Nigeria Communications Week, a leading Nigeria’s ICT Magazine. The BOICT awards distinguish organisation’s and individual’s contribution to ICT advancement in Nigeria and is considered by experts as the most significant ICT award held in Nigeria. FPG Technologies and…

Since MTN officially entered into the Nigerian Telecoms Market in 2001, the company has had a notorious history of flagrant disregard for extant Nigerian Laws. Here are many instances. (1) N330 BILLION FINE FOR UNREGISTERED LINES As part of efforts to check terrorism, kidnapping and other heinous crimes in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC issued a directive to all telecoms companies operating in the country to ensure that all active telephone lines in the country were registered. A fine of N200, 000 per telephone line was fixed as a penalty for non-compliance. While other telecom firms made significant…