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Hanson Johnson, the founder of Start Innovation Hub, one of the foremost incubation Centre in Niger Delta region of the county speaks of challenges that the incubation hub face, the need to prepare for the 4th industrial revolution through capacity building and how the government is responding to IT as a form of mass employment program.  Tell me why Start Innovation Hub is located in Uyo and not Lagos, what prompted you?  It is basically because of the challenges I faced then, most of the ICT opportunities were in Lagos. For us to get any IT skillset or solution we…

The Association of Licenced Telecommunication Organisation of Nigeria (ALTON) is set to celebrate achievements and milestones in the telecom industry at its 20-Anniversary, which will hold tomorrow in Lagos. Rolling out the achievements yesterday at a press conference in Lagos, the Chairman of ALTON, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo noted that 20 years after the liberalization of the telecom sector in Nigeria, the country has moved from one cellular mobile network with limited coverage and 26,500 connected lines to 4 GSM operators, 2 VoIP operators, 4 Fixed Wired operators with 172.9mn mobile subscriptions & teledensity at 123.5 percent.  “After 20 years, Nigeria…

Lagos based tech solutions company, Softcom, last week at the University of Lagos facilitated based in an Artificial intelligence masterclass for business executives, teaching businesses how to leverage Data for more effective business operations. This was done in partnership with the Data Science Nigeria summit. The company said this was done in furtherance of its vision to solve some of Africa’s biggest challenges in identity, education, payment and data for people and businesses. “We constantly strive to build solutions and technology that will positively impact lives. We recognise that leveraging artificial intelligence applications across all socio-economic sectors will catalyse sustainable…

Technology is an almost indispensable part of human history. It has however never quite progressed as projected. It almost always manages to beat expectations. The automobile, the television and even the computer all defied expectations. One of the biggest fears about technology was always about job loss. This fear never quite materialised. Technology always manages to achieve net job gain. Rather than take jobs, technology constantly creates jobs and sometimes even whole new industries thus boosting productivity. After all, is said and done, technology is now an ally, an ally to humans, an ally for human development. On the flip…

By David Itile Recent moves by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, indicate, among other things, a deliberate ploy to usurp the power of the country’s telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). From directives to orders on issues bordering on regulation, industry watchers fear that any attempt to tamper with the independence of the regulator through unnecessary interference would erode the huge gains recorded by the sector since liberalization in 2001. From all indications, the Minister’s actions, both in body language and utterance speak volume of a man, who is knowingly or unknowingly undermining the independence…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja at the launch trial of the 5G Network by MTN Communications, a leading network operator in Nigeria, gave Nigerians the assurance that they will get the full benefits derivable from the deployment of 5G in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who conveyed Buhari’s message, added that the Federal Government will give full support to the initiative even as it looks forward to tapping the promise of 5G,  especially in addressing security challenges of the nation. MTN Nigeria, yesterday demonstrated the 5G telecommunications services in Nigeria…

The Group Head, Marketing and Communications, at Stanbic IBTC, Mrs. Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami has disclosed the bank’s commitment towards promoting technological initiatives and fostering partnerships that would result in better living conditions for the citizenry. While speaking at the Breakfast Session to herald this year’s edition of Techplus, Odusami noted that Stanbic IBTC also has an initiative which it calls Together4ALimb through which the bank has provided prosthetic limbs and education trust funds to cater to the needs of children who have lost their limbs. “Over the last five years, Stanbic IBTC has supported 30 children through this initiative and we…

Organized by Shenzhen Safety Management Committee Office and Emergency Management Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Emergency & Safety Technology Exhibition of China Hi-Tech Fair 2019 (hereinafter referred to as interEMC of CHTF 2019) was successfully held at Great China International Exchange Square in Shenzhen, China. As the first exhibition dedicated to emergency and safety technology under China Hi-Tech Fair, interEMC of CHTF 2019 showcases the leading manufacturing products and technologies to echo the slogan “Innovations Frame A Safer World”, attracting over 150 well-known enterprises, and 3,000 professional visitors among total 20,000 visitors, with a display area of 7,000 sqm. An Event…

Eyal Titinger is a Partner at CyberDome, an Abuja based cybersecurity company. In this interview with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke, Titinger noted that while collaboration is key, the safety of Nigeria’s cyberspace also depend largely on disclosure of cyber attacks and data breaches. He also disclosed that Cyber Security Research shows that Nigeria has one of the highest levels of cybercrime in Africa and in the world.  How will you describe Cyberdome as a company? CyberDome is a Cyber Security and research firm located in Abuja with branches in Israel and the USA. We provide bespoke cyber services such as  analysis,…

Kazeem Hakeem, a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University and Obinna Onuoha, also a graduate of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, have won a scholarship for their Master of Science (M.Sc) programmes at Stellenbosch University, South Africa courtesy of the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) intercampus Machine Learning BootCamp 2019 prize. Microsoft (4Afrika) and BlueChip Technologies Limited, respectively, presented the awards to the duo at the grand finale held on November 23 at the University of Lagos (Unilag). Data Scientists used to work predominantly in the tech industry at companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and LinkedIn, but in the last…