Author: ITPulse

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is strengthening its relationship with Galaxy Backbone in a bid to evaluate the modern technology available at Galaxy backbone, so as to determine its capability to handle his vision for TETFUND going forward. TheExecutive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro stated this during a courtesy visit to Galaxy Backbone’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. Specifically, Prof. Bogoro said the strengthening of the relationship is in the area of research and technology that can be deployed to rejig the educational sector, so that researchers and professionals in the academic field in Nigeria, can document their research…

The World Health Organisation (WH0), has again clarify that there is no existing evidence to show that exposure to mobile phone radiation can cause cancer or pose any health risk. This position is against the insinuation in some quarters that radiation from the mobile phone and telecom mast can lead to several health hazards. WHO Public Health and Environment Specialist, Edwin Edeh, who made the clarification last week during the First Digital African Week conference in Abuja, also noted that the position is evidence from scientific research into the effects of mobile phone radiation. “Radiation and radio frequencies from mobile…

More and more governments around the world are discussing encryption backdoors to help them fight various criminal activities. However, the data breaches, hacks, and cyberattacks, which we hear about every day, affect not just private companies. Governmental institutions suffer from them too. Due to various software system flaws, millions of unsuspecting citizens have been affected only this year. Daniel Markuson, the digital privacy expert at NordVPN, says that some governmental institutions believe they are too small and insignificant for hackers to attack them. However, recent events in Baltimore, Florida, and Texas defy this belief. In May, Baltimore struggled with a…

What is data science? How often do you think you’re touched by data science in some form or another? Finding your way to this article likely involved a whole bunch of data science (whooaa). To simplify things a bit, I’ll explain what data science means to me. “Data Science is the art of applying scientific methods of analysis to any kind of data so that we can unlock important information.” That’s a mouthful. If we unpack that, all data science really means is to answer questions by using math and science to go through data that’s too much for our…

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warri based Rolof Computer Academy, Mr. Lucky Ofuafo, last week urged the Nigerian government to rejig the country’s education sector with special emphasis on technical education, science and technology, mathematics, arts and vocational training. Ofuafo, who made the call during the graduation ceremony of Rolof Computer Summer School, where participants were given specialized training in Robotics, Animations, Story Telling, Computer Coding, Programming and Leadership Training; noted that the world was evolving into a better place with the advancement in communication, incredible breakthroughs in science and technology. Some of the graduands He also argued…

…. Successful graduates take a cloud certification in AWS, Azure or Google – Medeiros Data science continues to evolve as one of the most lucrative and in-demand career paths for skilled professionals. iDAF, a non-governmental organisation that focuses on creating an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) empowered community in Africa, has introduced iAspire Data Science Fellowship Program to even assist Nigerians acquire advanced skills in this area. Data Science entails a combination of data inference, algorithms, and technology that solves complex problems. The core of this technology is, data that is initially raw, then is streamlined, and stored in a data warehouse.…

Ten lucky Nigerians from across the country, today in Lagos received an unprecedented prize of five million Naira (N5,000, 000) each after they emerged the winners of last week Better Life Billionaire Promo (BLB Promo), a novel initiative of NNB Capital & Investments Limited, a financial and investment advisory firm. At the brief ceremony, organized by the promoter of the BLB Promo, the winners also received certificates and mentorship on investment. Speaking after receiving her payment of N5, 000, 000, one of the winners, Mrs. Ifureuwem Umoeka, who travelled all the way from Akwa Ibom State, said she considered herself…

The Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD), has given thumbs up to President Muhammadu Buhari for his appointment of Dr. Isa Ali Pantami as the Minister of Communications. According to the President of the Centre, Dr. Bayero Agabi, the appointment of the former Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA is a testament of his enormous achievement at the agency. “Pantami is the first Director General of any of the agencies within the Ministry to be elevated to the position of the Minister of Communications. What that implies is that he will need little or no…

By Josephine Wawira The rise and growth of e-commerce in the world and primarily in Africa has created a lot of business opportunities, not only in urban but also in rural areas. The good news is that there is undoubtedly increased connectivity, reaching even the previously inaccessible remote villages across the continent and connecting them with e-commerce. Over approximately the past three years, the market has been noted to move substantially in the direction of developing logistics meant to tear down barriers for e-commerce penetration in rural markets. Consequently, online retailers can now reach customers in remote cities, while locals…

At a time when digitalization is providing the African continent with the opportunity to accelerate growth and rapidly expand struggling economies, countries in the continent have been urged to get a strategy in place and act quickly and decisively to become leaders on the global economic economy. This is one of the major takeaways from Siemens’s report titled ‘Dawn of Digitalisation and its Impact on Africa.’ The report, which was unveiled in conjunction with Frost & Sullivan, puts together a comprehensive research project outlining the current state of key industries across the continent and identifying challenges and opportunities. It considers…