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ITPulse is a wholly information technology communication (ICT) news website, with a special focus on the African continent. The website provides up-to-date biz-tech news, analysis and comprehensive and thorough insight into the continent's ICT terrain

  By Juan A. Ketterer What is the most important thing that smart cities and smart banking have in common? Both need (and have managed to acquire) plenty of data to become smart. Without data to test how good your models are, nobody can learn and become smart. Smart cities hold the key to improving access to finance for SMEs and unbanked individuals. Not only are they host to novel technological solutions for sustainable urban development, but they exemplify the power and pace of digital innovation and data. Limited access to finance has traditionally resulted from the lack of perfect…

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  Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as other government establishments will spend N42, 560,945,191.00 on Information Technology projects in the 2017 appropriation bill. A check by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) revealed that the N42 billion represents 2.1 per cent of the total capital budget of N2, 048,989,578,222.00. This information is contained in a press statement issued by NITDA, drawing the attention of MDAs to seek clearance from the Agency before embarking on any Information Technology (IT) project. In the statement signed by its Director General, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, NITDA said the objectives…

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  By Martin Ekpeke The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has again warned Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as other government establishments to seek its clearance before embarking on any Information Technology (IT) project. The NITDA’s warning is coming on the heel of a revelation that a whooping N42,560,945,191.00, which represents a 2.1 per cent of the total capital budget of N2, 048,989,578,222.00 will be spent in Information Technology projects by the MDAs. In a statement signed by its Director General, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the IT clearing house believe that Section 6 of the…

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  By Kester Omu The birth of smartphone, which has revolutionized the way we communicate, play, think and surf the internet is forcing Original Equipment Manufacturers across the world to reduce the volume of Television sets they produced annually; Masiyiwa, the Chairman of KweseTV at a town hall meeting in Lagos submitted. Masiyiwa noted that never before in the history of human kind has a single device had the capability to replace so many other items, arguing that the proliferation of Smartphones that give access to digital and pay TV contents can be said to have replace the TV set.…

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  In furtherance of efforts to ensure Nigeria’s place in the emerging digital economy experts have called on the government to support initiatives to teach children coding as this can precipitate a silent revolution. Speaking at the closing ceremonies of ‘A Summer to Code’ training in Alimosho, Lagos, Chief Content Officer at De Royale Hall Resources, Elvis Eromosele, noted that in the emerging digital society coding would become as basic as reading and writing. He explained that coding, which makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites, will become the new literacy. According to Eromosele, “it…

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  By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), today revealed that the country’s telecoms sector contributed a whopping N1.549 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2017. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, who revealed this while receiving the Chairperson of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Madam Angelique Weeks at the NCC headquarter in Abuja, said the contribution represents a 6.68 percent increase from the first quarter of the year (N1.452 trillion). Danbatta said the figures were derived from recently released Bureau of Statistics (NBS’s) report on the economy, which confirmed…

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  By kester Omu The Nigerian government has again stressed the need why it is considering the promotion and subsequent establishment of Information and Communications technology development bank, saying the bank will provide the needed funding for the ICT industry instead of depending on commercial banks which charges high interest rate. The Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu disclosed this yesterday in his Keynote Address during the INDO-AFRICAN ICT EXPO 2017, held at the Eko Hotel-Lagos. In his words: “The Ministry of Communications is thinking of promoting an ICT Development Bank to assist in providing the needed funding for the…

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  By Martin Ekpeke Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are set to benefit from an estimated US$1.8 trillion Internet of Things (IoT) revenue opportunity by 2026 boosted by the early deployment of commercial Low Power Wide Area Networks in licensed spectrum, the GSMA forecast has disclosed. This is even as live Mobile IoT Initiative supporting commercial LPWA network deployments has increased to 15 worldwide. According to new figures in the IoT Forecast Database Research published by analyst house Machina Research, sees a huge growth opportunities for mobile operators delivered through new Mobile IoT applications and services. To date, 12 mobile operators…

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  Smart is the adjective of our modern world, a world where applications, solutions, products and even entire industries are making innovative use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve the quality of our lives and the efficiency of our services. The potential of smart is enormous. In a smart city, for example, everything from transport to urban planning, electricity supply, local government services and infrastructure management can be improved through the use of ICTs. Smart technologies are essential to create sustainable urbanization, protect the environment and manage living spaces. Smart banking is poised to bring the billions of…

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  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has clarified its position on the possible health hazard or otherwise from the use of mobile phone, saying it never said mobile phone causes cancer as reported by some mass media. Some mass media had quoted the telecom regulator as saying in a presentation it made at a stakeholder forum in Ado Ekiti on type approval processes, with a focus on mobile devices that the use of mobile phone causes cancer. But in a statement it issued in Abuja, the Commission states unequivocally that it never issued any statement or made any presentation to…

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