Author: ITPulse

The 14th edition of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS)’s international conference will focus on building smart nations, digital economies and meaningful Lives that leverage information technology. This was disclosed by the NCS’s President, Prof Adesola Aderounmu at a Press conference in Lago on Tuesday. He said the conference, which will hold from Tuesday 16th to Thursday 19th of July, 2019, at the International Conference Centre, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria, with the theme “Smart Nations, Digital Economies and Meaningful Lives”, will witness the gathering of IT academia, industry and thought leaders across the country. “NCS is preparing for the best and…

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has lamented the non-compliance of the Federal Government’s Executive Order on local content development, noting that the worrying implications are that local innovations are yet to be appreciated. The President of NCS, Prof Adesola Aderounmu, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos, cited the case of Remita, a product of SYSTEMSPECS and an indigenous ICT solution provider. He disclosed that as of today, the Federal Government has not been able to fulfil its obligation with regard to the services rendered to her through REMITA software. This, he described as a disturbingly high level of…

Three Nigerian students have emerged among the top three winners in the Global Final of Huawei ICT Competition, concluded on 26th of May at the company’s headquarters in Dongguan, China. The team of Nigerian students competed with 49 other teams with a total of 147 students representing 30 countries racing for the global trophy. Adebayo Abdulqudus, a 22-year-old Nigerian university student on the team, describing the dedication and hard work it took the team of Nigerian students to aim for the top trophy, said “For the past eight months, we left our families, we left relatives, we left our friends,…

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…