Author: ITPulse

  Nigeria’s based Skool Media has won the Global Best Quality ICT Solution Company at the 2018 WORLD QUALITY DAY EXCELLENCE AWARDS; an annual event initiated at celebrating leadership innovation and creativity in quality management in Africa. The award being organized by World Quality Alliance, rewards companies that have shown quality in their various endeavours. The organisers look at principles such as inspection, process control, auditing, standards and ISO 9000. Such principles also includes for example, Management Systems and continuous improvement, customer satisfaction and market focus, teamwork and the well-being of employees. The award won by Skool Media Limited, an…

  A new forecast by United Kingdom based Ovum has disclosed that despite the agitation for 5G technology, the main drivers of mobile broadband in Africa over the coming years will be 3G and 4G. This is even as Africa has some advanced operators and markets, which are poised for early 5G launches. Such markets include South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, and Mauritius that are expected to launch mobile 5G services by 2022, according to recent forecasts by Ovum. The forecast believes that the take-up of 5G in Africa overall will be modest initially, with only 5.9 million mobile 5G connections on…

Nigeria has recorded a 50 percent increase in the volume of mobile money within the period of January to September this year. The increase, according to the Nigeria Interbank settlement System (NIBSS) is a reflection of interest Nigerians are gradually showing in the scheme initiated a few years ago by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Figures released by the NIBSS, show that in the nine months under review, volume of mobile money transaction is N1.2trillion. This is a huge increase, compared with N795. 18 billion recorded in the same period last year. The figures also revealed that the…

All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™), in partnership with CNBC Africa, have announced the 2018 West African finalists, after the completion of a rigorous and extensive selection process. The 8th edition of the AABLA will honour business excellence and leaders who have made considerable and remarkable impact on their various industries, individuals, communities, continent and the world at large. According to the judges committee of the AABLA, the guiding principle was selecting individuals, who have shown leadership competences, continued commitment to excellence, developing best practices, innovative strategies and have demonstrated that they are game changers of business in West Africa.…

Nigeria’s MainOne has partnered the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), a not-for-profit organization which provides technology training, seed investment and mentorship for the next generation of globally successful African software entrepreneurs to provide high-speed internet access to its Incubator center in Ikoyi, Lagos. The partnership, according to MainOne, will leverage MainOne’s fiber connectivity, as well as MEST’s seed fund and incubator to foster the growth and success of entrepreneurs by providing work space, high-speed internet, hands-on support, resources and a vibrant community to help start-ups succeed. “MainOne remains committed to powering up the startup and technology ecosystem in Nigeria…

Google Nigeria has opened voting for the first Google Impact Challenge competition to find the most innovative not-for-profit Nigerian organisations using technology to solve societal problems. The competition, which was launched in May, will have a massive positive impact on the African non-profit sector through the attention it is bringing to the market. “It is important to bring people’s attention to the good work done by the numerous innovative non-profits operating in Nigeria. The Google Impact Challenge opens Google’s arms to Nigerian social innovators working to solve challenging social issues, and asks for their bold ideas to grow economic opportunity…

There are strong indications that premium smartphone manufacturer, Samsung will start producing foldable screen smartphones by next year. The phone manufacturer gave a glimpse of the device, which is expected to cost more than $1,000 on Wednesday and will compete compete against several other flexible-screen phones. Though, it is unclear whether the flexibility will have mass appeal, especially when the bendy devices are expected to cost more than $1,000. The idea of a foldable device is to revive the smartphone market, which industry watchers and analysts believe is mired in an innovation lull and a sales slump. A potential catalyst…

  The Managing Director of Rack Center, one of Nigeria’s Tier 3 Data Center operators, Mr. Tunde Coker has been elected by his African peers as the Secretary General of the newly formed African Data Centre Association, (ADCA). This is even as he has been penciled down to join an array of technological and business experts at this year’s Africa Fintech Summit holding in Lagos, Nigeria to deliver a keynote speech. Coker was elected at the association’s inaugural meeting recently at the Datacloud Africa Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, where over 30 African Data Centre operators and Stakeholders voted. The ADCA…

  A 2017 Cyber Security Report has disclosed that Insider threat emanating from the staff and management of organisations topped the cost of cyber crime activities in Nigeria with $194 million, representing 30 percent out of the $649 million the report claimed was lost to cyber crime in 2017. The report, ‘Demystifying the Africa Cyber Security Poverty Line,’ which was again presented today at the organised E-payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) 9th Annual Payment Systems Conference, also disclosed that over 90 percent of Nigerian organizations are operating below security poverty line. This, the report finds is significantly exposing them…

  Nigeria’s premium Data Center operator, Rack Center has been declared winner in the Best Data Centre Innovation category of this year’s Capacity Europe 2018 Global Carrier Award in London. Presenting the award to Rack Center, the Chief Executive Officer of Capacity Media, Rosalind Irving, CEO said the award to Data Center “underscores the high benchmark the company has achieved since its launch as it has truly set the pace, raised the bar in its region, and has operated with 100 percent efficiency” In the past 14 years, the Capacity Media Global Carrier Awards, celebrating innovation, and excellence, has become…