Author: ITPulse

Vodacom Business Nigeria, last week organised a robotics training session for thirty-six young students from the S.S. Peter & Paul Nursery and Primary School, as part of an effort to further technological develop in the education sector and among the next generation. The training, which was a practical course on robotics, was for young students, aged between 8 and 10. They were given the opportunity to learn about the integration of the Internet of things (IoT) in robotics and its growing relevance in various areas of modern life. Speaking on the training was organized, Abu Etu, Senior Manager: Product…

  By Martin Ekpeke Olivet Cloud Solutions and Sage West Africa have urged members of the Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (CAPDAN) to leverage technology in moving their business forward. The two companies stated this yesterday at a one day business workshop on Sage Software, with the theme, ‘Business Insights on Accountability and Visibility: The Sage Solutions” which was organised by Olivet Cloud Solutions Limited at the CAPDAN National Secretariat in Lagos. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of Olivet Cloud Solutions, Mrs Chioma Chima, specifically told CAPDAN that as Small and Medium Enterprises, the right…

  As part of an effort to promote the Federal Government Open Data initiative, the Ministry of Communication on Tuesday concluded a 2-day Open Data Boot Camp in Lagos for over 120 professionals. The 2-day event  was organized  in collaboration with WOMZY Nigeria Ltd. Participants at the event includes Journalists, Developers, Students, Government Agencies and Civil Society Organizations. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the event, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication, Mr. A.M Abdullahi represented by Mr. CJ Eweama Director Planning Research and Statistics  noted that the essence of the boot camp is to introduce the Open Data Initiative…

  The President and Chief Executive Officer of Ericsson, Börje Ekholm has urged government across the globe to support the deployment of 5G networks, describing it as a critical natural resources. Ekholm, who stated this in a keynote fireside chat at the 2018 Mobile World Congress called The Foundations of The Digital Economy, also calls for the right regulatory regime, which will allow for the rapid build out of sites necessary for 5G. According to him, 5G will be a commercial reality for a couple reasons, of which the first would be data traffic.  “We need 5G to bring cost…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), said it will use the 2018 .ng Awards to recognize and acknowledge those who are contributing to the growth of the .ng domain name registration and promotion of the DNS Industry. In a statement in Lagos, the organization whose interest is to register the .ng domain name and maintains the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) name space in the interest of Nigerians and the global Internet community, said, using the .ng Awards, NIRA celebrates the achievements and innovation of Nigerian Internet initiatives.…

  My Martin Ekpeke As announced during Google for Nigeria event last year, the tech giant has today kicked-off the Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme, by  unveiling 12 Startups in Lagos, South-West Nigeria. In no particular order, the 12 Startups participating in the first Launchpad Accelerator Africa class are: Babymigo – Nigeria – a trusted social community for expecting mothers and young parents;  Flexpay – Kenya – an automated and secured layaway e-commerce system;  Kudi – Nigeria – payment for Africa through messaging and OkadaBooks – Nigeria – a social platform that allows users easily create, spread and sell their stories/books/documents…

  By Kester Omu The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke has insisted that the only sure way to unlocking Africa’s digital transformation is to increase investment in shared fiber network infrastructure, data center and cloud computing infrastructure in Africa. She noted this while speaking at the 2018 TMT Finance Africa Conference, a forum driving investment for telecoms, media and technology sector across Africa, held in Cape Town, South Africa last week. Ms. Opeke, who joined panelists from DLA Piper, Teraco, PAIX and Rack Center to discuss the need for continued investment and growth within the telecom sector and…

  Software giant, Microsoft has decided to empower  Richard Appiah Akoto, who teaches information and communication technology (ICT) at Betenase M/A Junior High School in the town of Sekyedomase, about two and half hours drive north of Ghana’s second city, Kumasi. Microsoft flew him to Singapore to participating in the annual Microsoft Education Exchange, after his picture drawing a Microsoft Word processing window on a blackboard with multi-colored chalk, to teach his students about computers—which the school did not have went viral on social media around the world. Apart from him being flown abroad for the training, Akoto, including Betenase…

  By Elvis Eromosele Nearly everyone agrees that the world as we know it changing rapidly. The change is driven largely by the growing pervasiveness of technology and the increasing number of new applications. This change is expected to expand into the foreseeable future. Every industry, sector and job will continue to rely more and more on technology to increase efficiency, improve productivity and boosts profitability. Experts indicate that this massive invasion of technology is the prelude to the emerging digital society. So going forward, we are not going to see less but more and more infusion of the digital.…

  The Minister of Communications Technology, Barr. Adebayo Shittu is asking the support of other Africa’s countries to help a Nigerian, Mr. William ljeh into an elective position of the International Telecommunication Union (lTU). He said Nigeria will be presenting Ijeh for election as Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau of ITU. “Nigeria will be presenting itself for re-election into the Administrative Council seat as well as presenting Mr William ljeh for election as Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (lTU) during the ITU 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirate in October/November,” he said…