Author: ITPulse

In a country scoffed for “eating its young,” it is a rarity to find young people in Nigeria thrust with significant national responsibility. At just 31, Uzoma Nwagba is driving Africa’s largest social enterprise programme. He is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), one of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) under the Office of Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Implemented by the Bank of Industry, GEEP comprises FarmerMoni, MarketMoni and TraderMoni products with a current total of about 2 million beneficiaries. The technology-driven collateral-free and interest-free micro-loan scheme is an integral part…

Nigeria’s premier bank, Firstbank Plc has expanded its financial inclusion drive by adding over 27, 000 banking agents to its network. This, the bank said is part of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s objective to bring financial services closer to the citizens. The 27, 000 agents riding on the Firstmonie agent network are available in all 774 local government areas in the country. A statement, it issued on Monday says “We are happy to announce that Firstmonie agent network, designed by FirstBank to solve the challenge of access to financial services has reached over 27, 000 agents providing basic financial…

Nigeria’s minion has pledged to get all Universities in Nigeria connected as part of its continued Information Communication Technology support to the country’s educational sector. This is even as the West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, is on the heels of the expansion of its network in Edo State, which will see the University of Benin connected soon and ultimately support the University ICT program. Pledging at a private meeting hosted by the Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Ekehuan Campus, Prof. Joel Agbolagbahe, the CEO, Funke Opeke…

The CWG smart metering venture has gained the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recognition with the conferment of the METER SERVICE PROVIDER (MSP) Certification. The achievement of this MSP certification has come at a point in the Nation’s economy when potentials abound within the metering business for scale up. As hitherto, the operations of the CWG Smart Utility Systems had been limited to servicing clients within the real estate sector, with facilities management firms being the principal targets. With that model, there was virtually no leverage access to doing business with the electricity distribution companies (Discos). However, the recent conferment…

The African ICT Foundation last week at the 2019 Gnaoua Festival in Essaouira Morocco made a case for the active use of Assistive Technology for the aging and physically challenged persons, noting that such technology will alleviate the sufferings of the aged and that of people living with disability in Africa and the world in general. Ms. Lobna Smida, North Africa’s Regional Director, who represented that Foundation and delivered a presentation on a topic “Assistive Technology – Health, well-being and socioeconomic benefits of Assistive Technology for Africans everywhere, stressed on the need for ICT private and public sector’s practitioners to…

Technology Africa, organizer of the annual Titans of Tech Award has disclosed that the 2019 edition will focus on local content in ICT and infrastructure protection for socio economic growth. The focus was disclosed in a statement in Lagos, issued and signed by Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa. The statement, noted that the event will holdin Lagos on Friday, July 19, 2019 at the Oriental Hotels Victoria Island with a special Roundtable on the growing importance of digital infrastructure protection in the quest to further Socio-economic Growth. It also revealed that the theme of the Leadership Roundtable is “Cyber…

Some stakeholders in the Nigerian educational and Information Communications Technology sector on Thursday in Lagos gathered to deliberate on how best to rejig the country’s educational system for optimum performance. Tagged, African EduTech Conference, the stakeholders at the event organised by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with EduFirst.ng; a subsidiary of Skool Media with support from Olashore International School and other organisations, called for a situation that will ultimately reduce illiterate adults and out of school children put at 60 million and 10.2 million respectively. They argued that for the situation, which they described as ugly to be…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today, announced the appointment of Dr. Henry Nkemadu as its Director Public Affairs. In a statement posted on its social media pages, the Comiiission disclosed that Nkemadu is a graduate of veterinary medicine from the University of Nigeria, addi g that he has traversed the length and breath of NCC acquiring experiences that qualify him for his new role. The statement revealed that Nkemadu is a former Controller of the Lagos Zonal Office – NCC’s largest Zonal Operation. He has worked in the Departments of Economic Analysis and Corporate Planning (EACP); Policy, Competition and Economic…

The Federal Government has declared its determination to provide a lifelong unique identification for every individual physically residing in Nigeria and Nigerians in the diaspora within the next five years. Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz, made the declaration two days ago in Johannesburg, South Africa, while speaking at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Identity for Africa (ID4Africa) Movement. Addressing the over 1,500 delegates at the world’s largest identity, for development gathering, Engr. Aziz stated that for Nigeria to enhance governance, help its people rise out of poverty, restore growth and participate in the…

The Director General of theNational Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has revealed that Nigeria loses about N3.133 trillion to cybercrime and foreign software annually. Vanguard reports that Pantami gave the figure at a stakeholders engagement on Nigerian Software Testing Guidance, NSTG, and the Guidelines for Information Systems Audit, GITA, in Abuja. According to the report, N127 billion is lost to cybercrime annually due to the nation’s inability to adequately secure information systems, advising that to guarantee safe delivery of services, it has become imperative to secure Nigeria’s information system. “There is an urgent need to continually protect the country’s information…