Author: ITPulse

  Social media giant, Facebook has disclosed that it is planning to spread its fact-checking program across Africa in the coming months. The essence of the fact-checking program, which it has started in Kenya, is to flag fake news stories with the help of users and third party fact checkers and to improve the quality of news people find on its platform.. “We will work with independent fact-checking organization Africa Check along with the French news agency AFP to assess news accuracy and stem the flood of misinformation,” it said, emphasizing that though the program will apply only to Kenya…

By Omoniyi Ibietan The Public Affairs Department (PAD) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has benefited from the superintendence of two great and wonderful men that I know and worked with. The first is Dave Imoko, UgwuAro, avuncular and thoroughbred public servant who retired from NCC some years ago. Imoko’s defining and unique selling power was the rare creative ability to make meaning of and effortlessly live with two contradictions – the essentially anachronistic, often counterproductive and frequently sickening civil service rules, and the dynamic, competitive and strategy-oriented principles of contemporary public relations practice. Imoko gave an eloquent demonstration…

  By Cyril Ilayah The hitherto Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will today exit the telecom regulatory agency. This is after serving at the agency for 18 years, starting from 2000 as a Deputy Director at the office of the Executive Vice Chairman, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe to work on some World Bank Projects. In a letter shared with the media, Ojobo described his 18 year journey at the Nigerian Communications Commission, Africa’s foremost regulatory body as a phenomenal one, noting that the media played a key role by extending their right hand of fellowship to…

  Details have emerged from the recently sealed partnership between Nigeria’s leading health management organization, Avon HMO and Piggy Bank. ng, an automated savings platform that gives Nigerian Millennials the opportunity to save money periodically towards a target. This partnership will provide health insurance plans to users with flexible monthly payments, as the companies collaborate to create a unique health care plan called AvonFlex, which is focused on affordability and flexibility for Piggybank.NG users. Nigeria, home to over 67 million youths has less than 5 percent of its population with any sort of healthcare cover. But with Piggybank.NG widely trusted…

Smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics said it will start the sales of its silver-coloured Galaxy Note 9 this week . A move industry watchers and analysts see as an attempt to promote the device amid the launch of new iPhones and other rival products. According to ET Telecom, the new colour , which will also be released in the US adds to the existing portfolio of blue, black, purple and copper variants. “Industry watchers said the new version seems to be aimed at competing with LG Electronics Inc.’s V40 ThinQ, which will be introduced this week, along with Apple Inc.’s latest…

Following the abrupt departure of Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger from Facebook, the Social media giant has announced the appointment of Adam Mosseri, as Head of its photo sharing arm, Instagram. ET Telecom reports that Mosseri began his career as a designer, managed his own design consultancy, and then joined the Facebook design team in 2008. “We are thrilled to hand over the reins to a product leader with a strong design background and a focus on craft and simplicity, as well as a deep understanding of the importance of community,” Systrom and Krieger wrote in a blog post late…

  The  Lead Strategist at DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, Mr. Remmy Nweke has called on media owners and digital rights defenders-based civil society organization to take proactive steps that will checkmate the rising Internet shutdowns across Africa. Nweke made the call, while speaking at the at the 2018 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica2018) which held at La Palm Beach Resort, Accra, Ghana. He noted that no matter how small the size of a media organization, it is expedient for such organization to have what he described an online regulatory desk and regulatory officers, who should ordinarily interface with…

  Local television broadcast audiences will now have access to 13 new free-to-air (FTA) channels delivered as a multi-channel bouquet branded ‘PREMIUM.FREE’. The bouquet’s launch channels will be supplied by AfricaXP and delivered via SES satellites at 28.2 degrees East, SES announced on Thursday, September 25, 2018. AfricaXP is the leading independent African channel network, content distributor and producer, which owns and operates over 20 different themed channels supplied to major African broadcasters and African diaspora platforms worldwide. This new bouquet of FTA channels includes premium channels, which are custom-made for African viewers and blend premium African programming with top-flight…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called on telecommunications consumers in Nigeria to report the local numbers through which they receive foreign calls as masked calls to the Commission for proper tracking. The telecom regulator’s Executive Vice Chairman, Prof Umar Danbatta made the call at the 85th edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament in Lagos last week. Danbatta noted that the call is part of numerous avenues it is seeking to tame the menace of call masking, which the Commission has described not only as an embarrassment, but a threat to national security and the country’s…

  The management of Koborise technologies Limited has unwrapped an online raffle draw platform, which it said has been strategically designed to alter the way online gaming is done in Nigeria. Tagged ‘Ekojara,’ the platform, which was officially launched yesterday has the approval of the Lagos State Lotteries Board (LSLB) and can be downloaded on iTunes iOS store and Android version from Ekojara.com. Unveiling the platform in Lagos, the Co-Founder/CEO of Ekojara, Mr. Hillary Nwaukor, an auctioneer, disclosed that the game is the Company’s means to add value to millions of Nigerians, adding that the platform gives users an opportunity…