Author: ITPulse

  Information and Data Analytics Foundation (iDAF) has announced plans to host a three-day Big Data and Business Analytics Conference (DABConference) from March 5-7, 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria under the theme: “Unleashing the Power of Data Analytics to Drive Business Results”. The Conference aims to bring together the leading figures in the Big Data and Business Analytics circle across Sub-Saharan Africa to share insights on leveraging data for strategic business decisions, with Prof. Yemi Osibajo, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the Special Guest of Honour. The Conference shall explore Insights and Analysis, while evaluating the African market opportunity,…

  Adewale Adeyipo, who was hitherto the Executive Director of Sales and Marketing Development, CWG PLC was last week announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, touted as biggest integration company in Nigeria. In interview with Journalists in Lagos, Adewipo speaks on CWG’s achievements and challenges in 2018 and his plans for CWG going into 2019. You have been the Executive Director of Sales and Marketing Development before your appointment as Chief Executive Officer. What has been the experience so far? This position requires me to be responsible for the entire sales operations and engagement for existing…

  The African ICT Foundation, one of the leading Information and Communications Technology group  has appointed Mr. Tony Ojobo, former Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission as President. Ojobo’s appointment came after accepting to be nominated to join the Board of Trustee of the Foundation. In his acceptance letter, Ojobo, who has won several awards within and outside Nigeria for his role in the Nigeria’s ICT ecosystem, said he accepted the appointment with a great deal of excitement. “It is with a sense of humility that I accept this appointment, knowing that there abounds an array of…

  The request for feature phones continue to experience positive growth, as shipments grew for the fourth consecutive quarter of 2018 and contributing to 23 percent  of the total handset shipments. This is in contrast with the smartphone market, which is experiencing negative growth rates, according to Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service. The market continued growth of feature phones largely came from Middle East & Africa (MEA), which has emerged as the largest feature phone market globally. Shipments in MEA grew at a rate of 32 percent, Counterpoint noted. The global market monitor company also, revealed that the reasons for the…

  The Board of CWG Plc, Ngeria’s largest system integration company has appointed Mr. Adewale Adewipo, the company’s hitherto Executive Director as the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1st of January 2019. CWG disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, saying the appointment of Adewipo is a response to the exit of Mr. James Agada, who has served as the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2016. “CWG Plc wishes to notify its investing shareholders and the general public of some changes to its Board of Directors and subsequently Management change. On the 31st…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has uncovered large volume of forceful and illegal deductions by Network providers and has put all necessary plans in place to get operators make refunds to consumers. “As a consumer-centric regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission has noted with great displeasure the unacceptably high level of consumer complaints in respect of forceful subscriptions to Value-Added Services (VAS), as well as airtime deductions for these subscriptions,” it said in a statement yesterday. Recall the Commission had mandated several initiatives to tackle the menace of forceful deduction. These initiatives include the institution of a comprehensive investigation…

  By Martin Ekpeke Stakeholders in the Nigeria’s telecom sector have called for the full implementation of an automated settlement scheme for the telecom industry, saying it is the only way out of the interconnect indebtedness quagmire in the industry. The call follows the recent publication of notices by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to have some networks disconnected for inability to settle interconnect and infrastructure debts. Speaking on the issue, the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Olusola Teniola noted that disconnection of networks is not the best solution available to the regulator to…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last week disclosed that 2G network has remained the most pervasive in Nigeria with 90 percent of the population connected to it. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar debate disclosed in a keynote address, which he presented at the 4th Quarter Seminar/Induction Ceremony of the Nigerian Information Technology Reporter’s Association (NITRA) in Lagos. According to him, 3G and 4G coverage is still low and a section of the country with little or no coverage of the Internet. “Generally, the most pervasive networks are on 2G coverage and reaches  about 90 percent of the…

  Over 139 million people from across Sub-Saharan Africa comes to Facebook monthly, spurring its growth momentum that would ultimately step up its investment in Africa. “Today, more than 139 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa comes to Facebook every month, of which nearly 98 percent come back on mobile,” media agency, APO noted in an Infographic. Meanwhile, according to Internet World Stats, as at December 2017, a whopping 177, 005, 700 Facebook users exist in Africa from the 453, 329, 534 Internet users in a population of 1, 287, 914, 329. In Nigeria, the statistics show that 17, 000, 000…

  By Niklas Kvist Intelligence of Things, 5G, smart clothes and sensors connected to IoT solutions. These are some of the trends that will grow stronger in 2019. Niklas Kvist, Head of Engineering at Swedish sensor manufacturer JonDeTech explains how and why. Technological trends coming up in 2019 may be more exciting than ever and we are facing a variety of breakthroughs in the coming year. Here is the list: 1. Smarter Internet Of Things becomes Intelligence of Things Everything that can be connected will be connected. We already knew that. But the next step is that our IoT gadgets…