Author: ITPulse

The panelist during the last Franco Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industries Breakfast Seminar, recently held in Lagos. The event was hosted by KPMG.

  Cyber security has taken a front burner and has been among the biggest challenges facing the world today. It featured prominently in the recently concluded elections in the United States of Americas as well as the Gulf States brawl, where Qatar claimed that its server was hacked and an inappropriate content was then pushed out. Away from the way cyber security affects nations, businesses and individuals across the world are not left out, as every day, thousands of online accounts get compromised, one way or the other. I was with Helen George, Cyber Security Awareness Trainer, a while ago…

  By Martin Ekpeke Tecno Mobile, one of Africa based franchise retail network offering low-cost smartphone in the continent sold over 9 million smartphones in 2016 alone, says a GSMA report. The report titled ‘Accelerating affordable smartphone ownership in emerging markets’that was published few days ago disclosed that the handset brand, which first entered the African market in 2006 and since then has sold more than 45 million mobile phones across the continent, also accounts for about 50 per cent of the total smartphone market share in Africa, especially Nigeria where over 15 million people are said to be using…

  By Kester Omu The 2018 budget will see much of technological inputs as the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze has confirmed the budget will be prepared using the Integrated Financial Management Information System. “We have resolved to prepare the 2018 budget with the Integrated Financial Management Information System. Hence, over 4,250 government officials involved in budget preparation from about 800 MDAs across the country would be trained on how to use the system,” he stated. He said the training becomes necessary so that budget officers in the MDAs can be equipped with the knowledge, skills…

ESET, one of world leading IT security software and service provider has inked a strategic partnership with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to provide standards and guidelines in the protection of Nigeria cyberspace. The standards and guidelines will ultimately guarantee the safety of all Federal Government MDAs’ IT infrastructures, and will enable NITDA, Nigeria’s IT regulatory agency and other Governments institutions’ IT administrators have access to periodic Cyber security training by ESET experts on emerging threats. According to Dr. Isa Ali Pantami PhD, Director-General of NITDA, the partnership with ESET becomes necessary because Nigeria is presently at…

  I have said it a million times and many Nigerians and the whole world know this, we are not bereft of talents in this country. The only thing holding us down is bad leadership via a colluding elite class which unfortunately is a product of our society which unfortunately that same colluding class will not be happy to change. But in all that, there are many ordinary Nigerians passionate to help salvage this country from the mess she has found herself in. In their silent corners, they keep thinking of how to make things better, articulating concepts to move…

  The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of GTBank, Mr. Segun Agbaje was last week, accompanied by senior representatives of the Bank and other institutional partners to celebrate the 10th anniversary of GTbank’s listing London Stock Exchange. GTBank, touted as the foremost African financial institution became the first Nigerian bank to be listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the first to dual list on an international exchange and the first Nigerian company to raise international capital using listed Global Depositary Receipts. Commenting on the anniversary, Mr. Agbaje, said, “To be listed on the London Stock Exchange, one of…

By Kester Omu Tecno Mobile, leading mobile phone maker and ‘Official Tablet and Handset Partner of the Manchester City Football Club’, recently announced exclusive sales agreement of Tecno Camon CX, with SLOT Systems outlets. The contractual partnership provides for the exclusive nation-wide distribution of Camon CX Manchester City Limited Edition smartphones with only 200 units being shipped to Nigeria. Addressing the media on the partnership and unveiling of the Camon CX Manchester City Limited Edition, Attai Oguche, deputy marketing manager, PR, offline events and sponsorships, Tecno Nigeria said: “Tecno aims to leverage SLOT Systems’ nationwide presence to connect with…

  By Omar Elloumi The first meeting of the new ITU-T Focus Group on Data Processing and Management (DPM) confirmed that “data is the new oil”, fast becoming powerful fuel to innovation in a wide range of industries and public-sector bodies. It also highlighted that cities are in clear need of guidelines to help them navigate a myriad of technologies, avoid “lock-in” to services offered by cloud or platform providers, and structure their overarching data-management strategies in a way that delivers value to citizens, businesses and application developers. The content of the meeting was “fresh” and appealing to cities, local…

  By Martin Ekpeke Google, the American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, has announced updates to some of its services. The announcement was made yesterday in Lagos, Nigeria during the Google for Nigeria event that attracted the company’s global top management staff, including the Chief Executive Officer, Sundar Pichai to Lagos, Africa most populous city. The services include Youtube Go, Street View and the Google Search. According to Google, Youtube Go has been reimagined to meet the needs of the next generation of users and is available for download in the Google Play Store. Built…