Author: ITPulse

  The Managing Director of Nigeria’s Rack Centre, Mr. Ayotunde Coker has been selected as a member of the Data Economy Power list of 200 Individuals affecting the Data Centre world. Coker, who is also the Secretary-General of the Africa Data Association was selected by Data Economy; United Kingdom based publication and one of the world’s most prestigious publications devoted to the global data industry. According to the publication, the choice of Coker among the 200 as one of the most powerful drivers of Data Centre’s transformers demonstrates vividly that Data Centres based in Africa and the executives running them…

As part of the celebration of the International Women’s Day, GSMA, representing the worldwide mobile communications industry has rolled out the drum to celebrate 8 women who are start-up founders. Among them is Tope Omotolani, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of Farmcrowdy, an online platform for individuals and businesses to invest in farming projects in Nigeria. GSMA says it is collaborating to celebrate the achievements of some of the female leaders within our respective Innovation Fund current and past portfolios Through the power of mobile technology, these women enable socio-economic inclusion of women and men across Asia Pacific and Africa.…

  Google today announced an initiative targeted at creating economic opportunity for women everywhere, so that they can grow and succeed like their men counterparts. Tagged Womenwill, the initiative is in honour of International Women’s Day celebrated globally.it helps women make the most of technology to build skills, get inspired, and connect with each other through training, events and advocacy “Women will aim to drive conversations promoting gender equality to benefit everyone,” said Google Africa’s Brand & Reputation lead, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde as she announced the launch of 18 new Womenwill chapters across Sub-Saharan Africa. Google believes that the gender gap…

From MTN, C-Squared, Seacom and Convergence Partners,here is a possible compendium of Afrca’s top digital infrastructure investment that would determine technology of the future on the continent. Their investments are largely determined by the huge and increasing demand for data and increasing opportunities for 5G and fibre, where digital infrastructure specialists and investors, are targeting significant investments in new digital infrastructure. The line-up Byron Clatterbuck, CEO Seacom, one of Africa’s leading submarine and terrestrial broadband operators, sees a real opportunity in making the case for fibre in Africa: “Fibre penetration is still very low in most African countries, so huge…

  Experts, who spoke at the just concluded Big Data and Business Analytics Conference, have described data as the new oil, urging business owners and the government to commoditise it and ultimately, boost the country’s economy. At the 2-day event, organized by the Information and Data Analytics Foundation (iDAF) in Lagos, the experts noted that with available and accessible data in Nigeria, business owner and the government can leverage data as a front line revenue stream in powering the economy. They believe that though, data in Africa is still at its infancy stage, the continent is well-positioned to play big…

  SURA shopping complex’s  Independent Power Project in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, powered by CWG PLC Smart Metering Solution is experiencing four months of uninterrupted power supply. The Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo, disclosed this in a series of tweets, stating that participating in the SURA Power Project was an effort in revamping Nigeria’s energy distribution sector. “Achievements as a business abound; as we mark four months of uninterrupted power supply at SURA Shopping Complex powered by CWG Smart Metering Solution. The Smarter City Train movement of CWG blew its whistle with the SURA Power launch, Our…

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, is soliciting for a coordinated effort that will see Nigeria getting rid of all forms of electronic waste. The NCC Boss made the call yesterday at the Commission’s headquarter in Abuja, while declaring open a Public Inquiry on Regulations for Electronic Waste and Guidelines for Disaster Recovery. “We are calling on all stakeholders in the telecom and tangential sectors, including operatives of agencies in the security governance sector to collaborate and rid Nigeria of electronic waste (e-Waste) which includes irreparable and obsolete devices,” he said. Citing…

  Google Nigeria, yesterday hosted content creators, developers, media, influencers and educators at a product showcase in what it tagged the Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative in Lagos. The essence of the initiative to make its products and features more relevant to the emerging markets, taking into account the access challenges experienced by people in Africa. The search engine giant says it built the House to give users a chance to interact with the products it has developed specifically for the Next Billion Users (NBU) of the internet, where currently, only 36.1 percent of Africans have access to the internet,…

  The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has again cried out to the federal government over what it described as the tax burden on its members. Specifically, the association is seeking clarification on whose right is it to issue Demand Notices on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Federal Ministry of Environment/National (FME)/ National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) or the State Ministries of Environment. This is contained in a letter, written by ALTON to the Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Environment, where it demands a notice from state ministries of environment on environmental impact assessment (EIA).…

  Firm launches platform to aid farmer’s productivity Nigeria’s Agrilet has launched an agricultural platform, it noted will help farmers across Nigeria have access to a larger market, machinery, and thus improved farm inputs. The platform, which was launched a few days ago by brothers, Victor Yunusa (CEO) and David Yunusa (C00), will also aid the farmers to micro fund, get impressive return-on-investment, fulfillment of dreams, and ultimately increased alternative source of income. It is targeting the $24.7 billion market in Africa, starting with Nigeria, where farmers struggle to increase yield, tore produce, get their goods to market on time,…