Author: ITPulse

American multinational technology company, Apple is set to launch credit card that will give a daily cash back percentage on all purchases made directly with Apple, including at Apple Stores, on the App Store and for Apple services. Apple will launch the credit in partnership with Mastercard and Goldman Sachs this summer, with consumers applying for the credit card through the Wallet App on iPhones. Once they’ve been approved, customers will receive a physical card issued by Goldman Sachs. Payments will be processed by MasterCard. According to a statement, Apple said the card will be linked to Apple Pay, and…

By Kester Omu The Nigerian government has been urged to introduce a huge tax on imported software, with a view to discourage the importation of foreign software and ultimately patronize the indigenous software. This is one of the resolutions reached by stakeholders after a 2-day Roundtable on the use of the Nigerian software in the financial/banking services sector, which was jointly organised by the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) in partnership with CWG Plc in Lagos. Stakeholders at the Roundtable with the theme: “Adoption and Development of Local Content…

By Martin Ekpeke Stakeholders at yesterday’s Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) organized Telecom Consumer Parliament have come up with a 6-point resolutions on cyber crimes, which industry watchers and analysts believe will be able to ameliorate the menace of cyber security in Nigeria. The 6-point resolutions, where were unanimously adopted and seconded by the parliamentarians at the event with the theme: “Challenges of cybercrimes: the role of the telecom service providers” are: NCC and Service Providers in the telecom sector should continue to sensitize telecom subscribers about cyber crime and other sectoral issues in pidgin and other local languagesService Providers should…

Imaging solution provider, Canon has signed a three years deal with the Yaba College of Technology that will see the students develop professional entrepreneur skills in the area of printing. With this deal, Yaba College of Technology becomes Nigeria’s first higher institution to have established a Centre for Entrepreneurship Development. In a statement, Canon said the partnership with Yabatech is an extension of Canon’s Miraisha Sustainability Programme, which was in late 2014 and aimed at building the capacity and talent of people in the African countries in which Canon operates by leveraging the company’s imaging heritage, advanced technological strengths and…

Organizer of the annual Nigeria Innovation Summit has said this year’s edition will promote the need for businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs and government in Nigeria to become more innovative and use innovation to drive sustainable economic development. The theme of the summit scheduled to hold on August 20-21,2019 at Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja Lagos: Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth Through Innovation. The summit in its 4th edition will help Nigeria embrace innovation and move in the direction of digital transformation through the use of Emerging Technologies and Trends, Research, Development, Commercialization, Entrepreneurship and Investments. Each year the summit provides a platform that fosters…

Global financial and consulting company, KPMG recently at the annual Chief Financial Officers (CFO)  forum in Lagos unveiled the annual CFO outlook survey, which it says will provide valuable insight into how CFOs and their organisations view the Nigerian business environment. The survey, according to KPMG, is the views of CFOs on the outlook of their businesses in 2019; what they believe the government should prioritise to create an enabling environment and the impact of the finance function in achieving organizational goal. The report noted that, over the last twelve years, the Nigerian economy has experienced some relative stability with…

The founder of Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), Martha Omoekpen Alade, has won the Community Impact award at the 2019 Technology Playmaker Awards. Alade won the Community Impact award category using technology to drive socio-economic empowerment in Nigeria in order to help 20,000 women and girls out of poverty by 2022. Technology Playmaker Awards celebrate the achievements of women in the tech industry and winners of the second edition of the awards came from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Mexico and the United States. This year, the awards were open to global nominations, building on a European focus last year,…

At a 2-day roundtable on the use of Nigerian software in the financial/banking services sector in Lagos, stakeholders were unanimous in their judgment that indigenous software development and adoption are key to Nigeria’s economy. ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke was there to capture the moments. The Nigerian home-grown software industry is shrinking and will ultimately die, except the players, including the regulators urgently come to the rescue by identifying companies with high demand for software solutions developed in Nigeria, and provide a platform for linking local software suppliers to end-users as an avenue to create and generate employment, income and wealth in…

The Managing Director, Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited, Zhang Lulu, has reiterated that Huawei, a leading global Information and Communications Technology company is committed to achieving a fully connected and digitally inclusive Nigeria. Zhang Lulu disclosed this at a media parley in Lagos, stating that the company is focused on enhancing the availability, accessbility and affordability of ICT services by boosting ICT infrastructure with quality and innovative solutions tailored to local needs and equipping the youth with ICT knowledge and skills. Discussing the theme, ‘Connecting the Unconnected’, Mr. Zhang said exploring talents among Nigerians with great potential leads to development…

Less than six month after he was appointed Director Public Affairs, the Nigerian Communications Commission has announced Mr. Nnamdi Nwokike will be among other eleven senior staff of the Commission that will be retiring April 1. The Commission made the announcement today at the special valedictory executive management session held to herade their send forth. “This afternoon, we began the send forth process for 12 amazing and wonderful management staff who will exit the Commission effective from April 1, 2019 when they will commence their terminal leave of absence,” Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive…