Author: ITPulse

The GSMA has set up the Association Africa Fraud and Security Group (AFASG), that will deal with critical fraud and security issues for the telecommunications industry in the Africa continent. The group will be chaired by Unitel, with a mandate of two years, renewable for two more, upon evaluation of the work carried out and subject to a new election. The appointment is the result of an application process which is based on the presentation of a Strategic Leadership Plan for the Group in Africa, submitted to the consideration of its members. Unitel competed with MTN (which has 18 operations…

A recent KPMG survey has shown that consumer goods and financial services are the most  attractive investment sectors in Nigeria, adding Nigeria remains an attractive destination for investors seeking sustainable growth opportunities within the continent The report ‘Doing Deals in Nigeria 2019’, is an outcome of a survey of 50 senior business executives working in global companies which have a presence in Nigeria and have completed at least one acquisition in Nigeria in the last four years. The highlights of the report at a press briefing at its Head office in Victoria Island, Lagos show that 70 percent of the…

Sophos’ Intercept X has achieved the highest security effectiveness and the most efficient TCO (total cost of ownership) of the 19 endpoint security products tested in the 2019 AEP Group Test published by NSS Labs. Intercept X is Sophos’next- gen endpoint solution and has tested 21 products from market-leading vendors, out of which 19 comparable products were presented in the Security Value Map (SVM). “Measuring cybersecurity product effectiveness is unimaginably complex. With threats and attack techniques, increasing and evolving at an ever-accelerating rate, testing houses need to make extraordinary investments in their laboratories if they are to produce meaningful and…

As the threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, it now includes increasingly sophisticated, zero-day malware that traditional security approaches can no longer keep pace with. As a result, security researchers estimate that the cost of cybercrime will outpace security spend by over 16X, reaching $2.1 trillion by the end of 2019. Staying ahead of today’s accelerated cybercrime trends requires adding artificial intelligence (AI) to an organisation’s network security strategy. The rise of artificial intelligence The goal of AI is to replicate the analytical processes of human intelligence but to enable decision making at machine speeds. The most effective AI uses…

Search engine giant has involves 12 startups from six African countries ofEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda in its Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 3, an ongoing effort to support entrepreneurship on the continent. The 12 startups have 6 female co-founders and 9 are either AI-enabled or have AI potential. Announcing the startups via a press release, Fola Olatunji-David, Google’s head of Startup Success and Services, Launchpad Africa said: “These companies will join other startups in the Launchpad programme, present and past, that are using technology to create a positive impact on key industries in their region. We look…

Technology enabled startups looking for funding to scale their business have reasons to smile as a Founder First Incubator, Troidini is offering funding opportunities  for them in the region of $20, 000 and above. In a statement in Lagos, Durojaiye Philips, the Managing Partner at Troidini Ventures, noted that the essence of the funding opportunity for startups is to address a fundamental and universal challenge with local context. “We believe that with more Funds and Resources available to the best Founders and Innovators, we can begin to solve fundamental and Universal challenges with local context,” the Philips noted. Philips added…

Honeywell Group’s Itanna is presently calling applicants from the tech enabled startups ecosystem to register for its 2019 Accelerator Programme, disclosing that it has earmarked $30, 000 in each tech startups. This follows its launch in 2018 with four cohort companies that were chosen after a selection process that commenced with over 200 applications. This year, Itanna is also looking forward to receiving hundreds of applications from tech-enabled start-ups across Africa. The 2018 cohort companies were (Accounteer, KoloPay, Tradebuza and PowerCube) with 3 companies (Accounteer, Tradebuza and PowerCube), who received $25,000 in investment from Itanna. All companies also received training…

Olokunde Olanrewaju, Marketing and Communication Team Lead at Simplex Business Solutions speaks about the evolution of cloud technology and how business and IT leaders should leverage it to scale exponentially. The first decade of cloud computing was apparently disruptive, fundamentally changing the expectations and capabilities of what IT could provide. It was interesting to see how adopting a cloud – first business strategy was the trending thing in the year 2014 even up till 2017. Cloud computing together with mobile technology literally redefined business models, redefining what was possible and obtainable with technology and bringing to the forefront benefits like…

Huawei Nigeria has said it will host a business-connect for entrepreneurs in Lagos tomorrow as part of efforts to improve business growth in Nigeria A statement signed by the Managing Director, Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Group, Mr. Tank Li, the Huawei Nigeria Eco-Connect 2019 will enable business owners to learn how to grow their businesses using the Information and Communications Technology. According to the statement reads, accelerating digitalisation is deepening the convergence of physical and digital worlds. New ICT represents not only new technologies and platforms, but also a new ecosystem, making it a cornerstone of industrial digitalisation. “In line with our…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting (NSPM) Plc is better placed to do a far better production of printed items and associated tasks for the NCC than any other entity that operates in the printing sector. Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, stated this yesterday when he received a delegation of top management of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting at the Commission’s headquarter in Abuja. While expressing readiness to work towards the actualization of the proposed partnership with NSPM, Danbatta noted that the NCC will have no reservation…