Author: ITPulse

  By Kester Omu Nigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the Fedreal Government has set machineries in place to build technology hubs across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Osinbajo, who stated this at the Student Innovation Challenge (SIC) South West regional demo day held at the University of Lagos recently, said the move is part of government’s effort to leverage technology to drive and support youth entrepreneurs in Nigeria. “For us to shape the future of our country, we must look the way of technology. The world’s economy is now knowledged based. Nigeria cannot be left…

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, was yesterday inducted Fellow of The Nigerian Academy of Engineering, during the Academy’s annual lecture and investiture in Lagos. An  elated Danbatta, while being inducted stated that the induction is an honour for NCC and dedicate it to the Commission, which he said has brought regulatory efficiency to the Nigerian telecom space. “Today, I feel personally fulfilled as an Engineer and administrator of human and material resources. I believe this induction is a recognition of the contribution of the ICT sector and the agency that is…

  By Martin Ekpeke Nigeria’s Comercio Limited with expertise in the supply, installation and support of computer hardware and auxiliary equipment, has launched its Enterprise Public Cloud that will ostensibly help Enterprises in Nigeria reduce cost of ownership whilst trying to grow their businesses. Speaking at the launch of the cloud service in Lagos, Comercio’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Aderemi Adejumo, noted that the Public Cloud Platform, which he described as the first in Nigeria will offer enterprises the opportunity to move their IT expenditure from a CAPEX to OPEX as well as pay for only service they are rendered.…

  One of Nigeria’s Data Centre operators, Rack Centre has won this year’s Datacloud Award for regional excellence in the Data Centre Geographical Location category. The Datacloud award, which recognises the leading individuals and companies shaping the global data economy and honour innovation, service excellence and diversity is highly regarded as one of the world’s defining accolade for Data Centre and cloud industry Quoting Mr Phillip Low, Chairman of Broadgroup, parent company of Data Economy Magazine and organiser of the award ceremony in a statement issued by Rack Centre, the Datacloud Awards is a reflection of the spirit of innovation…

  Nigeria’s largest system integration company, CWG Plc, last week in Lagos unveiled the ‘Agent’s recruitment initiative’ for its Unified Cooperative Platform (UCP); a core Cooperative operations software, to stakeholders from some of the Cooperative Societies in the country. At the workshop, which was attended by representatives of various Cooperative Societies in Nigeria, CWG noted that the Unified Cooporative Platform is strategically designed to meet the rising and dynamic needs of Cooperative Societies across Africa. Presenting the solution, Mrs. Funmilola Abimbola, Product Manager for UCP at CWG Plc, explained that the Unified Cooporative Platform requires little or no investment from…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday disclosed that it recently gave out N50 million to members of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering and staff from various Universities in Nigeria to aid Research and Development. The Executive Vice-Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this in Lagos at a Dinner, organized by the  Nigerian Academy of Engineer. Danbatta, who will be inducted into the Academy today, noted that the N50 million, which was given to the Academy is part of the NCC’s 8-point agenda, which is to seek strategic collaboration and partnership. “Only recently, we gave…

  The new elected President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Mr. Yele Okeremi has unveiled the agenda, which he said would move the group forward towards achieving its goal. Okeremi, who spoke briefly during the handover from the previous executive led by Olorogun James Emadoye, said the new executive will work hard to ensure local software are trusted and patronize globally. “The major obstacle we have seen in the acceptance of local software is trust. This is what we will largely work on so that locally written software can be accepted globally,” he promised. Though, he…

Our phones can make us distracted, stressed and depressed. A growing number of apps aim to help us reclaim our lives. By William Wan To understand why it’s so hard to pry yourself free from your phone, Facebook account and Twitter, you need to know about B.F. Skinner’s pigeons. In the 1950s, Skinner began putting the birds in a box and training them to peck on a piece of plastic whenever they wanted food. Then the Harvard psychology researcher rigged the system so that not every peck would yield a tasty treat. It became random — a reward every 3 pecks, then 5…

Software giant, Microsoft has sealed a partnership deal with Sidmach Technologies that will see the two tech companies addressing digital dysfunction in Nigerian schools. Subsequently, the two companies will bring together stakeholders, ranging from the Proprietors, Principals, Head Teachers and other high-level school administrators to an event in Lagos, and introduce to them tools that aid effective school management. The essence of the event, which will take place next week Friday at the Radisson Blu, Ikeja GRA, Lagos is to drive growth in quality of education across secondary schools in Lagos and help the schools create efficiency and effectiveness…

  By Kester Omu The 2018 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index report launched by BuddeComm, has indicated that Gabon, Botswana, South Africa and Mauritius have the highest mobile teledensity ahead of Nigeria, the continent’s biggest telecom market in terms of subscribers. Teledensity are mostly measured based on a country’s population and the popularity of consumers having multiple SIM cards is expected to impact the teledensity of any country. While Nigeria’s teledensity of 115 percent is calculated based on a national population of 140 million, according to the 2006 last census population figures, Gabon with the highest teledensity of 163 percent in…