Author: ITPulse

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) have sealed a partnership deal to jointly address telecom consumers’ complaints, especially those that have to do with dropped calls. In a statement jointly signed by the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders Management (ECSM) Mr . Sunday Dare, of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Director General Of the Consumer Protection Council, Babatunde Irukera, the two regulatory agencies noted that, apart from dropped calls, the partnership will also deal with other unwholesome practices by telecommunications network operators in Nigeria. Already, the two agencies have announced the commencement of a joint…

  By Martin Ekpeke Pan-African Information and Communications Technology company, CWG Plc said it has developed smart meters that would aid the energy distribution companies in Nigeria generate additional revenues apart from the normal power tariff. Apart from generating additional revenues, the smart meters, according to CWG will prevent energy theft and help restructure the hitherto dilapidating infrastructure presently owned by the DISCOS. The DISCOS can take advantage of the embedded features in the smart meter to huge additional revenue, as that is the standard in other climes Making a presentation at a seminar CWG organized in partnership with the…

  Rack Centre has been awarded Business Continuity Management Certification ISO 22301:2012, joining an elite number of Data Centre in the world to attain such a feat. In a statement issued by the Data Centre company in Lagos, it achieved the certification after an exhaustive evaluation of its operations by the British Standard Institute (BSI). The certification is an attestation that Rack Centre has evolved a robust and holistic system for business continuity management. According to Theuns Kotzé, Managing Director BSI Middle East and Africa, by achieving ISO 22301:2012 Certification for Business Continuity Management, Rack Centre has demonstrated its commitment…

  By Martin Ekpeke The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has estimated that connecting the next 1.5 billion people globally, most of whom lives in the rural and remote areas will cost a whopping $450 billion. The ITU stated this in its latest report, where it noted that the challenge of connecting people living in rural and remote areas to the Internet persists in many countries. “The scale of the infrastructure that must be built or upgraded to bridge the digital divide and deploy emerging technologies is considerable – last year, ITU estimated that connecting the next 1.5 billion people will…

  A new report by the Broadband Commission, an arm of the International Telecommunications Union has disclosed that 15 countries across the world currently have a benchmark broadband status in their national plan, insinuating these countries for the very first time have strategies in place for promoting the safe use of Artificial Intelligence. This year’s report titled ‘The State of Broadband: Broadband Catalyzing Sustainable Development’, highlights the critical role that broadband connectivity plays for the world’s people, from accessing online health services to receiving social security payments via mobile phones to receiving life-saving disaster warnings. According to Mr Houlin Zhao,…

  Pan-African bank, Ecobank has announced Tanzania based Nala as the winner of the 2018 Fintech Challenge. Nala emerged winner in the keenly contested challenge ahead of other ten finalists at a ceremony held at Ecobank’s headquarters in Lome, Togo. The remaining ten finanlists, including Nala have been officially inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship programme to explore commercial partnerships with the pan-African banking giant. While Nala was declared winner in its mobile money application that works offline, without an internet connection, Virtual Identity from South Africa and Wallet.ng from Nigeria were the first and second runners up. They won…

  By Collins Onuegbu The match of science and technology is a relentless one. And its transformative power has been profound. Most of the wealth created in the past fifty years in the developed world has been traced to Science and Technology. While we quickly notice the richest companies in the world like Apple, Google , Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and several others as the warriors of this match, their profound effect on productivity has created more wealth for the world than it created for the companies. They have also in the process completely transformed the world Nigeria has not really benefited…

The ATM as a Service concept, initiated by Nigeria’s leading System Integration Company; CWG Plc about two years ago, is gradually gaining traction, as it has signed supply deals with two financial institutions in Nigeria. According to CWG, these deals with the undisclosed financial institutions are a testament to the soundness of the concepts model and how it fits well into the innovativeness required to support banks in boosting the competitiveness for customer satisfaction with banking operations in Nigeria with respect to ATM services. “The gradual acceptance of the ATM as a Service (AaaS) concept is backed up with signed…

  Mobile Network Operators in Nigeria have come together to say though, they are not covered by the current guildlines on mobile money deployment, they are committed to helping achieve a further 20 percent target by 2020.  Meaning, 90 million Nigerians would have been covered by 2020 when added to the current financial exclusion levels, which stand at over 40 percent. The telcos, who met at the instance of a meeting facilitated by Yinka David-West, Academic Director and Senior Fellow at Lagos Business School, calls for level playing field for mobile network operators to be allowed to participate fully in…

  ESET, a cybersecurity research and a top European Union-based end point security company, has announced the launch of what it describes as future  enterprise security solutions. The solutions, according to the company are designed to provide the global enterprise sector with tools for prevention and management of cyber risks on a global scale. Speaking in Lagos at the launch of the products in Lagos, ESET’s Country Manager, Mr. Olufemi Ake, explained that the West African market now have access to upgrade or subscribe to the newly launched enterprise products and services. “These powerful new tools which fit into the…