Author: ITPulse

  Over 139 million people from across Sub-Saharan Africa comes to Facebook monthly, spurring its growth momentum that would ultimately step up its investment in Africa. “Today, more than 139 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa comes to Facebook every month, of which nearly 98 percent come back on mobile,” media agency, APO noted in an Infographic. Meanwhile, according to Internet World Stats, as at December 2017, a whopping 177, 005, 700 Facebook users exist in Africa from the 453, 329, 534 Internet users in a population of 1, 287, 914, 329. In Nigeria, the statistics show that 17, 000, 000…

  By Niklas Kvist Intelligence of Things, 5G, smart clothes and sensors connected to IoT solutions. These are some of the trends that will grow stronger in 2019. Niklas Kvist, Head of Engineering at Swedish sensor manufacturer JonDeTech explains how and why. Technological trends coming up in 2019 may be more exciting than ever and we are facing a variety of breakthroughs in the coming year. Here is the list: 1. Smarter Internet Of Things becomes Intelligence of Things Everything that can be connected will be connected. We already knew that. But the next step is that our IoT gadgets…

  Data Centre Dynamics (DCD) has announced the Chief Engineer of Nigeria’s based Rack Centre, Mr Sunday Opadijo as the winner of its 2018 Data Centre Manager of the Year. In choosing the Data Centre Manager of the Year, the Centre Industry media and publishing company with an operation in over 42 different countries, disclosed that the august panel of judges looked for exceptional success stories, triumph in an adverse situation, quick thinking, prevention of a catastrophic failure, ingenuity in solving tricky problems and traits of leadership that created a stronger team or a better workplace. Data Centre Dynamics noted…

One of Nigeria’s leading tech-solutions and Internet Service Provider, Layer3 has sealed a deal with the Civic Innovation Lab to provide high-speed internet services for entrepreneurs and startups. The Abuja based Civic Innovation Lab is an incubator for social entrepreneurs focused on leveraging tech and innovation in creating social impact. The essence of the collaboration, according to Layer3, is to address the numerous challenges faced by entrepreneurs and early stage startups in turning their ideas into viable businesses, noting that the support to Civic’s tech-incubator will enable a community of social innovators solve civic problems seamlessly. “We are committed to…

  Various stakeholders from the nation’s Information and Communications technology industry, last week in Lagos advocated for a strong will from government at all levels that will help expand broadband connectivity to the hither lands. The stakeholders, who made the advocacy at the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA)’s Fourth Quarterly Seminar/Induction, argue that part of the reasons Nigeria is yet to get last mile broadband access, is largely to hurdles placed by some state governments. Making his remark, Chairman of NITRA, Mr. Emma Okonji, noted that the theme of the forum ‘Achieving Last-mile Connectivity Through Affordable Broadband’, was deliberately…

I was a guest speaker at a workshop a couple of months ago to share insights about my entrepreneurial journey at CWG Plc. We founded CWG Plc in 1992 and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2013 as the largest security in the technology sector, which is still today. Perhaps, because the attendants at the conference were mostly Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, the discussion was dominated by the complex relationships between employers and employees. What shocked me most, was that more than 70% of the delegates had a deep distrust of their employees: Staff are not loyal Staff are ungrateful…

  The newly launched GameBox by Globacom, one of Nigeria’s telecommunication provider has been loaded with over 400 premium games. The GameBox is a mobile game application, which gives Glo subscribers who have android devices, unlimited access to purchase full-length games that are devoid of interruptions by advertisements or in-app offers. “Glo GameBox is bound to change the face of mobile gaming in Nigeria, as it presents unequalled game options and unprecedented height of excitement to subscribers,” the telecom services provider said in a statement in Lagos. The games in the application, according to the statement range from a wide…

A new research finding, which  was conducted by Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM) has revealed that close to 90 percent of applicants that apply to a job position in Africa are objectively not a match to the role advertised. The company attributed the trend to lack of of jobs, but noted also that a fundamental misunderstanding of job requirements, both from employers and candidates is largely responsible. “Nine of ten Africans unqualified for the Jobs they apply to.  Many Africans who apply for a job are not qualified in the first place,” the finding revealed. The research, according to Ringier…

  A few days ago, P+ Measurement Services, a media monitoring and evaluation agency announced a partnership with Burness Communications, one of the biggest global communications firms for 2019. With the deal signed, sealed and delivered, P + will continue to provide evaluation services to Burness’s clients with regards to print, online, TV and radio in the Ghanaian market. It also means that P+ will continue to handle Burness Communications client public relations monitoring and evaluation activity while supporting their organizations objectives. Announcing the partnership, an excited Lead Consultant for P+ measurement services Nigeria, Philip Odiakose said.  “We are delighted…

  The International telecommunications Union (ITU) has said, despite the fact that more and more people have access to and are using the Internet presently, stronger ICT skills are needed to accelerate global connection. “To connect people everywhere, stronger information and communication technology (ICT) skills are needed,” the ITU highlighted in its Measuring the Information Society Report 2018. Meanwhile, the report disclosed that the prices of ICT have dropped globally in the last decade, owing largely to improved regulation and policy making, which it noted have played a pivotal role in creating the conditions for the reduction of prices, ensuring…