Author: ITPulse

The social media platforms were temporarily down in various parts of the world, including India. Facebook and its other social media platforms Instagram and WhatsApp temporarily went down late on Monday in the US, Canada and various other parts of the world, including in India. People took to Twitter, reporting about the outages across Facebook platforms which were later restored. Read also: We don’t save android users data without permission – Facebook Facebook blamed a networking issue for the temporary outages. “Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services,” Facebook…

  One of Nigeria’s telecommunications companies, Globacom has been adjudged the Best Women Enterprise Support (Company) in the country largely for its remarkable assistance of career women. Globacom bagged the award at the 2018 Nigerian Women Digital Agenda Summits and Awards (NWDAS), organised by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development, (CECAD). Announcing the award at the evnt in Lagos, the President of CECAD, Dr. Bayero Agabi,  opined that while telecoms operators “are the engine rooms for digital liberalisation, Globacom stands out in its support for women in ICT. The company recognises that women are critical to the digital development…

  The trio of Rt. Hon Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa and Rt. Hon. Lynda Chuba Ikpeazu (member House of Representatives, Onitsha North and South Federal Constituency), have been confirmed to deliver a special award speech and plenary conference address at this year’s SME Economy Conference & Award. In a statement signed in Lagos by Mr. Emmanuel Ezima, the project, quoted the guest speakers as saying they are passionate about the growth of SMEs in Nigeria and have committed themselves to building infrastructure and also evolving policies that will ensure that SMEs thrive and compete globally. The…

  … Prepares for 2-week-long event in 2018 In 2018, over one thousand teachers will benefit from Africa Code Week (ACW) information and communication technology (ICT) training in Edo and Enugu States. The train the trainer program is part of activities for this year’s 2-week-long ACW in Nigeria and many other African Countries meant to run in every 35 countries from 15 -26 October. Already, ACW team trained 512 teachers, 26 staff of the ICT Agency of the Edo State government and 32 students from local Universities have been trained in Benin City, next stop is Enugu on 3rd &…

  By Cyril Ilayah Nigeria is presently at an elevated risk of not meeting its targeted 30 present broadband penetration by the end of 2018. This is the verdict of a NigeriaCom report titled ‘Charting A Path To Fulfil Nigeria’s Broadband Potential;A Return To Growth,’ which was unveiled in preparation of its annual NigeriaCom event holding later this month in Lagos. The NigeriaCom’s verdict is hinged on the fact that 4G spectrum allocation remains inadequate, due to a slower-than expected process in awarding more 2.6GHz and 700MHz spectrum, along with a relatively inefficient use of the 800 MHz band. The report…

  The Internet Society, a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet has stated that the assured way to get the 60 percent of Africa’s offline population connected is to have network community. This way, it assured will add to the 450 million Africans who are already connected to the Internet and provide a sustainable solution to address the connectivity gaps that exist in underserved urban, remote, and rural areas around the world.  The concept of community networks, according to Internet Society is a situation where communications infrastructure are built, managed and used…

  As part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 6-day official visit to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding September 3 – 4, 2018, Nigeria and its host, China have concluded plans to seal a $328million agreement to develop Information and Communications Technology infrastructure in Nigeria. Details of the agreement, according to a statement issued and signed Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), the agreement is on the National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone Phase 11 (NICTIB 11) between Galaxy Backbone Limited and Huawei Technologies Limited (HUAWEI). The facility will be…

  Nigeria, through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated Local Organising Committee in preparation for this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), holding Dubai, United Arab Emirates from October 14 – 18. The Director General of NITDA, Dr. Isa Pantami, who inaugurated the LOC, noted that this year’s participation is aimed at expanding Nigeria’s portfolio of technology opportunities, ensure startups from Nigeria are exposed to be competitive with their global peer. “We remain firm and committed to promoting technology deployment and building our local IT industry to world standard through participation in global events that further exposes…

  The Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electronic Transaction bill, which has been passed by the Senate in May last year. Speaking to Journalists on the sideline of a Cyber Security Meetup in Lagos, the President of CSEAN, Mr. Remi Afon explained that the bill, which has been sitting on the President’s desk for some time now, will protect Nigerians in their financial transactions when finally sign into law. Apart from protecting the majority of Nigerians in their financial dealings, the bill will also protect the banks and…