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  By Martin Ekpeke The Executive Council Members of the National Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS), have sealed a mentorship deal with Programos Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Programos Software Group. The agreement was sealed today when NACOSS executives paid a courtesy visit to the company’s corporate headquarters in Lagos. Speaking on the choice of Programos Foundation, Comrade Okoro Emeka Louis, the National Public Relations officer of NACOSS said Programos Foundation was deliberately chosen because of its antecedent of moulding the youths for the future challenges, especially in the area of software design and development. He posited that…

  Over 100 million accounts riding on the Huawei’s mobile money service platform across Africa will henceforth have access to WorldRemit’s international money transfer service. This follows partnership deal sealed by Huawei and WorldRemit, a leading digital money transfer service provider. The partnership, which was announced at the GSMA’s Mobile 360 conference, held in Dar es Salaam, will enable Huawei to add a ready-made solution for remittances, a growing mobile money product offering – to its existing suite of services. The deal is also expected to will improve access to mobile money remittance for millions of people that are currently…

  Nigeria’s premier bank, Firstbank Nigeria Plc has appointed Abdullahi Ibrahim, its former  Group Executive, Retail Banking North as an Executive Director. The bank in a statement issued earlier today, said the appointment is in line with its strong corporate governance credentials and best practice, which has won the bank recognition both locally and internationally. A brief profile of Abdullahi Ibrahim on FirstBank’s official website shows that he was previously Group Executive, Technology and Services overseeing the Bank’s Information Technology and Services Functions. He also served as Group Executive Retail banking North from December 2012 up until his appointment as…

  In a bid to strengthen the digitalization in Africa, Angola Cables, a Multinational telecommunications company, today announced it has started the construction of its South American data centre, located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The data centre is an important next step in the company’s roll-out of promoting the digital inclusion and empowerment of Africa by the use of subsea internet cable connecting Africa to the Americas and providing high speed internet at some of the lowest latency speeds between the two continents. Angola Cables was launched in 2009 with the mission of becoming the leading driver of digital enablement in…

  The July 2017 Edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout will come up on Friday next week being July 14, 2017 by 5:00pm, even as the organizer announced ITPulse, a wholly Information And Technology Communication (ICT) news website, with special focus on the African continent as one of their partners. The hangout will have in attendance, for the July 2017 edition, two outstanding Entrepreneurs in the tech ecosystem and they will be downloading the experiences they encountered while growing, and still growing their businesses. They are  Bolaji Finnih, CEO, TechPreneur Africa and Ommo Clark, CEO, iBez Solutions. Past editions of the…

  By Kester Omu The GSMA has urged government in Africa, especially in the North countries of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia to develop their mobile tax reforms, saying that would improve access to mobile connectivity. In its latest report ‘Delivering Mobile Connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)’, the GSMA provides an overview of key general taxes, such as VAT, corporation tax and import duties, as well as additional sector-specific taxes and regulatory fees applied to mobile operators in the MENA region. The report also estimates the potential impacts of tax reform to illustrate how it may…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) has announced prices for this year’s Innovation Changemaker Challenge, which the department in the Nigerian Communications Commission is using to challenge Nigerian youth to engage their ingenuity to solve relevant problems and bring about change through creativity and innovation. The prices, according to a statement issued earlier today are N1, 000,000, N750, 000 and N500, 000 for the Ist, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. The price also includes acceptance into incubation programme for the three winners, stressing that monetary prize includes product completion and cash. USPF, established under the Nigerian…

  The Director General, the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has posited that the proliferation of many illegal online news, radio and television stations across the country is as a result of non utilization of the Nigerian Internet Service Point. Pantami made the position known in a press statement signed by Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs & External Relations at NITDA, after a visit to the Galaxy Backbone’s Headquarters in Abuja, calling for the proper regulation of the internet service in the country. The statement quoted Pantami as saying that:  “It is our…

  By Martin Ekpeke A telecommunications enthusiast and Chief Executive Officer of Lagos based MainOne Cable Company, Ms. Funke Opeke has posited that the possible solution to Nigeria’s connectivity challenges is for the country to formulate policies that would encourage infrastructure sharing among operators. Opeke stated this in an interview with a National Newspaper, stressing that broadband connectivity can only be fast tracked when Nigeria work on infrastructure sharing, create the enabling environment, a relaxed tax environment and reduce regulation. “In my own opinion, those things that can fast track Nigeria’s move to deepen connectivity include infrastructure sharing, creating the…

  Smartphone shipments would grow 5% in 2017 touching 1.6 billion units worldwide, led by consumers shift to premium devices, with Korean Samsung’s flagships making a dent so far in 2017, the US-based research firm Gartner Wednesday said. Overall smartphone shipments will grow 5% in 2017, reaching nearly 1.6 billion units. End-user spending continues to shift from low-cost utility phones toward higher priced smartphones, it said in a statement. “The Samsung S8 and S8 Plus have had a strong impact so far in 2017, with users undeterred by battery issues that affected the Note 7 at the end of 2016,”…