Author: ITPulse

  The Board of CWG Plc, Ngeria’s largest system integration company has appointed Mr. Adewale Adewipo, the company’s hitherto Executive Director as the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1st of January 2019. CWG disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, saying the appointment of Adewipo is a response to the exit of Mr. James Agada, who has served as the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2016. “CWG Plc wishes to notify its investing shareholders and the general public of some changes to its Board of Directors and subsequently Management change. On the 31st…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has uncovered large volume of forceful and illegal deductions by Network providers and has put all necessary plans in place to get operators make refunds to consumers. “As a consumer-centric regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission has noted with great displeasure the unacceptably high level of consumer complaints in respect of forceful subscriptions to Value-Added Services (VAS), as well as airtime deductions for these subscriptions,” it said in a statement yesterday. Recall the Commission had mandated several initiatives to tackle the menace of forceful deduction. These initiatives include the institution of a comprehensive investigation…

  By Martin Ekpeke Stakeholders in the Nigeria’s telecom sector have called for the full implementation of an automated settlement scheme for the telecom industry, saying it is the only way out of the interconnect indebtedness quagmire in the industry. The call follows the recent publication of notices by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to have some networks disconnected for inability to settle interconnect and infrastructure debts. Speaking on the issue, the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Olusola Teniola noted that disconnection of networks is not the best solution available to the regulator to…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last week disclosed that 2G network has remained the most pervasive in Nigeria with 90 percent of the population connected to it. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar debate disclosed in a keynote address, which he presented at the 4th Quarter Seminar/Induction Ceremony of the Nigerian Information Technology Reporter’s Association (NITRA) in Lagos. According to him, 3G and 4G coverage is still low and a section of the country with little or no coverage of the Internet. “Generally, the most pervasive networks are on 2G coverage and reaches  about 90 percent of the…

  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…