Author: ITPulse

  Nigeria’s telecom house, Medallion Communications Limited, last week in Lagos carted home two awards from the Africa Digital Awards, organized by the ICTWatch Network. The two awards are ‘Information Communications Technology Enterprenuer of the Year 2018’, which goes to the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Ikechukwu Nnamani and the ‘Information Communications Technology ClearingHouse of the Year 2018’, which goes to Medallion Communications Limited. Receiving the awards on behalf of Medallion Communications Limited at the event that was done concurrently with the 2018 Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum at the Oriental Hotel, Mr. Nnamani said he is excited…

  Whether your focus is connectivity infrastructure, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, AfricaCom 2018 – 13 to 15 November at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa – will be the place to be to shape Africa’s digital future. AfricaCom in 2018, turns 21 and will be bigger and better than ever, taking into account the ever increasing influence of technology on everyday lives.  As a result, several new features will be launched this year.  As always though, the world’s largest Africa-focused technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) event, will offer visitors and delegates the prospect to discover and…

By Martin Ekpeke The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), last night unveiled  a book it said x-rayed the Nigerian telecom/ICT sector and some personalities who have helped to grow the Nigerian telecom industry that is today worth $70 billion investment. Speaking at the unveiling, the President of ATCON, Olusola Teniola said the aim of publishing the book is to celebrate the industry, which is currently contributing 9 percent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product. “The idea  of publishing the book was solely conceived to celebrate individuals and corporate organizations that have contributed and still leading innovation and creativity…

  PROTOCOLS I am delighted to be to be here with you today at this year’s Google for Nigeria event. Just couple weeks back, it was a special pleasure to be welcomed to the Googleplex by Google CEO, Sundar Pichai and his great management team. We all have very warm memories of that visit, and I am truly grateful for your kindness and warm hospitality. About three months ago, I spoke at an event at the Warwick University on the subject “The African Century.”  The substance of that speech was that this Century is Africa’s Century. Why? Because Africa will,…

  Google hosted its second Google for Nigeria event where it made a number of big announcements aimed at helping more people in Nigeria, and across Africa, benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. In a bid to make the internet more easily accessible to people in Nigeria, Google is launching Google Station for Nigeria: a program to provide high quality, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in partnership with 21st Century, one of the largest fibre network providers in Nigeria. “Google Station will be rolling out in 200 locations in five cities across Nigeria by the end of 2019, bringing…

  By Martin Ekpeke It does appear all doubts about meeting the 30 percent broadband penetration target by December 2018 are gradually being erased, as the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) announced it has hit a 22 percent threshold of the target. Nigeria had set an auspicious target to achieve 30 percent broadband penetration by the end of 2018 in line with the National Broadband Plan 2013-2018. “Despite teething challenges, I am happy to inform you that we have hit 22 percent threshold of the 30 percent broadband target,” the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed in a…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it will continue to encourage knowledge-based economy as against resource-based economy, as it offers opportunities Nigerians, especially the youths to display their talents. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, while delivering a goodwill message at the just concluded Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications (ICTEL) Expo, 2018 organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Eko Hotel & Suites, argued that, a knowledge-based economy offers the use of cutting edge technologies that improve efficiency, effectiveness and competitiveness. “At NCC, we believe that a knowledge-based economy provides individuals…

  By Martin Ekpeke The President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Babatunde Paul Ruwase has given reasons why Nigeria in its present state must look to Information and Communications Technology in order to diversify its economy. Ruwase, while giving a welcome remark at the Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications (ICTEL) Expo, 2018 organised by the Chamber at the Eko Hotel two days, said ICT is strategy in driving productivity and efficiency in all sectors of the economy. “There is no better time to harness the benefits of ICT than now when the Nigerian economy is in…

  By Martin Ekpeke One of Nigeria’s leading pan-African corporate connectivity and telecommunications provider, Vodacom Business Nigeria has urged Nigerian government at all levels to leverage Internet of Things, which is commercially available today to create efficient services that would benefit every citizen. Vodacom’s Executive Head of Operations (Ag), Olumide Idowu, while speaking yesterday at the Information Communications Technology and Telecommunications (ICTEL) Expo, 2018 organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, noted that with IoT, a host of intelligently connected services such as efficient healthcare in rural communities will become possible a reality. “Leaders around the world are…

  As part of its resolution to establish Information and Communications technology Hub across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) yesterday commissioned an ICT Innovation Hub in Katsina State, the home state of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. According to a statement signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations Unit at NITDA, the federal government whose part of its mandates is to build capacity said it decided to start with Katsina because it is one of the most populous states in the North Western region of Nigeria. Apart from that,…