Author: ITPulse

  Youtap, a Kenya based provider of contactless mobile payments and financial services software, has launched a new QR code solution and smartphone apps designed to simplify mobile money payments in Africa and Asia. Youtap said the solution enables customer-initiated or merchant-initiated QR code payments for smartphones and smart point-of-sale devices, adding that the solution conforms to the BharatQR industry standard developed by Bharat, Mastercard and Visa. Youtap’s apps can be white-labelled and branded with the logo and colours of the mobile money service. The new solution gives any merchant or small business owner with a smartphone the potential to…

  The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS), an international annual event that promotes innovation in Nigeria is set to once again gather stakeholders across all sectors of Nigeria’s economy to share ideas, trends, and opportunities around technology, innovation and entrepreneurship development. The Summit scheduled to hold on September 7, 2017 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, with the theme: Transforming Nigeria’s Economy Through Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has received confirmed participation from some states of the federation, namely; Benue, Katsina, Anambra and Bayelsa States. They will have the opportunity to showcase and promote their innovations at the Summit. Mr. Kenneth Omeruo, MD/CEO,…

  iSON BPO, a leading Business Process Outsourcing and contact centre service provider, recognised with the  2016 West African Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership was awarded in an awards ceremony during Growth innovation and Leadership Event at The Table Bay Hotel, Capetown on 17th August 2017. The award is based on the recent analysis of the business process optimization (BPO) industry market by Frost & Sullivan. The analysis revealed that iSON gave a huge boost to its market prospects by diversifying its services portfolio to cater to multiple industries. Its operational best practices and deployment…

  Africa Code Week (ACW), a continent-wide initiative to spark the interest of African children, teenagers and young adults in software coding, returns for the 2017 edition. Africa Code Week is one of SAP’s social investments to drive sustainable growth in Africa, transforming the story of hundreds of schools, teachers, governments, businesses and non-profits. In Nigeria, the Ondo State Government has embraced the ambitious goals of this initiative and became actively involved in an attempt to secure effective youth employment interventions in the State, as well as the country in general. From 22nd to 23rd August, over 200 teachers, unemployed graduates and…

  By Kester Omu The African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) in collaboration with the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), will in Lagos host hundreds of key players in the African and global Internet industry sector at the 27th public policy meeting of AFRINIC, regional Internet registry for Africa The event dubbed AFRINIC 27, will be a platform for technocrats and business to discuss policies, trends, resources and challenges in growing Internet for sustainable development in Africa and the Indian Ocean Region. The event, which is held annually consists of keynote speeches, policy discussions, seminars, workshops, tutorials and other forums for…

  By Martin Ekpeke Telecommunication companies in Nigeria under the auspices of the Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), have said Over The Top (OTT) Services are impacting negatively on their operations, especially as it concerns revenue generation. ALTON made this position known in a statement titled Over -The -Top (OTT) and the Impact on Telecom Operations In Nigeria, which was issued by its Chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo in Lagos. The umbrella body of all licenced telecom operators in Nigeria noted that though it is in support of innovation and continued growth of the industry, measures must be…

  Being a paper presented by Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the sensitization workshop on the Code of Corporate Governance in Lagos It is my pleasure to also welcome you on behalf of the Commission to this workshop to have further conversation on a subject matter which we at the commission and indeed the industry consider critical and germane to the continuing success and growth of our industry which in the last sixteen years or thereabout has performed creditably relative to other sectors in our economy. Much as we are proud…

  Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a backdoor planted in a server management software product used by hundreds of large businesses around the world. When activated, the backdoor allows attackers to download further malicious modules or steal data. Kaspersky Lab has alerted NetSarang, the vendor of the affected software, and it has promptly removed the malicious code and released an update for customers. ShadowPad is one of the largest known supply-chain attacks. Had it not been detected and patched so quickly, it could potentially have targeted hundreds of organisations worldwide. In July, 2017 Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis (GReAT)…

  A number of reports have put the African Mobile subscribers at over 1 billion, which is huge by any stretch of imagination. Across Africa, are a number of challenges, but along the way, are a number of opportunities, owing to the youthful growing population, who are becoming connected in droves. Mobile telephony is already making life easy for many Africans because they can now transact various banking and other forms of business activities, using their Mobile phones. I had a very interesting discussion recently, with Patrick Henchie, Head of Product, Sub-Sahara Africa, HMD Global, who shared his thoughts on…

One of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, today introduced its Unlimited Data plans, saying the offerings will empower and create more prosperity opportunities for telecoms consumers as well as boost mobile broadband connectivity. The Home Broadband Service, which allows customers to share data with colleagues, friends and family members, will give more Nigerians access to unlimited internet service at reasonable cost. The new Airtel Home Broadband delivers superfast broadband service via data terminals such as dongle, MiFi and routers as it comes in various packages and affordable price range to suit the lifestyles of different customer segments. Customers…