Author: ITPulse

  By Kester Omu Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country is among four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that will account for half of the 115 million new subscribers expected in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020, the GSMA in its new report titled, ‘The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2017’ has disclosed. The other three countries, where subscriber growth is expected to be concentrated in large numbers are the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia and Tanzania. The new report, published  at the GSMA Mobile 360 event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, predicted that more than half a billion people across Sub-Saharan Africa will…

  By Martin Ekpeke A new study by the GSMA, a global body represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem has disclosed that mobile technologies and services generated $110 billion of economic value in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016. The report titled, ‘The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2017’ noted that mobile technologies is driving the region’s economy and building a digital Africa. It added that the $110 billion is equivalent to 7.7 per cent of regional GDP and the figure expected to grow to $142 billion, representing…

  The automobile industry is highly technical, with technology and innovation at the forefront. The irony, however, is that, a lot of the auto mechanics relied upon to fix these cars are not upgrading their skills, as many of them often attempt to guess what the problem is, instead of diagnosing the car first. I was recently with Etop Ikpe, Chief Executive Officer, Cars45.com, a platform that allows used vehicle owners to evaluate, buy and sell their cars in 45 minutes. It is a Startup, seeking to sanitize the used car industry and we talked at length about this. Etop…

  The chief executive officer of Medallion Communications, MR. IKECHUKWU NNAMANI shares in this exclusive interview with ITPulse’s MARTIN EKPEKE why the ICT industry needs interconnect settlement scheme to address the challenges of delay in payment of interconnect charges.  He also shares his experiences why companies should host their servers locally. What has Medallion Communications been doing since the beginning of this year? What are the plans for the remaining part of the year? We have been focused on providing efficient services for the industry and growing our subscriber base in terms of clients. We are also making sure we…

  Mr. Lucky Ofuafor shares in this interview the ideas that have kept Rolof Computers alive in the past two decades, making the company to expand into computer education in Delta State and beyond. He also revealed what every entrepreneur needs to succeed in Nigeria. He spoke with ITPulse’s Martin Ekpeke in his Warri office, South-South Nigeria.  How will you rate the performance of Rolof Computers and Academy in 2014-2015. What are the targets in the remaining part of the year? For 2014, we did very well in the computer industry for Rolof Computers and the Rolof Computer Academy. We…

  MUHAMMED RUDMAN is the chief executive officer and managing director of Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, the country’s first neutral IXP. In this interview with MARTIN EKPEKE in Lagos, Mohammed believes that there is a need for Nigeria to start hosting content locally because of the benefits involved. How will you rate the use of internet in Nigeria in 2015? The use of internet in Nigeria is about 80 percent mobile. This is excellent, but we need to go beyond mobile. We need to start talking about high speed internet access that can make us to be more productive…

  AUSTIN OKERE is the Founder of CWG Plc, the largest Systems Integration Company in Sub-Saharan Africa & Entrepreneur in Residence at CBS, New York. Austin also serves on the World Economic Forum Business Council on Innovation and Intrapreneurship. In this interview with the Association of Nigerian Technology Bloggers, he revealed many challenging issues in the Nigerian ICT Terrain, including how some local IT firms put themselves at a disadvantage position when negotiating with their foreign partners. He also provides solutions that can boost the operation of SMEs in the country. ITPulse’s MARTIN EKPEKE was there. CWG has been around…

  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…