Author: ITPulse

Massive open online courses have made it easy for people to gain access to quality education materials and training designed for international audiences. Thankfully, a few Startups in the Edutech space, or creating similar platforms, targeted at Primary and Secondary school students. Recently, I was with Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, Founder, Passnownow.com and we had a discussion on the provision of quality education, through technology. Toyosi stated that she is worried about the poor state of education that is currently persisting in the country. This, according to her, is the because, we are looking for people to effectively and conscientiously run…

  Progress is progress. The latest World Bank annual ratings reveal that Nigeria has made progress in the ease of doing business indicators. The country is now ranked 145 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business list. The new ranking is a 14 percent improvement on the 169th position Nigeria had in 2016. A statistical analysis, properly conducted, is a delicate dissection of uncertainties, a surgery of suppositions. – M.J. Moroney Expectedly, this new ease of doing business ranking is seen as a cause for cheers in several quarters, particularly in government and among those who have business to…

By Patrick Hogan Ten years ago, few would have imagined that employees could work entirely remotely or that an entire business infrastructure could exist on the internet. With the adoption of cloud computing, a service that allows companies to access processing and data storage through the internet, these business models are becoming a reality. with cloud computing, almost any device can work. Employees can often connect via their mobile phones. Older computers and employee-purchased phones can both connect to cloud services. This new business model enables IT staff to focus their efforts on tasks other than monitoring the computers in…

By Kester Omu A group known as Broadband 2018 Coalition has expressed worries and concerns over Nigeria’s decline on the broadband adoption and internet use index: Affordability Drivers Index (ADI), which presently ranked the country 13th place out of 58 countries surveyed from 12th place ranking Nigeria earned in the 2015-16 Index in the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4aI) 2017 report. In a statement, the group believes that the poor rollout of broadband infrastructure in tandem with the Nigeria Broadband Plan 2013 – 2018, is largely responsible for the drop, urging the federal government to expedite action in the implementation…

By Martin Ekpeke Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that, by enforcing the policy on  Treasury Single Account (TSA), Nigeria as a country has been able to save N4.7 billion every month since May 2015 when he assumed office. Buhari, who stated this while declaring this year’s eNigeria Conference, organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) earlier today in Abuja, said apart from consolidating over 20,000 accounts, resulting into about N4.7 billion monthly savings, the TSA policy has also facilitated transparency, accountability and ease of transactions and payments between Government and businesses as well as Government and citizens.…

  Nigeria’s​ ​​TRUCKIT.NG​​ ​has been voted among​ ​the​ ​40​ ​winners​ ​of​ this year’s ​international​ ​World​ ​Summit​ ​Award that showcases​ ​the​ ​world’s​ ​best​ ​practices​ ​in​ ​digital​ ​innovation​ ​with​ ​impact​ ​on​ ​society. Programos​ ​Foundation,​ ​Nigeria’s​ ​coordinating​ ​civil​ ​society​ ​organization​ ​for​ ​the​ ​United​ ​Nations based​ ​World​ ​Summit​ ​Awards​, ​which​ ​selects​ ​and​ ​promotes​ ​local​ ​digital​ ​innovation​ ​with​ ​high impact​ ​on​ ​improving​ ​society has announced. Announcing the results, Mr Amos Emmanuel, Chief Software Architect/Chairman, Programos Software Group and Founder, Programos Foundation,​ noted that 40 Winners from 23 countries, selected from over 400 nominations from 180 countries. He said the World Summit Awards present a global…

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has denied Newspaper publications that the agency, saddled with the responsibility of promoting Information Technology in Nigeria is under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. In a statement in Abuja, signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head Corporate Affairs and External Relations, NITDA categorically stated that the newspaper reports are fake, as it is neither under any investigation or was there any attempt to circumvent due process requirements in the implementation of the 2017 approved Budget, as reported in the media. “It is essential to note that the Agency is not…

  A Nigeria based firm, Daria Media has announced two unique and ground-breaking initiatives targeted at revolutionizing journalism practice in Nigeria. The initiatives will be to train journalists, with special attention to the to the worrisome fake news phenomena and unwholesome PR gimmicks which have dogged the journalism practice in recent times Thus, the company, which is promoted by Kadaria Ahmed, former BBC journalist, editor of 234next and host of the Channels TV talk show, Straight Talk and The Core, will be holding a 3-city journalism training for aspiring journalists. The 3 cities are Kano, where she went to school;…

  By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that it has instituted processes that will lead to the review of a framework for spectrum licensing in the country telecommunication industry. The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this at the 23rd Inaugural Lecture at Bayero University, Kano. He said: “We are Reviewing the Licensing Framework for Spectrum Administration to Accommodate the Needs of all Stakeholders”. The essence of the review, according to Danbatta is to accommodate the interests of various stakeholders in the industry. Danbatta said the vision of the Commission and the importance of…

  Mr. Sunday Dare, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has won the Democracy Heroes Award for his decades of consistency in promoting democracy in Nigeria. According to the organiser of the event, FACE OF DEMOCRACY NIGERIA (FDN), Mr. Dare has acted in manners worthy of emulation by Nigerian youths, challenging youths to be bold enough to step out to participate in the democratic process by contesting elections in order to represent the people of Nigeria conscientiously. The FDN team leaders, Olufunsho Ajagbonna and Vivian Lam were emphatic that all the awardees were honoured to enable…