Author: ITPulse

  Internet Solutions Nigeria Limited wins the West Africa’s Best IT Infrastructure Service Provider in the Customer Service Category of the 2017 edition of the Nigeria Brand awards. The award was announced at the 7th edition of the Diamond Award, which recently took place at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Lagos. The annual Nigeria Brand Awards identifies businesses that have performed exceptionally in the area of customer service, and industry practitioners who are outstanding are also recognized during the awards. The Nigeria Brand Awards has continued to raise the bar of excellence, innovation and professionalism amongst brands in the country. Receiving…

  The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami has told envisaged investors at the just concluded Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) that Nigeria has a huge ICT market to explore. The NITDA DG, who disclosed that only 20 per cent of the market is presently being met by indigenous Original Equipment Manufacturers, noted that Nigeria would be happy to have several global brands, as long as the quality is guaranteed. “The Nigerian ICT industry is hugely untapped as only 20 per cent is being served by local OEMs,” he said. Referring to…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya has called the Central bank of Nigeria to consider issuing mobile money licenses to telecommunications companies, saying they have the capacity to make the most impact in Nigeria’s quest to have financial services spread across the country as a result of its huge coverage. Ogunsanya, made the call yesterday while delivering a paper with the theme: ‘The Role of Communications Industry in Economic Growth’at the Interconnectal Hotel in Lagos, during the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. The Airtel boss argued that it…

  By Martin Ekpeke The Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Tony Ojobo yesterday reiterated the Commission’s commitment at creating an environment that can accommodate telecommunications investors, stressing that ease of doing telecom business is paramount to the Commission. The NCC spokesman stated this, while representing the Executive Vice-Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta as a discussant at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, held at the Interconnectal Hotel, Victoria Island-Lagos. According to Ojobo, the Nigerian telecom regulator is consistently liasing with operators in the industry to create an enabling environment, especially building…

  By Kester Omu Nigeria’s based Information Technology solution provider, DEQNA International Limited has launched an online bookkeeping software, strategically designed to manage business accounting records for businesses in Nigeria, especially the SMEs. According to the Managing Director/CEO, DEQNA, Femi Abimbolu, the bookkeeping software will address the challenges usually faced by SMEs in accessing some of the available funds, and will also help them in keeping financial records. “The major problem with the SMEs segment of the Nigerian economy is that they are not organized, hence do not have the wherewithal to keep financial records,” Abimbolu argued at the launch…

  There is no doubt that Nigeria has one of the largest Telecom markets in Africa as the sector attracts considerable foreign investment. Over The Top Players, OTTPs, such as WhatsApp, BlackBerry Messenger, Telegram and many others, have significantly affected the average revenue per user of Telecom subscribers and this has adversely affected the overall revenue of the industry. Questions that are begging for answers includes, ‘where does the industry go from here, having invested billions of dollars?’ ‘How does the Television compete with OTT players who have very little investments in overheads?’ I recently had a chat with Jane…

  Learning how to optimize your blog can be a tedious process, but the profit potential can a be very high. In today’s affiliate educational newsletter, we look at the six ways to monetize a blog with Affiliate marketing. Know your target audience You need to understand the characteristics of your visitors. What do they search for on your website and what do they hope to achieve on your blog. You need to know your audience to understand what they want. This means as an affiliate marketer, you need to get the right audience to see the right offers in…

  By Emmanuel Osie A new KPMG report has disclosed that following the reported coming out of recession by Nigeria, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Telecommunication, Media & Technology and Oil & Gas sectors are the most sort after sectors by foreign investors, saying these sector accounted for about 80 per cent of recent inbound investments into the country. The new KPMG report titled, ‘Doing Deals in Nigeria – Key Insights from Deal Makers’ was presented to the public at the KPMG Nigeria office in Lagos. The report is the result of a survey of 50 senior business executives based outside…

  More players in the ICT, Banking and FinTech sectors of the Nigerian economy have continued to throw their weight behind the Third Quarterly Forum of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) billed for Friday, October 13, 2017. The latest to declare their support for the flagship ICT reporters association quarterly seminar are Global Accelerex, an effective and secure payment solutions provider; Yudala, fast rising e-commerce operator and Nigeria’s first ever composite online and retail chain; and CWG Plc, a total ICT solutions provider. Others are three of Nigeria’s leading IT-driven commercial banks namely, Fidelity Bank Plc, Wema Bank…

  By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday insisted that there would be consequences for any network operators that fail to comply with the Commision’s long standing position on the registration of SIM Cards. The Director of Public Affairs at NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, reiterated the position, while delivering a paper titled, TRACKABLE IDENTITY AND THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN NIGERIA, at the Special Independence Edition of the annual Conference of Directors and Heads of Public Relations organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Lagos. Ojobo argued that the registration of SIM Cards has…