The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has donated ICT equipment to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) aimed at keeping with its efforts to support Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage to enhance operational efficiency in government. The state-of-the-art ICT tools comprising 40 units of HP EliteOne All-in-One desktop G5 with Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD and 10 units of HP EliteBook 830G6 laptops with Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD were handed over to the Agency by the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the NFIU head office in Abuja. NCC’s…
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Despite the Coronavirus outbreak that ravaged different sectors of the economy in the past year, Njalo.ng, a credible classifieds site in Nigeria has recorded impressive growth on its first anniversary. Recall that the classified site launched operations in January 2020 and has maintained its promise to serve as a FREE classifieds platform that emphasizes safety and convenience to sellers and buyers. Promoters of the classifieds platform said Njalo.ng provides unique meeting room for close to 15,000 merchants who have signed up on the platform to engage with over 5,000 daily visitors (buyers) on products ranging from smartphones, cars, laptops, clothes,…
By Oloruntobi Oluwaseun Ojumu Distributed systems form the underlying infrastructure of modern computing, enabling computations that span everything from global e-commerce sites to critical payment settlements. Building and supporting these systems is an incredibly demanding task, not because of device failures or the misuse of programming languages, but because of the intrinsic nature of distributed systems. Distributed systems run across multiple nodes, involve concurrency, and experience partial failures, among many race conditions that are challenging to detect using conventional testing techniques. For decades, software researchers as well as professionals have increasingly used formal verification, a branch of computer science with…
The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Mallam Kasifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has reiterated that ecosystem is a sure way in creating value, wealth and prosperity, especially now that Nigeria is on its course of becoming one of the leading digital economies in the world. Abdullahi, who made this remarks on Friday in Abuja, during the unveiling ceremony of the first Nigerian assembled Hyundai KONA Electric Vehicle, launched by the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), averred that creating ecosystem is the only way to easily get the value that will enable growth, wealth and prosperity. The NITDA DG…
Discussions around areas of collaboration between the agencies of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in relation to the Finance Act 2020 formed the agenda of an interactive session held recently by an inter-agency committee set up by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. Chaired by the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, the membership of the committee is comprised of the Executive Chairman of FIRS and heads of agencies in the ministry. The Committee was set up…
By Andrew BOURNE When it comes to choosing technology providers for their businesses, CTOs and IT leaders have two options. The first is adopting a ‘best-of-breed’ approach, which involves hand-picking several disparate apps and products by different vendors, each one serving a specific need effectively. The second option is to take a ‘single vendor/integrated stack’ approach, choosing one tech provider who offers a suite of pre-integrated applications that addresses multiple business requirements in one go. Customers today increasingly prefer the second option to streamline their business processes. In a bid to cater to this demand for unified software suites, technology…
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said that the activation of Emergency Communication Centres (ECCs) across the country by the Commission is making a far-reaching impact and enhancing the Federal Government’s drive to improve the security of lives and property. In acknowledgement of the transformational role of the ECCs in providing succour to Nigerians who are in emergencies, the NCC has received two international recognitions from the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and the African Public Relations Association (APRA). “The IPRA Golden World Awards (GWA) 2020 won by the Commission and…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday he would stand aside later this year as chief executive of the company he built from a startup into one of the world’s most valuable firms. The world’s richest person based on his Amazon stake, Bezos said he will transition to the role of executive chair in the third quarter, handing over the CEO role to Andy Jassy, who heads Amazon Web Services. The news came as Amazon reported a blowout holiday quarter with profits more than doubling to $7.2 billion and revenue jumping 44 per cent to $125.6 billion — as pandemic lockdowns…
Africa’s digital revolution has been hailed as one of the continent’s most historic changes in the past decade. Despite challenges with infrastructure, prevalent poverty, poor health system and weak governance, the 21st-century African business is thriving through sheer innovation and local knowledge by leveraging digital technology. However, before this digital explosion, several African companies had been silently pioneering innovation on the continent. One of those pioneers of this digital revolution is SystemSpecs, a 29-year-old Nigerian technology firm that has evolved from very humble beginnings as a five-man start-up in the early 1990s to a technology giant with hundreds of staff…
Globally-recognised crypto platform, Luno, Tuesday announced the expansion of their offering with the addition of arguably the most secure stablecoin on the market, USDC. USDC is a stablecoin tied to the US dollar, the world’s reserve currency. The move will, therefore, give Luno’s customers in countries where the local money is more prone to volatility, the ability to store their wealth in a currency that is historically more dependable. USDC has essentially digitised the US dollar, so it also comes with an array of additional functionality that allows it to be more easily sent across borders, lent and borrowed, and…