In furtherance of Oando Clean Energy Limited’s (referred to as “Oando Clean Energy” or “OCEL”) commitment to the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (referred to as “LAMATA”), as disclosed in Press Release 1 dated Monday, June 6, 2022, OCEL is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of the electric mass transit buses that …
Corporate Social Responsibility in IT
Artificial intelligence is no good, software is not inclusive, IT leaders are irresponsible. Everyone in IT can encounter such statements on regular bases, sometimes in the media, other times at a café, it does not really matter where, when you hear a lie often enough it becomes the truth. But is that the truth though? …
Insurtech vs. Insurance
Millennials are driving change in the insurance industry. Unlike their parents, they have not jumped into insurance with two feet. Many are even skipping vital insurance products such as life insurance. The reality is that ZMillennials (Millennials and Generation Z) don’t have faith in the insurance industry. Many see it as repetitive, untrustworthy, archaic, and …
Digital Transformation Dilemmas
Digital Transformation and Disruption: two overly-used phrases that get thrown around so often that they’re losing their essence. Some things get repeated again and again for a reason. Everybody says Paris is beautiful. It’s cliché at this point. But is Paris not beautiful? This article is about digital transformation dilemmas: the self-imposed boundaries and justifications …
What Executives Need To Know About Cybersecurity
In 2013, Target Corporation was hacked. Soon thereafter, its Chief Information Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of 35 years, were fired. Two years later, in 2015, Sony Pictures was hacked. Among the embarrassing details, a long history of Chairwoman Amy Pascal’s personal emails were leaked. She was let go of immediately. Two years after that, …
Running AI on legacy infra is like singing without knowing the lyrics
“IT DEPENDS”, a common phrase that shouldn’t apply to many aspects of digital success. The answer of this article is: IT DOESN’T DEPEND. How would it feel to sing a song on a stage in front of 200 people without knowing the lyrics? How would Nutella taste on moulded bread? Take a moment to think …
A simple way of understanding the application of Mixed Reality
Nature has gifted us with five amazing senses: hearing, smell, taste, touch and sight, all of them producing sensations which enable our mind to create its own reality. Our own reality is what makes us special, sometimes limited and other times thriving. Until the emergence of technology our reality was dependable on what our five …
Evaluating blockchain enabled collaborations against your company setup
New technologies represent a set of highly sophisticated power that can either make or break not just a single company, but the whole industry. This disruption paradigm is freighting for many leaders, especially those who lead companies operating in innovation static industries which historically did not entail them to think and act as disruption agents. …
Telcos to deactivate banks’ USSD service over N120bn debt
To assess compliance with this directive, the report compared identical transactions carried out with the same provider, one via the USSD menu and the other via a mobile application. Telecommunications operators in Nigeria say they have been granted approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to disconnect banks Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt, which …
Gebeya set to empower thriving marketplaces in East Africa and beyond
Gebeya, a Pan-African online freelance talent marketplace is set to empower 100 existing tech marketplaces in East Africa via its innovative Marketplace-as-a-Service model. This groundbreaking initiative allows companies to access top-tier developers without the traditional recruitment and management hassles. Gebeya offers three comprehensive service suites: G-Talent for tech talent recruitment, G-Staffing for full-time hires, and …