INEC: From transmission to automated manual transmission - ITREALMS

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Since February 2022 when the new Electoral Act was signed into law, one viral ‘song’ by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its officials was allusions to transmitting the 2023 election results electronically, which now has become a subject of judiciary interpretations, writes REMMY NWEKE.

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Remember the trending video of the then Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris tagged 'Transmission, transmission' where he was seen obviously struggling embarrassingly to read a speech with over 20 'transmission transmission' saga in 2018.

FirstBank commissions its second fully automated self service branch @Ibadan - ITREALMS

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The FirstBank Digital Xperience Centre (DXC) in the University of Ibadan (U.I) is the Bank’s second fully automated self-service centre. The first DXC is at the Bank’s remodelled Adetokunbo Ademola branch, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Furnished with the latest advancements in financial technology, it is one of the many ways the Bank reinvents itself to leave no stone unturned in exposing its customers to state-of-the-art and leading digital banking experience in the continent.

Automated User Conference set for Munich - ITREALMS

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The 9th edition of the User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) will be hosted by Siemens in Munich on 13-15 September 2022, reports ITREALMS.

UCAAT 2022, the organisers said, offers a unique opportunity to come together to share experiences and learn about the latest advances in the industrial use of test automation.

Soon, NCC'll launch automated numbering system - EVC

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Apex telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may have advanced plans to introduce automated numbering system in the country, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this to ITRealms in Lagos recently, the Executive Vice Chairman and chief executive officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said that the Commission would soon launch this service.

“The automated system will be launched very soon by the Commission,” he declared at a one-day consultative forum towards the introduction of an automated numbering system in Nigeria held in Lagos.

EVC who was represented by the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Mr. Ubale Maska, also described numbers as scarce resources, noting that “one of the core functions of the Commission is to ensure that this scarce resource is effectively and efficiently managed."

Equally speaking at the forum, Paul Dinwoke, CEO Molcon Multiconcepts Limited, Consultants to NCC on the project also told the participants that some of the benefits of the automated system include convenience, transparency, efficiency, easy tracking, ability to choose number options, and strengthening of online payment systems.

The forum was attended by many stakeholders, including licensees of the Commission and staff, including Bako Wakil, Deputy Director Technical Standards and Network Integrity who told the audience that the deployment of automatic numbering management system is part of the NCC's efforts to automate her business processes within and outside the Commission.

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Pix; L-R): Engr. Bako Wakil, Deputy Director, Technical Standards, NCC; Engr. Ubale Maska, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC; Engr. Kenneth Uzoekwe, Zonal Controller Lagos, NCC

NCC outlines benefits of automated numbering system

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The chief consultant to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the proposed introduction of an automated numbering system in Nigeria, Mr. Paul Dinwoke, has outlined the benefits of the system to stakeholders, reports ITRealms.

Dinwoke who is the chief executive officer, Molcon Multiconcepts Limited, disclosed this in Lagos recently during a stakeholder consultative forum organized by the Commission.

According to him, some of the benefits include convenience, transparency, efficiency, easy tracking, and ability to choose number options.

He also pointed out that the introduction of an automated number system would strengthen the online payment systems currently existing in NCC and within its affiliate service offer.

In his remarks at the forum, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta,  who was represented by the Executive Commissioner Technical Services, Ubale Maska, said that numbers are scarce resource and one of the core functions of the Commission is to ensure that this scarce resource is effectively and efficiently managed.

He also informed participants seeks their understanding, for this reason the forum was held, stressing that the automated system will be launched very soon by the Commission.

The Forum was attended by many stakeholders, including licensees of the Commission and staff, including Bako Wakil, Deputy Director Technical Standards and Network Integrity who told the audience that the deployment of automatic numbering management system is part of the NCC's efforts to automate her business processes within and outside the Commission.

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pix: Paul Dinwoke, CEO Molcon Multiconcepts Limited, consultants to NCC on the project

Thomson Reuters unveils technology for currency traders

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Foremost source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, Thomson Reuters, has strengthened its presence in Africa by unveiling an African strategy and a new fully automated foreign exchange trade platform technology tagged TRFXT, reports ITRealms.

This strategic plans, ITRealms gathered is to offer enabling platform for Africa to actualise her huge potentials and bring to bear the Thomson Reuters global heritage across 100 countries and many decades of providing customers with platforms and technologies that give competitive edge in business, forex trading, governance, tax and accounting, financial and risk analysis, science and intellectual property markets.

Phil Weisberg, Global Head of Thomson Reuters Foreign Exchange, speaking to ITRealms in Lagos, said that Nigeria has become Africa’s undisputed financial powerhouse and has continued to attract massive global interest, thus making the country one of the most important markets for Thomson Reuters.

“Nigeria is a key frontier market in Africa with a huge potential for growth and technology platforms can aid the market to leap ahead and grow rapidly by creating and sustaining a transparent and robust system, guide regulators, increase efficiency and liquidity and generate electronic multilateral conversations among key financial players,” Weisberg said, stressing that Thomson Reuters is in the market to enable this and the African success story.

He further described the TRFXT platform as giving customers access to specialist data and the right suite of tools to manage trading risk, identify new opportunities and differentiate forex trading strategies.

“Our intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that equips decision-makers with the knowledge to act and enable them make better decisions faster,” Weisberg said.

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