Nigeria power crisis: Yudala offers 2-day discount on iPowerPlus

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As part of efforts at remedying the power supply situation in the Nigeria, pioneer composite e-commerce outfit in the country, Yudala, has offered a cost-effective two-day special discount sale of iPowerPlus inverters, reports ITRealms.

This offer, ITRealms gathered comes with free deliveries for prospective shoppers in Lagos and Abuja respectively.

The promotion which commenced on Thursday May 12^th till Friday May 13^th 2016 offers interested buyers a chance to enjoy up to 15 per cent discount off iPowerPlus range of inverters, solar and hybrid options available in 1KVA to 20KVVA as well as certified long-life batteries.

The special discount sale is exclusive to shoppers on the Yudala website and its chain of Experience Stores nationwide.

ITRealms recalls that the nation has had to contend with near-total black out after last Wednesday’s bombing of Chevron’s major valve platform around Escravos in Warri SouthWest Local Government Area of Delta State. A militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), had claimed responsibility for the sabotage of the crude oil and gas production facility. The attack is coming when work is being rounded off on the  250,000 barrel-a-day Forcados export terminal which was bombed in February.

Although ITRealms also reports that some of nation’s power plants run on gas, the federal government as if acting out of the moon, Wednesday proclaimed the deregulation of the petroleum sector with hike in pump price of petrol to N145 per litre.

A move, industry observers said has seemingly increased the hardship on millions of Nigerians who rely on petrol-generators to power their homes, offices and businesses.

Speaking on this offer, the Marketing Communications Manager, Yudala, Afam Anyika, said, the two-day special discount sales allows Nigerians a leeway out of the power situation.

“With this two-day promotion, we are offering all classes of Nigerians a cost-effective way out of the current power crisis. Discounts up to 15% are available on iPowerPlus inverters which are available in 1KVA to 20KVA. We are also offering free deliveries for buyers in Lagos and Abuja while shoppers can also take advantage of the pick-up option in Yudala Experience Stores nationwide.”

Anyika also affirmed that iPowerPlus inverters possess unique characteristics that sets them apart from other inverters.

“With iPowerPlus, you are guaranteed a world class hybrid inverter with an in-built solar charge controller and fuse which helps in safeguarding equipment in the event of any short circuit. Furthermore, iPowerPlus are the only certified inverters in Nigeria with SNMP capability and pure sine wave output which can power all electrical/electronic devices to 100% efficiency.”

ITRealms recollects that Yudala took the continent by storm with its bold entry and has successfully expanded the nation’s e-commerce and offline retail space with several innovative strategies including the first ever drone delivery in Africa, Neighbour to Neighbour Mega Deals, Monthly Mid-Day Madness and Yu-jara – Nigeria’s biggest festive season’s sales, and Yudala Mobile Monday among others. Yudala prides itself for genuine products and for being the fastest pay-on-delivery composite e-commerce company in the country.

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Connect Britain: Vaizey to reveal UK’s digital future

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The United Kingdom Culture and Digital Economy minister, Ed Vaizey will outline the government’s latest projections for the UK’s digital future at Connected Britain – a two-day conference and exhibition dedicated to the country’s current state of connectivity, reports ITRealms.

The event taking place at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel, in London, on Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, Vaizey, ITRealms gathered would headline the event, which features a packed agenda of key speakers from the service provider and vendor communities, as well as government bodies, regulators and analysts.

Other leading names confirmed by event organizer, Total Telecom include Mike Galvin, Managing Director of Strategy Service and Operations at BT, Broadband Delivery UK CEO Chris Townsend and 02 Telefonica’s Chief Technology OfficerBrendan O’Reilly.

Total Telecom’s Managing Director Rob Chambers  said the digital revolution is bringing huge opportunities for the UK, adding “These range from new, more efficient and profitable business models to more effective social services, smart cities and communities inside an ultrafast broadband environment. To realise these opportunities, the UK telecoms industry faces a range of challenges and Connected Britain is the ideal platform for industry leaders to come together and address them.”

ITRealms further reports that subjects to be covered during the two-day conference will include connectivity and the economy, technical futures, infrastructure investment, regulation, digital inclusion and future cities. This is in addition to a conference presentations, the event will include roundtables and networking opportunities.

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25 countries storm Contonou for ICANN domain names, trademarks workshop

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A two-day workshop on domain names, trademarks and rights protection on the continent ends at the Hotel Novotel Orisha Cotonou with 25 African countries participating, ITRealms reports.

Also, ITRealms reports that over 80 attendees came from the 25 participating African countries.

The workshop put together by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ITRealms gathered was opened by Komi Koutche, the Beninese, Minister for Information and Communications Technology in the company of Mr. David Olive, ICANN’s Vice President for Policy Development Support.

Additionally, ITRealms gathered that participants cut across the country code Top Level Domain  (ccTLD) managers, registrars, practitioners of intellectual property rights, rights protection specialists to name a few and had the opportunity to share best practices for the protection of users' rights on the continent.

According to Olive, “Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) will have a profound impact on brand owners, regional industry and consumers,” stressing that it is important that ICANN supports Africa in its strategy to promote Internet industry.

He also revealed to ITRealms that the workshop affords ccTLD managers and registrars to be better equipped for the rapid implementation of measures for the security, management and promotion of ccTLDs.

“This is a critical part in enabling the Domain Name industry to flourish in African digital economy,” he said.

Pierre Dandjinou , the Vice President of ICANN for Africa, disclosed to ITRealms that the protection of rights is hardly addressed in Africa and mechanisms for protection of existing rights are not very popularized on the continent hence the workshop,

“As many African countries having started to organize their structures of intellectual property rights, it may be necessary to better inform them on the relationship between domain names, trademarks and the mechanisms for conflict resolution,“ Dandjinou said.

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Photo: Pierre Dandjinou , the Vice President of ICANN for Africa

NETmundial 2014: EMC meets to set agenda

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The Executive Multistakeholder Committee (EMC) has confirmed dates for the two-day meeting to enable them set the agenda for the forthcoming coming NETmundial in Brazil, reports ITRealms.

The EMC affirmed this to ITRealms at the weekend in an official press statement, saying its face-to-face meetings would hold between March 31 and April 1, stressing the focus is to set NETmundial agenda and propose an initial draft for upcoming discussions.

ITRealms also gathered that the outcomes of the EMC meeting would be submitted to the High-level Multistakeholder Committee and, consecutively, to public consultation in the first half of April.

While commending the level of commitment shown in the open call for contributions to NETmundial, EMC told ITRealms they appreciated all organizations and individual authors from different sectors, countries and community groups for their submissions.

They equally confessed to ITRealms that it was an unexpectedly large number of submissions and given the short timeframe available for the EMC to digest recommendations to frame an agenda, the Committee is using a number of different approaches to review individual submissions and also to synthesize the input.

Just as the EMC explained that the Secretariat’s summary will not be a reflection of EMC position, but one of the tools that the Committee will utilize for its debates on how the agenda will be framed, along with other types of summaries and analysis, kindly submitted by different volunteers.

“We look forward to agreeing in final agenda and making it public, fostering the multistakeholder discussion that NETMundial proposes,” EMC official said.

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