E-Business
Digital Direct to Transform Lekki Phase 1 into Start Up Estate
Mr. Tolu Ijogun, managing director, Digital Direct has said that his company is providing an unprecedented access to ICT equipment in terms of pricing, availability and training at Lekki Phase 1.
Speaking at the well attended launch of the company in the estate, he advised parents and institutions to act generationally for the future of Lekki, Lagos and Nigeria.
Lekki Phase 1 is a modern estate by all standards and given the right access to technology should transform it to a start up estate.
Ijogun, said that all the indicators at the estate are right given the high level of education and awareness of the residents.
“The infrastructure of a modern municipal and its location as the gateway to the Lekki Free Trade Zone – enhance the possibility of a development into a start up zone” he said
He explained that the ‘privileged’ children of the Lekki residents need to be equipped with the right technology to consolidate the middle class gains of their parents while leading society to a new era of innovation and higher productivity.
Digital Direct, Ijogun said, has gone into partnership with leading OEMs and stocked top quality ICT products with capacity to strengthen businesses and institutions in Lagos.
“The products are also designed to fire the imagination of Lagos Island youths and lead them to greater heights. Now you can get all your ICT needs, including Swift internet without leaving the gates of Lekki Phase “Ijogun added.
Speaking at the launch, Kazeem Aminu, head, Retail Channel for Microsoft said that Digital Direct and Microsoft share a common vision to help the consumer to save costs, gain efficiency, drive innovation, grow their businesses and keep pace with technology.
Aminu said that the residents of Lekki Phase 1 and its environs are lucky to have an outlet that is compliant with international channel regulations.
Buying from the channel, he said, is a guarantee for genuine and affordable products that take the mind of the end user off the performance of his equipment and allows him to focus on his core competence.
Samsung’s Hub Manager, Lagos Island, Lagos, Adams Adebayo in his contribution said that the Samsung partnership with Digital Direct offers the entire Samsung product range – phones, laptops, desktops, projectors, printers and cameras.
The partnership, he explained, extends to Direct Care, the after sales support, to ensure that end users enjoy unadulterated manufacturer’s warranty.
Samsung is poised to provide practical innovations that would enable growth in business and satisfaction in entertainment.
Earlier while cutting the tape to declare Digital Direct open, Mrs. Lai Koiki, Proprietress, Green springs Schools said that Digital Direct is an investment for the future of the residents of Lagos, especially the schools in and around Lekki.
She urged schools, institutions and organization around Lagos Island to take advantage of the fantastic offers at Digital Direct.
Digital Direct is run by a team of young Nigerian professionals from the United Kingdom; mentored by leading local and international OEMs and ICT Distributors.
The company has the following OEM partners – Samsung, Dell, HP, Lenovo, D-Link, Huawei, Swift 4G, Luidia, Nokia, and Microsoft.
Gartner predicts that by 2028, 75 percent of enterprise software engineers will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) code assistants, up from less than 10 percent, currently.
According to a Gartner poll of 598 global respondents conducted in the third quarter of 2023, 63 percent of organisations are now testing, deploying, or have previously implemented AI code assistants.
AI code assistants provide for more capabilities than only code development and completion, notes the research firm.
According to Gartner, the use of AI code assistants can lead to higher work satisfaction and retention, resulting in lower turnover costs.
Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst at Gartner, comments: “Software engineering leaders must determine ROI and build a business case as they scale their rollouts of AI code assistants.
“However, traditional ROI frameworks steer engineering leaders toward metrics centred on cost reduction. This narrow perspective fails to capture the full value of AI code assistants.”
Gartner notes that software engineering leaders must “reframe the ROI conversation from cost reduction to value generations”.
Walsh adds: “Calculating time savings on code generation is a good place to begin building a more robust value story. To convey the full enterprise value story for AI code assistants, software engineering leaders should connect value enablers to impacts, and then analyse the overall return to the organisation.”
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks.
NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards,” the agency said at the weekend update on its official X handle.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED NEW GENERAL MULTIPURPOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
- The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multipurpose card (GMPC) , eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
- The single GMPC has multiple use cases:…
— NIMC (@nimc_ng) April 12, 2024
It said applicants need to request their cards with their NIN “through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks”.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS,” NIMC said.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated center or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” the update read.
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the new national Identity card, powered by AfriGo Card, is a single card with multiple services.
NIMC made the clarification against the confusion and criticisms that have trailed the AfriGo Card , touted as a National Domestic Card Scheme.
NIMC is launching the AfriGo Card, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), and has had appointed SecureID, a Lagos headquartered company to manufacture the Card Scheme
Making clarification on the card, Kayode Adegoke, head of Corporate Communications of the NIMC, said the General multipurpose card (GMPC) will eliminate the need for multiple cards.
“The new National ID Card is a single, convenient, and General multi-purpose card (GMPC), eliminating the need for multiple cards—not three.
“The single GMPC has multiple use cases: Payments/Financial, Government intervention/services, travel, etc.
“The National Identity Management Commission is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to deliver the payment and financial use cases.
“The card will be powered by the AFRIGO card scheme, an indigenous scheme powered by NIBSS. Applicants for the card will have to request with their NIN through the self-service online portal, NIMC offices, or their respective banks.
“The card will be issued through the applicants’ respective banks, in line with existing protocols with the issuance of the Debit/Credit cards.
“The card can be picked up by holders at the designated centre or delivered to the applicants at the requested location at an extra cost to be borne by the applicants,” he said.
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