Said Newa, Wari is designed to meet the needs of Nigerians, including the banked and unbanked; everyone who needs to make or receive payment for good and services. It also reduces the risk of carrying cash while travelling since you can deposit and withdraw at your destination through Wari agents whether within the country or outside Nigeria. In a bid to provide financial solution to the mélange of transaction problem, Airtel Nigeria and Wari have collaborated to end the problems of paying for good and service anytime, anywhere in the country. In this concerted effort with Nigeria telecoms big player,…
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Are you an Android or IOS users? Get your video livetext app today from Yahoo! Yahoo has unveiled another app today titled LiveText. The app allows you to send video to your friend—but with no sound. Speaking of which According to a source, the Former co-founder of MessageMe, Arjun Serthi has made the note that the application was made to give their users experience of using Yahoo in any context. The Yahoo’s man added that the application can be used in any context whether in a ballgame or concert by livetexting through video with formerly announcing audibly where you are.…
MainOne CEO, Funke Opeke, is strongly annoyed with the gender ration in ICT world. The ratio which was 7:3 male to female has caught the worrying eyes of the Former MTN Chief Technology Officer. In her reaction towards such outrageous imbalance, Ms. Funke Opeke has highlighted the need for commitment toward submarine cable which was aimed at clearing gender imbalance in the society. A gendered line of ICT Speaking on the Technology Camp supported by MainOne, she buttressed the support is necessary to clear the big gap for ICT gender structure already on ground. The camp is a two week…
Nokia 3310 is dead. When just few years ago. Let us rewind a bit, if this time were to be 2000, well, it would be the most cherished item owned by that business tycoon. Introducing mobile service into the public sphere is Nokia 3310 alias ‘pure water’. Funeral for the phone Enjoyed basically on its strength and durability. And well, this seemingly useless phone now would have been bought at an exorbitant amount of N40,000 in 1999. Plus a shocking price of MTN Simcard, you were bound to wonder you would never own a mobile phone till the end of…
Hi there, the world is moving at smart and unimaginable rate where everything is turning out to clear physicality, where your presence is not necessary, and you might as well stay in your house in Lekki or Garki and earn that huge amount of money. Obviously we have not had e-slap. While we have e-friends, e-mail, e-love, however, why not e-government? Where In a recent summit by ICT representatives in Abuja, suggestions have been made on the innovation of using e-politics to steer the affair of the nation. ICT experts have expressed their views on the security of fund if…
Another set of lucky winners have emerged in the TruTalk 11 lucky winners promo. In a grand ceremony held at Victoria Island Lagos, another batch of winners has whisked away prizes worth 15 million naira each. MTN is saying with TruTalk Promo, you can all own a house in Lagos. Lucky Greeks If asked how they feel right now, Mr. Seun Olola, Mr. Christian Okereafor, and Mrs. Adekoya Bolatito from Lagos are still in relish of excitement and joy of what MTN has brought to their lives. According to our source, Mr Seun still testifying to the miracle said in…
Heard of how Zuckerberg sucks on Zuckerville businesses? New directive The Facebook CEO has insisted that its 700 million users of Facebook messengers won’t have to pay money to investors. Expectations are high on the side of the investors to earn money through the platform, but Mark Zuckerberg has insisted that WhatsApp and the Messenger will run the same monetization playbook as Facebook and Newsfeed. By allowing this, the Facebook founder explained this would make the users to interact organically before you let company pay to reach customers. Zucker said, “And what decided was that over long term, the ads…
When In Microsoft Corporation words, Windows 10 becomes available from 29th of July 2015. The new Windows, however, will be available as a free upgrade on all Windows devices such as PCs and Tablets. What Essentially, the new Windows shall contain Cortana, an Xbox app, and Microsoft Edge another plus all for the experience of the new Windows. Not sure of its security? Microsoft Corporation has reaffirmed that this Windows shall be most reliable and secure operating system and version available as free update in history. How Speaking on the new development, Executive Vice President, Tony Myerson, said the new…
Open your windows. I do not mean you should go to your shutters and adjust. Obviously, just like the windows in your home, Microsoft Windows opens the world into sustaining whole experience of technology. Thanks to Bill Gate for that: for removing the history from typewriters and mimeograph. On the path to the future lie these two great visionaries, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who swept the world off its antiquated feet and partnered with micro-computers, from which we could engage our work more. From where I can now jump into the timeline: 1971-1981- Boot up That is the first…
Defining it: The telecom war is the big battle among telecommunication giants seeing the other company as competitor. This kind of war is mounted to swipe the other over market advantage. The telecoms war is happening in Nigeria now. The battle started after Etisalat alleged Nigerian Communication Commision (NCC) of giving market advantage to its arch-rival MTN. Ready or not? The battle is going to be a face off in Lagos Federal High Court. The suit Etisalat has accused NCC of giving its rival MTN a 30 percent differential between off-net and on-net retail mobile voice tariffs. With this 30…
No doubt internet has given broader direction in meeting new friends, virtual brothers, sisters, siblings that live millions of miles away. The internet has created obviously a better relationship space than the ones we have in our surroundings. Different people have met best ever relationship they ever had in their lifetime on Flirchi, Facebook, Twitter, Ashley Madison, among others bigger websites where friendship ties can easily be soldered. There is no trouble saying that the internet has created a destination for people to meet their lovers: married, single, and casual lovers. What more do you want to say about the…
Have you heard of Chirp, a platform for sharing data with mere sound? How does a lion communicate? With roar obviously. With just a sound your data is on the way to the other party. Heard of the history yet Let us rewind. The importance of sound starts with the rain, with the thunder, with the birds chirping around us. We all enjoy the sounds of bells, flutes, drums, motorists’ honks, and your daily alarms. Just with a single piece of music, instruction of the military is passed and strict obedience. The sonic codes in telephones, audio-numerological jokes, and babbled…
Obamania has gripped Kenya as the 44th U.S. President lands in Nairobi, the country’s capital, for a visit. From t-shirts, mugs, and caps with Barack Obama’s name and image to “Obama themed ringtones,” (“Yes we can!”) it will not be hard for the U.S. president to find entrepreneurs in Kenya. Among East African countries Kenya, Africa’s fifth largest economy, is considered a startup beacon. Indeed many have come to call Kenya “Silicon Savannah.” It’s a misleading title. Kenya percolates with entrepreneurial hustle that has started to yield world-changing innovations such as the mobile money and payment system M-Pesa and Ushahidi,…
Recently I watched a revealing public interest documentary on the pervasive effects of the Internet; specifically in regards to the negative impact of cellular phone frequencies on human health. The movie explained, in graphic detail, how human beings worldwide are in danger from the effects of cell phones and cell phone towers. T He film provided shocking evidence that the health of seniors, adults, teens and children are constantly at risk due to the unseen frequencies of cellular phones. Apparently, this poses a major risk to all human health and with particular concern to children’s health. I recommend that you…
Twitter used to let you put whatever imagery you wanted up as the background on every Twitter page you surfed on. It was glorious. If you made a photo of your boss Mr. Tokunbo, your background, you’d see his little face on the background of your timeline and notifications page. But today In an unannounced move, Twitter no longer lets you see the customized background you added in the design area of your settings on the home or notification screen pages. Womp Womp. We asked Twitter “wuz up wit dat?” and a spokesperson said: We’re removing background images from the…
Facebook has confirmed that it has quietly started to test a “Watch Later” button for videos on the desktop — a little tab that appears as an overlay in the upper right corner of the video when you pass your mouse over it, or scroll past it — to get you to save and consume more of the videos that appear in your feed. The new feature puts Facebook’s video user experience more on par with that of YouTube, Facebook’s great rival in the category. YouTube also offers a “Watch Later” feature for its videos (seen here on the right). Facebook’s Watch Later comes almost exactly a year after Facebook…
This one might be a bit confusing due to product naming weirdness, but here we go: Google+ Photos, the photo hosting solution built into Google’s social network Google+, is shutting down. You’ll still be able to post photos to share with your Google+ followers, but all of the editing/creation/private album management stuff is going away. However: Google Photos (note the lack of +) — as in the excellent, unlimited free photo host that Google launched back in May — will live on. The shutdown of Google+ Photos will start on August 1. According to Google, the Android version will go…
You know what I’m talking about. The “interstitial” suggestion to either download the app (in big letters!) or continue to the mobile site (in teeny tiny letters!). Annoyance made easy Your team has spent many months perfecting your mobile app, so of course you want people to download it. You want to get your app high up in the app store charts. I get it. Totally. However, you (and a lot of companies) have gotten overly aggressive with how you go about “suggesting” that we download your app. The trending stat Sixty-nine percent of people saw a link somewhere, cared enough…
Trending presently on twitter is Potus return to home. It seems the whole of Kenya is thirsty of his return as different renovations are going on to give the Number One President a hearty welcome.United States President, Barack Obama, will be visiting Kenya shortly for the upcoming 6th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). During his visit, the President will hold talks on trade and investment, security and counter-terrorism, democracy and human rights. With the announcement of his arrival, many Kenyans took to social media to welcome the US President to his ancestral homeland. The tweets can be found below. To keep track…
Have you seen the new Samsung Tablet yet? It’s really hot! Amazing! Alluring! And yet the thinnest ever! Samsung announced its thinnest smartphone to date last week — that’s the Galaxy A8 — and today the Korean firm took the wraps off its thinnest tablet devices so far: the Galaxy Tab S2. Like last year’s Galaxy Tab S, design is a big focus for these two devices. And, at just 5.6mm, they are more slender than Apple’s sleekest iPad Air (6.1mm). They are available in two new sizes — 8 inch and 9.7 inch — which weigh in at just 265g and…