Old Together by Femi Morgan (Nigeria) I am an angry, bad mouth felon But she loves me She is a rusted anchor of complaints But I love her, more than I love anything I am the late comer and the slight eater As if the soup is not sweet She is the one who refuses me on that lofty place But I love her and she loves me. I am the ruffian, fussing here and there for things not missing She is the silence when silence is the need I am the butt of her jokes when the fuss…
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Leon Wright says, On the whole, the modernisation process should result in businesses experiencing significant benefits that include improved performance, higher reliability, enhanced security and increased flexibility in responding to business needs The Microsoft past Get the hag off the screen; Microsoft will no longer be supporting Windows Server 2003. According to the company, this means that there will be no more security updates, non-security hotfixes, free assisted support options or online technical content updates from Microsoft for the age old platform. Microsoft revealed that over the course of the last twelve years, business infrastructure solutions built to run on Windows…
Sifiso Dabengwa, MTN Group President and CEO, He brings extensive knowledge of the local ICT market, and is passionate about people and customer service. We believe the appointment of a leader of Nyati’s calibre and competencies will greatly enhance our efforts to strengthen the confidence of our customers and reinvigorate our people The African mobile network giant has appointed a new CEO for its company in South Africa. The new CEO is to succeed Ahmad Farouk who resigned earlier this month. Mteto Nyati who is the newly elected joined the company as Chief Enterprise Officer in October 2015. Personal impact …
Are you ready to apply for the five Venture Bus 2015? Applications are now open. For the third year in a row, Ampion will run its pan-African start up and is expected to be joined globally. Still on the road tech On the road, the road-preneurs are expected to be supported by experienced mentors from leading tech centres in Africa and world-wide. Also, they are expected to develop information technology solution for African market—this, however, has led to job creation in Africa. It starts now This year alone, five Ampion buses are expected to cross 14 African countries. This will…
This is your location and share Nokia-experience The NOKIA HERE Beta map has received new update after a new interface was added to the menu. This will make it more feasible for your location to be shared. The add-up will enable you to surface your locations with sharing capabilities. Users can now do with a long press to detect their location anywhere with a menu that has sharing option. This menu will also give the users the location, direction, and navigation options. For You If you are a user using an Android phone that runs on 4.1 Jelly Bean or…
GreatIfe: Despite the academic glory of the school, Obafemi Awolowo University has remained the most notorious school known for strike in Nigeria. Most students have complained of the school snail-waddling calendar; a five years course is run for six years in the university. Meeting delivery OAU has issued a new mid-semester break to settle the upheavals of NASU in the university community. The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has announced immediate closure of academic activities on campus after a Senate debriefing yesterday. The meeting was held as a result of the Non-Academic Staff Union protest for their unpaid allowances…
Chief Commercial Officer Airtel, Mr. Maurice Newa says, We have strategically picked these five locations because of the significant footfalls of Nigerians to the locations; a good number of Nigerians miss important calls while abroad, nut with the SMART Roam Service, roaming has been made simpler and affordable such that our customers lines will always stay on while they are abroad. The new thrust Airtel has moved ahead on giving their customer communication comfort by launching the SmartROAM. This service will make their customers to receive unlimited calls from abroad while roaming in five major countries across five continents. The…
The company says, with the increasing speed of commercial network and number of subscribers, exceeding industry expectation, the ability to provide access rate of Gbps has become the necessity of today’s network and, as a result, operators are confronted with ever-increasing level of traffic. Instead of waiting for arrival network of 5G, operator must enhance the network based on existing system and devices. Bandwith Expansion ZTE is set to establish Time Division Duplexing Plus (TDD+). The new service will be a 4.5G mobile communication technology based on LTE TDD. The company announced its launch will take place at the Shanghai’s…
The Old News Once upon a time, long ago, there were computers, and they were very large. Warehouse large. Multi-story large. Tractor-trailer large. So large that in those mythical days of yore, now lost in the mists of time, men were real men(1), women were real women(2), and bugs were actual physical bugs(3), to paraphrase Douglas Adams. Tech Invention Then a terrible but brilliant man named William Shockley went and invented the transistor(4) and recruited America’s best and brightest(5) to come with him to the faraway West, into a valley south of San Francisco which at the time was a…
New Ramadan Reminder GLO Says, the alert service will come in handy to remind the Muslim faithful of the praying time, thereby helping many of them who are engaged in very busy schedules. Interested subscribers need to send ‘AZN’ to 7728 or dial *7728*243# to subscribe at the one-off rate of N50 for Adhan service and the standard N100 caller tune monthly subscription charge. Once signed up, the package would automatically change the ring back tune to call to prayer otherwise called “adhan” at the appropriate time. Ramadan thrill “In the spirit of Ramadan which involves giving and sharing, Glo…
Uber: after each guest has registered for the event, he or she will get a Uber new user promo code. This promo could can be used when signing up for Uber to get a discount off their first Uber ride. Voucher value is N5,000, which will be credited to the customer’s first ride once they register with Uber. Benefit for attendees Global tech company, Uber has announced a N5,000 discount for all Tech+ attendees when signing up for its taxi service in an offer to enrich their experience at the technology conference and exhibition holding later this month in Lagos.…
The US-based phone manufacturer has said it will expand its services and products to Nigeria under the broader and border expansion program. This will be done through the network marketing service of Technology Distribution in Nigeria. This product, as said, can be made readily available through this distributing company. Yezz available for Nigerians The deal was announced after mobile makers sent an email to TD for their exemplary role in mobile distribution across Nigeria. When compared with other distributing companies, TD is cited as more reliable and exemplary as a leading player in the industry. Robert Schiano, YEZZ Managing Director…
According to a report reaching from Liquid Telecom, their users will be able to enjoy 100 percent internet service these days as there is a shift within the programming of internet for their customers. New plan for users The network giant made the move after it moved its customers to Anycast Domain Name System. The company revealed this will improve the internet service plan that is already enjoyed by their customers. Apart from the speed, the service will be available 24/7 with a one hundred percent assurance. Slow server upgrade Actually, ISPs run a domain name system on just one…
It is true that Mobile Money is becoming popular for businesses across Africa these days. However, problems are arising for the company as the telecoms companies involved with the plan could not meet up with the monitoring body from the country of operation. New license plan from Ghana The plan was dealt a heavy blow in Uganda. Such mobile money operation is deemed illicit in Uganda, and no telecom company is allowed to participate in the business. However, Mobile Money plan is allowed to operate in Ghana but with new set of guidelines. The guidelines are issued from Ghana Central…
The mobile giant network, Bherti Airtel, has introduced cross-border money plan. The plan was introduced to ease the burden of money transfer among already-on-list Africa. Where is that happening The new cross-border money plan was introduced in another West Africa country. Niger will join three other African countries – the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia and Rwanda – where Airtel Money customers can transfer cash, facilitate remittances and affordably conduct regional trade through a distribution network. How does this work Mobile money customers will have privilege of coordinating their transaction through the mobile money network service. Customers coming from…
Twittershpere is rocking with new list of prospective CEOs for the social network giant future. Here is the latest gist on the bidders and their details concerning the business. Jack Dorsey The current interim CEO may have stepped in during a time of need, or he may be campaigning for the title. We’ve heard this is a trial run for the once and current Twitter leader. Pro: Jack has done this before. He knows the product and is a favorite of former CEO Dick Costolo. Con: Aside from that wizard beard everyone is talking about; Jack is also the head…
Facebook told businesses to buy Page Likes for years, saying that’s how they could reach people through the News Feed. But over time, a natural increase in competition for space in the feed plus increased restrictions on promotional and marketing posts have eroded the reach of Pages, and subsequently some of the value of Page Likes. Now Facebook has created an echelon above Likes. A new bar for Pages to push for if they want an intimate/lucrative relationship with people who care about them. It’s called “See First”. Starting in the U.S., users can now go to Pages, friends, or…
Banks have started closing down since 2008 as Greeks hit more economic crisis. Instead of her civilization and pride, it seems Greece is reaching her height of shame in the recent economic battle. Greece, once world power, is in her worse state ever as citizens face the battle against economic depression. The Greek crisis has however has plunged the citizen to the depth of different closing down. This has in a long way created more than three hundred thousand jobs lost to this economic crisis. With this classical fall, there has been recent negotiation between Greece and EU to rescue…
Is Ghani at the brink of losing his government to officious lawmakers? Is the grip of terrorism subtly dictating the charge of the government? Ghani seems to be annoyed with recent state of things on lawmakers’ rejection. If Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was savoring inaugural peace talks with Taliban insurgents held in Pakistan on Wednesday, celebrations of the milestone he has worked so hard to reach may be short-lived. Back in Kabul, the 66-year-old faces growing discontent from lawmakers who are making life difficult on several fronts nine months after he took office. The lower house of parliament is threatening…
Maybe this might catch you with a splinter of surprise, anyway, Facebook is charging you for the advert. Like most online advertiser, Facebook’s main way of charging their advertisers is pay per click. Facebook has, until today, charged on your advert per click as you link and share on other website. That will obviously change today as there is expectancy that there will be an announcement in third party application installation or visit another website. The company is however updating their control link to ‘click link’. This will however put the company at edge in getting financial control over the…