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To ease and simplify travel for Nigerians, World ‘N’ Traveland, one of Nigeria’s indigenous travel agencies, recently launched its new online brand – WONTRA to manage all its travel related services & products.
Wontra is a first-of-its kind travel website and is being visited by people searching for cheap flights, affordable hotel accommodation, vacation & honeymoon packages, tours, car hire services, visa processing services, as well as information on destinations all over the world.
Joining 365travelplan in the company’s brand portfolio, Wontra allows travellers and tourists to do more than just buying tickets or request for visa services; it embraces all aspects of tourism and allows travellers put together their tailor-made holiday packages with cheap flights and hotel bookings.
According to the MD/CEO of World N Traveland, Funmi Faloye, “the company will be investing in tourism and then push all its travel products & services to the new WONTRA brand, adding services such as car rentals & live Cruise booking – a first for the Nigerian travel market”.
With the country experiencing recession, Funmi recommended the 365TravelPlan, which allows prospective travellers save funds for use on their next trip, be it for business or holiday purposes.
The 365TravelPlan aims to make travel achievable & accessible to everyone through savings and proper planning. Subscribers have the option of saving amounts larger than 365 daily, weekly or monthly, which allows for flexibility and convenience.
“The saved funds can be applied towards any of the company’s travel products such as flight tickets, hotel reservations etcetera, for the subscriber or a third party” she stated.
Redefine your travel experience by visiting the company’s brand websites: www.wontra.com & www.365travelplan.com for 365Travelplan.
About WONTRA:
Wontra is a leading travel management company, a team of fun, energetic and dynamic experts motivated to deliver memorable service at all times. Known for bespoke and unique travel experiences, wherever you want to go, you’ll be delighted all the way. For enquiries, contact info@wontra.com or visit www.wontra.com You can also visit the 365 travelplan website www.365travelplan.com
For enquiries, call 014609944, 08098229999 or contact info@wontra.com
As over 10,000 participants and notable technology thought leaders converge in Lagos for Techplus 2016, Chairperson of Alliance for Affordable Internet Dr. Omobola Johnson and other tech experts have highlighted Nigeria’s key role in Africa’s highly anticipated technology revolution.
Giving her opening remark at Africa’s biggest technology conference, Dr. Omobola Johnson, stated that developments in technology are fundamentally altering the way people live, connect, communicate and transact. These developments, in her view, have had profound effects on economic development in Nigeria and Africa at large. According to her, to promote tech advancement, developing countries should invest in quality education for youth, continuous skills training for workers and managers for all stakeholders to understand the importance of the continuous revolution.
Dr. Omobola Johnson has stressed that the continent of Africa needs bold actions from all quarters if the challenges of internet connectivity must be tackled effectively. She made these assertions while delivering her speech last Friday at the opening ceremony of Techplus 2016 held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According to her, “Across our continent, just 1 in 5 people is online today. What’s more, growth is slowing and recent statistics from the NCC have shown that over the past year, Internet use in Africa grew by just 1.8%. At this rate, it will take decades for Africa to reach the Internet usage levels currently seen in Europe. A recent report by the Alliance for Affordable Internet shows that at current trends, we won’t achieve universal internet access until the year 2042 — over 20 years beyond the target date set by the UN”.
She also added that technology has now become a key driver to development, because technological revolutions underpin economic advances, improvements in business, health systems, education and infrastructure. Her words, “The technological revolutions of the 21st century are emerging from entirely new sectors, based on microprocessors, telecommunications, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Products are transforming business practices across the economy, as well as the lives of all who have access to their effects. The most remarkable breakthroughs will come from the interaction of insights and applications arising when these technologies converge”.
Dr. Omobola Johnson has stressed that the continent of Africa needs bold actions from all quarters if the challenges of internet connectivity must be tackled effectively. She made these assertions while delivering her speech last Friday at the opening ceremony of Techplus 2016 held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Also speaking at the event, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation/Youth Employment, Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede who represented the Vice President, noted that access and application of technology has become quite critical in today’s society. He stressed that service and technology are the differentiators between countries that are able to tackle poverty effectively by growing and developing their economies, and those that can’t.
He said, the extent to which developing economies emerge as economic powerhouses depends on their ability to grasp and apply insights from science and technology and use them creatively.
“Innovation is the primary driver of technological growth and drives higher living standards. As an engine of growth, the potential of technology is endless.
Mr. Afolabi disclosed further, Technology is a major leapfrogging element to economic diversification; hence the federal government has developed a blueprint to key into the smart city initiative of Lagos State and come up with other initiatives to promote technology appreciation and adoption to an appreciable level with the multiplier effect on the economy.
Chief Enterprise Business Officer, MTN Nigeria, Linda Saint-Nwafor who represented the Managing Director, highlighted the importance of the Techplus conference to technology promotion and adoption in Nigeria’s ecosystem. Saying, it’s a gathering to debate, interact and share ideas that will benefit everyone.
As a technology company, we are always at the forefront of promoting any idea that supports technology discussion and its merits to business at all level, she said.
Mr. Tunji Adeyinka, Managing Director of Connect Marketing – organizers of the conference – added that, Techplus has come at the right time to tap into the buzz surrounding technology in the country. His words; “We see our platform as a catalyst which will bring together the entire ecosystem. When we started we were looking to create a platform that would allow companies, individuals and businesses in the tech space to bring together customers, clients and for all players to showcase their products and services. Before now, we had lots of talk shops, but this event is meant to be a practical opportunity to talk about technology and feel the impact that technology has on different facets of life both from a business perspective and from a consumer perspective.”
The theme for this year’s event is ‘A Connected World’. This could not have come at a more auspicious time as Cisco had predicted there will be 20.8 billion connected devices by 2020. Techplus seeks to highlight the increasing connecting nature of the world and identify Nigeria’s role in this new global reality through a variety of different ‘tracks’ from government’s increasing commitment to the development of the ICT sector, to the rapid emergence of innovation hubs and incubators across the country, it is clear that technology is on the brink of revolutionizing the country and Techplus is gravitating towards becoming a key part of this dialogue.
In a world domineered by different breeds of Smartphones, one would agree that it is increasingly getting difficult to choose a brand because, in reality, they all preach the same sermon. In that sermon are two uncompromisingly clear messages; a sleek phone with beautiful features or a phone with long lasting battery disregarding that question lurking in the corner of our minds; why can’t we have it all? The new Gionee M5 Plus owns up to the challenge with a specially designed parade of the best of both worlds. The Gionee M5 Plus is set to deliver that long waited answer “You can have it all”.
The parade
Battery power
One of the marvels of the Gionee M5 Plus is its 5020 powerful Milli Ampere battery that challenges you to a 3 day adventure of heavy usage yet promising to remain half full. Owning a Gionee M5 plus enlists you amongst the privileged few who never worry about battery life or charging at intervals. An addicted phone user will need to do a whole lot more to drain the magnificent long lasting prowess of a Gionee M5 Plus.
The battery power of a Gionee M5 Plus is undoubtedly yet to be unrivalled by any other phone. Even a power bank as important as it is in this clime wasn’t obviously made with a Gionee M5 Plus in mind because the Gionee M5 Plus will comfortably charge one. The Gionee M5 Plus also has a unique smart power consumption system that comprise a Power saving night mode, CPU intelligent frequency conversion, and an application that keeps you aware of your energy consumption. More so, the Gionee M5 Plus comes with a fully Metallic battery cover.
Gigantic memory!
Beyond power, the Gionee M5 Plus has got an enormous memory space to offer. Space so gigantic you could almost forget to use the delete option on your phone. The new Gionee M5 Plus has got an incredible 3GB RAM and a 64GB internal memory expandable to 128GB. The tempting space on the Gionee M5 Plus vehemently lures its user to yearn for more content; movies, games, music, pictures etc. because the space makes every adventure on the phone amazingly realistic and terrific in performance. If you still need to delete old applications to get new ones or to get optimum performances then you need to reconsider upgrading to a Gionee M5 Plus. The Gionee M5 Plus connects to your cravings for more and ensures that when that more is met, there is enough space on your phone to handle them.
Design!
Think of an elegantly Symmetric Curved Design, think of a Water Drop AMOLED display, think Gionee M5 Plus. Beyond its ultra slim body of 3.5mm, its 6.0 inches full high definition display, and its fully metallic frame, Gionee M5 Plus provides an extreme touch you can almost feel, all combined in a weight of just 211.5gramms.
Camera
The Gionee M5 Plus nurtures your obsession for pictures with a super sharp image quality that gets you to sometimes wonder if your snapshot is really you. Gionee M5 Plus has a 13MP rear Camera and a 5MP front camera combined with a 2.0 aperture ensuring every image reflects excellence.
Security
How safe can a Gionee M5 Plus be? Is it because it has a finger print security unlock that responds within 0.1seconds or a safe box that ensures your calls, contacts, files, pictures, and messages are secure. Whatever it is, the Gionee M5 Plus provides adequate security for the attraction you will get for using the phone. The Gionee M5 Plus also provides a fingerprint unlock option for your messages, calls, contacts, pictures and files ensuring the phone is fitting to style and unique to you.
Performance
Its processor, the Mediatek MT6753, has an average performing central processing unit with a maximum speed of 1,300 GHz’s. Gionee M5 Plus also has a 4G + Volte for high speed quality phone calls.
Other features
GSM, WCDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Android 5.1, Type C USB, G-sensor, Light Sensor and E-compass, DTS and HI-FI technology. The Gionee M5 Plus also charges Superfast and comes with a reverse charging ability that can power four other phones simultaneously. The Gionee M5 Plus is more than a parade of awesome features; it is the whole kit and caboodle of all you could ever wish for in a smart phone.
If you want to have your cake and eat it, then you really should be anticipating the new Gionee M5 Plus.
Chris Chelliah, Group Vice President and Chief Architect, Core Technology and Cloud, Oracle Asia Pacific @chrischelliah
PaaS is not just some esoteric, ‘techie’ subject – it’s going to change the world
Type ‘Platform as a Service’ into Google and you’re met with a long list of technical explanations describing the technology and how it works – most of which are fairly dry, largely uninspiring and surprisingly unenlightening.
This is symptomatic of a wider problem with the way Platform as a Service – or PaaS – is often discussed: there’s too much debate about what it is rather than what it does.
Of course that isn’t a problem if you, like me, get a kick from technology, but it’s doing PaaS a major disservice. Once you take a step back from the IT side and focus on the business benefits PaaS actually delivers, it quickly becomes apparent that it’s one of the most exciting developments in the cloud.
This is because PaaS holds the key to digital transformation. It’s the underlying technology that allows businesses to rapidly build and customize innovative web applications so they can revolutionize the way they work internally and deliver innovative new services to their customers.
Let’s look at some of the – frankly amazing – things it can bring about for business:
1. Insurance giant AIG is currently exploring how drones can be used to improve its service. It’s testing whether drones can be used during natural disasters to record footage that can then be used to settle claims faster. This is a great example of the sort of highly-innovative, experimental application development and testing that PaaS can enable.
2. In agriculture, America’s Monsanto is looking beyond its chemicals expertise and moving into computing. The company is driving innovation with technologies that gather and process information relevant to farmers, like sensor arrays that enable each and every corn kernel to be planted at the perfect depth and in the most fertile part of a field. This is exactly the sort of transformational innovation that can be enabled by PaaS.
3. Meanwhile, PaaS is helping organizations in the healthcare industry develop a wide range of applications to help people stay healthy. Take National Pharmacies in Australia, which has developed an app to help patients better manage prescriptions, alerting them automatically when a prescription needs to be picked up and providing a record of past transactions.
These three use cases have one thing in common: innovation. PaaS is the perfect driver for innovation within businesses, as it gives businesses the agility they need for rapid web development. Rather than market-testing a new application – whether that is insurance drones or healthcare apps – businesses can now take the resources they need as a service from the cloud. They pay only for what they require, and can use pre-existing development tools to realize their ideas. This can be done without the costs and risks associated with traditional IT projects, and the platform can co-exist with the existing infrastructure that serves the day-to-day running of the business. So powerful is PaaS in driving innovation, that at last year’s Oracle OpenWorld we predicted that by 2025 all application development and testing will move to the cloud.
With the potential to have such a large impact on how businesses approach IT, PaaS is certainly the future for any company that is serious about innovating and winning market share – and that makes it an exciting technology indeed.
I’ve now shown you some of the things PaaS can do, but I imagine many people still want a deeper dive on how it actually helps businesses achieve these things. If that’s the case, feel free to download our PaaS guide.
The 2nd Huawei Cloud Congress West Africa (HCC Nigeria 2016) summit opened yesterday at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, with the theme of ‘Transforming with Cloud, Setting New Benchmark’.
More than 300 industry bigwigs, ranging from telecom carriers, finance, governments, to energy companies and partners across West Africa. Huawei used this summit to share its vision and ideas about the future, strategies on how to work together with various industries in order to advance ICT, and showcase its experiences in IT.
Huawei shares IT trend and experience: IT Transformation Strategy
In this digital era, user demands a ROADS experience: Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY, and Social. To adapt effectively, telecoms carriers and big business must change their business models, improve O&M, build ecosystems, add new infrastructure, develop organizations and processes, and learn new skills.
Michael Lian from @HuaweiWa IT Product Line: User experiences must be ROADS: Real-time, On-demand, All-online, DIY and Social.
Traditional industries find themselves under increasing pressure to transform and upgrade. IT has shifted from being a support system to a business and production system. The emergence of technologies represented by cloud computing is driving the need to change and reshape IT.
In addition, the rise of Big Data is spawning additional cloud computing-based IT initiatives. IDC forecasts that cloud computing will be one of 2016’s IT megatrends. IT will shift from being a support service to a core production platform, as operators revitalize their closed, low-efficiency networks and shorten time-to-market (TTM).
Open, agile, cloud-based networks will give them the power to seize fast-moving market opportunities (e.g., digital and cloud services).
As an IT industry leader, Huawei concentrates on IT infrastructure, and continues to openly invest in and work with partners to provide innovative, differentiated, and leading IT solutions for customers worldwide.
Source: ITNewsAfrica
Traditional industries need to transform and upgrade themselves: IT is becoming the engine by which traditional industries are transforming and upgrading. Informatization (increased IT usage) is the latest revolution, following the previous three revolutions – mechanization, electrification, and automation. Innovative technologies such as Industry 4.0 connect everything, and Big Data analytics can be increasingly applied to industrial processes. This phenomenon drives traditional industries to transform, and redefines business models. As such, each enterprise across every industry is taking up a new starting place. The enterprise IT system is not just a support system, but is becoming a business and production system. Each enterprise is expected to fully leverage their IT system to enhance competitiveness, accelerate product Go-to-Market (GTM), increase operational efficiency, and reduce costs.
The rise of cloud computing drives the need to reshape IT: IT technologies represented by cloud computing bring about new changes and lay the groundwork for the digital restructure initiatives of traditional enterprises and IT staff. Cloud computing assists enterprises and industry players alike (including telecom carriers) to rebuild their IT framework to become future-proof, so they can evolve network architectures, revamp business models, and become increasingly competitive. Huawei firmly believes that cloud computing is an important opportunity within the IT sector that should be seized. The emergence of cloud computing is a key factor behind Huawei’s massive investment in IT.
Big Data creates unlimited opportunities for business innovation: Data is increasingly becoming a core asset that is critical to an organization’s IT initiatives. By fully leveraging data, companies are able to intelligently deliver transformations and innovations, as well as the ability to efficiently implement precision marketing. Data also aids enterprises with customer satisfaction survey, helps improve customer satisfaction, and increases operational efficiency. To fully capitalize on the value of “digital asset” – data, enterprises need a Big Data-capable platform. Huawei helps customers unleash the full potential of data by building a feature-rich Big Data platform that offers a variety of services, such as complete and real-time analytics.
New products and solutions
Cloud is the future of business. Hardware innovation, software re-architecture, and data intelligence have become the three most important factors of business success.
Huawei shared innovative products and solutions, not only include architecture, but also hardware (High-end Server, High-end Storage, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and Spark-based Accelerator), software (Enterprise-class open cloud OS FusionSphere) and solution (Heterogeneous Virtualization Resource Pool, Hybrid Cloud Solution, and Cloud Disaster Recovery Solution) at the event.
"We need to begin to move away from physical data centers, towards virtual data centers" #HCCNigeria2016
Huawei also released its hyper-converged infrastructure FusionCube 6000 for virtualization and desktop clouds. FusionCube delivers high performance with low latency, and deploys rapidly. FusionCube 6000 uses a Huawei-designed, built-in, distributed storage engine. It deeply integrates computing and storage resources, eliminating performance bottlenecks and supporting flexible capacity expansion.
Build an open, collaborative, and Win-win cloud ecosystem
By depending on joint innovation, technology innovation and cooperation innovation, Huawei has devoted itself to build an open, collaborative, and Win-win cloud ecosystem together with customers, and partners. Huawei also looks to strengthen cooperative relationships with its customers, and seek greater marketing opportunities. Thus, Huawei launched its partner promotion product and policy to encourage partner’s aggressiveness at this summit.
Huawei drove the conversation at the event by engaging with industry leaders and IT vendors on promoting more open, more efficient, and more structured business growth for enterprise and carrier.
In the bid to ensure that androids are made available to all, few brands have made exclusive phones that are affordable yet with the full features that make Smartphone’s the most sought after products in the market today. This gave consumers the opportunity to purchase products that will suit their lifestyle, functional and economic benefit.
In June 2015, we witnessed the release of the Samsung Galaxy J5 and the Gionee Marathon M5 smartphones into the market for the mid-level consumers. Recently, Huawei launched the Huawei G-Power, which moves in the same category with the J5 and M5 from Samsung and Gionee with similar features. Although these smartphones share similar features they all have their unique selling attributes, qualities and functionalities to endear consumers to purchase them. Lets look at the features on these smartphones one after the other.
Battery: The Huawei G-Power comes with a 4000 mAh battery, which gives consumers 90 hours of light use, 48 hours of heavy use and 12 hours of web surfing. The flash charge gives consumers 3 hours of talk time after a 10 minutes charge and also the smartphone can be used as a mobile power to transfer its charge to other electronics. In comparison, the Samsung Galaxy J5 has a 2600 mAh battery while the Gionee Marathon M5 comes with a 6020 mAh battery.
Camera: The 3 smartphones have a 13MP rear-facing camera and a 5MP front-facing camera. However, the Huawei G-Power can capture spontaneous moments with its Titan unique Ultra snapshot function and its visual search feature allows users to identify objects or landmarks and find information on them by snapping a photo.
Operating System: The three smartphones run on Android 5.1 with the Huawei G-Power having the Emotion UI 3.1 Lite and the Samsung Galaxy J5 the TouchWiz UI and the Gionee Marathon M5 the Amigo 3.1.
Size: The Huawei G-Power and Samsung Galaxy J5 has a 5.0 inches screen size and weighs 160.00 grams and 149.00 grams respectively while the Gionee Marathon M5 has a 5.50 inches screen size and weighs 211.00 grams.
Colors: The Samsung Galaxy J5, Gionee Marathon M5 and Huawei G-Power come in Black, White and Gold colors.
Card Slot: The Gionee Marathon M5 has an internal storage of 32GB with an option for a microSD card. The Samsung Galaxy J5 has an internal memory of 8GB with an option for a microSD card. The Huawei G-Power comes with an internal memory of 16GB. CPU: For the technical lovers you may want to know that the Gionee Marathon M5 and the Huawei G-Power has the 1.3GHz Quad-core made by MediaTek MT6735 and the Samsung Galaxy J5 has the 1.2 GHz Quad-core made by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410.
Memory Space and Price: The Gionee Marathon M5 comes with 3 GB RAM memory space but sold at Fifty Five Thousand naira (55,000) while the Huawei G-Power has 2 GB RAM space and 8 GB of internal storage sold at Forty Six Thousand naira (46,000). The Samsung Galaxy J5 has a 1.5 GB RAM yet it is priced higher than Huawei for Fifty Four Thousand naira (54,000).
We hope with these amazing specifications and designs consumers can tell us which product will be their favorite considering the economical and functional benefits of each smartphone.
Tomorrow, Africa welcomes the world to continent’s premiere science and technology forum at The Next Einstein Forum’s Global Gathering in Dakar, Senegal. Issuing a firm call to action to industry influencers, policymakers and business leaders to close the continent’s STEM deficit, the conference will seek to trigger increased support and investment in R&D and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields in order to propel sustainable growth. NEF believes that Africa can be home to the next scientific genius and game-changing innovation. Given the following reasons, it’s hard to argue:
1 – Africa is a Living Lab: When news of Ebola broke out, it seemed to spell doom for a lot of countries, but in many ways it was déjà vu. The disease was first discovered in 1976 in Nsara, in what is now South Sudan, yet almost 40 years later, Ebola resurfaced as a global epidemic. It’s a similar story with Zika – a newly re-emerged disease that was discovered decades ago in Uganda. When media reports pinpointed Africa as the original source of both diseases, many Africans weren’t pleased at the perceived “blame game.” As the birthplace of humanity itself, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that we can trace the roots of many diseases to the continent. What’s more puzzling is why we haven’t been able to similarly look to Africa for the cures. One can argue that because the diseases were confined within African borders, finding pre-emptive cures were not high on the priority list for the global scientific community. However in today’s connected world, ignoring Africa’s potentially game-changing role in scientific discovery is a missed opportunity that not only costs resources but also lives. African scientists – who are inspired and affected by their environments – should be on the frontlines, seeking solutions that are locally impactful and increasingly global relevant.
2 – AfricanWomen in STEM Slay: Globally, women are under-represented in the science field representing just 28% of the world’s researchers. In Africa, the story is no different – and even more aggravated by culture. However, while Africa only contributes 1% of global scientific research, a talented pool of young female scientists are rising above the challenge and driving Africa’s science renaissance. These women are setting the pace in their various fields – like Alta Schutte, the South African scientist studying trends in hypertension among the growing middle class and conducting the only baseline study measuring South Africa’s soon to be launched salt-intake reduction policy or Dr. Tolu Oni, the epidemiologist and researcher figuring out how to use culture and society to solve public health concerns that arise from the developing food insecurity and obesity paradox. Being a woman on the African continent provides experiences of how homes are run, what children need, and a connection to the community. These experiences feed our female scientists with nuances that may affect treatment, which may not be so apparent to their male counterparts. These differing experiences point back to the need for inclusive representation and a diversity of ideas – not just from women but all Africans – to be able to provide better rounded contributions to science.
3 – Because, Money: Did you know it takes 4 billion dollars a year to hire expats to work STEM jobs on the African continent? 4 billion dollars – basically losing 35% of aid to Africa received every year! This includes payments for swanky apartments, danger pay, and salaries comparable to if not more than what they would earn in their home countries. Now do that math, and strip all the extra expenses, and then think about what African governments could do with that. With the fall in African currencies, it is more critical now than ever to invest in our local talent, with funds that would go to temporary expatriates. If we spent half of what we paid expatriates there is no way we couldn’t entice and encourage more talent to go into STEM. In the long term, this would be the only path to sustainable and ongoing technological advancement and would allow more scientists to compete on the global stage.
4 – We are Young and Hungry – For Success: The continent is the youngest in the world. In 2050, 40% of the global youth will be African yet today, 60% of Africa’s unemployed are between 15 and 24 years old. This is either a demographic dividend, if the talent is developed, or a major loss if the next generation is left behind their global peers. Bottom line, Africa can’t afford to sleep on this talent – one only has to look at the make up of top institutions like Oxford, Harvard, MIT and Stanford to see the majority of black student populations at the top of their class are from the continent. This is no coincidence, but a testament to the hard work, smarts, and capabilities of our youth with the right investment.
5. Science Can Prove the Africa Rising Theory: Thanks to a thriving start-up culture and a surplus of commodities, the African Rising narrative has created a false sense of growth and development that is now losing its luster. Unlike countries like South Korea that have become global economic players in just a generation – thanks in part to deliberate increased investment in R&D and STEM fields – Africa’s growth remains stunted as governments still commit less than 1% of GDP to science research across the continent. Africa’s science challenges are daunting but also represent a significant opportunity for sustainable development and global competitiveness. There is a tremendous opportunity for Africa to advance STEM and innovation by building on its wealth of human capital. This can be done by affirmatively expanding opportunities for promising young students and researchers, increasing government investments, implementing policy and strategically collaborating with international private and public sector partners to enhance its achievements.
Lend your voice to the cause and call on African governments, leaders, and youth to embrace and support a new era in science, technology, and innovation. Sign and share the IamEinstein.org petition – because we can no longer silence #AfricasEinsteins.
The Management of MTN Nigeria has clarified that the R9287 million set aside in the recently released MTN Group Financial results is in accordance with the Principle of Prudence in generally accepted accounting standards. This requires that reasonable provisions be made for contingent liabilities.
Discussions with the Nigerian authorities are still ongoing and stakeholders will be advised accordingly when a settlement is reached.
MTN executive, Amina Oyagbola, speaking to the same point made by the Executive Chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko in the 2015 results announcement published earlier today said, “MTN’s auditors have required that the company make a provision in line with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).”
Recently, mobile phone manufacturing giant, Gionee, released its newest model into the Nigerian Market. The M5 Mini, which is just four weeks old, is fast becoming a favourite in the country.
It will take a while to get over its beautiful look and amazing performance, but it will take forever to get over its amazing battery capabilities. With its fast charging mode, 4000mAmp capacity and reverse charging technology, many have associated this phone with a plethora of adjectives: insane, impossible, extreme… and all thanks to the battery.
The challenging situation of unstable power supply in most parts of the country is one reason that the Gionee M5 Mini stands out in the midst of so many other phones. Even with stable power supply, consumers will still appreciate the freedom from always being confined by the need to charge their mobile phones every now and then.
Ours is a time and age with an increasing demand for our attention, and consumers are seeking for options where they would have to do less for most. Schedules are becoming more demanding so Gionee M5 Mini reduces the worry of rampant charging so that there can be focus on other matters.
Of course, the phone will still have to be charged but the experience is nothing like the usual. The Gionee M5 Mini has a fast charge mode that raises the battery level from zero to “ready to go” in just ten minutes. This ten-minute charge lasts long enough to give more than ninety minutes of phone talk time, more than one hundred and twenty minutes of non-stop music and an entire two days of standby!
If ten minutes would do that and more, one can imagine what a hundred percent will do. The way it is, very few experiences can match the feeling of having a fully charged Gionee phone. The exhilaration is hard to describe. With full battery power, one can rest assured of more than eighteen hours of non-stop call conversations, about one whole day of audio activity and a whopping standby time of two weeks.
The Gionee M5 Mini has also been built with a reverse charging technology to charge other phones just like a power bank. With enough battery to power it up, this feature comes in handy, with extra bragging rights, to save situations.
With everything that you need in today’s Smartphone, plus the battery power that invites you to indulge for as long as you want, the Gionee M5 Mini is designed for the heavy user in all of us.
MRI scanner. The latest imagining technologies from GE Healthcare are used at this diagnostic center operated by Me Cure Healthcare Limited (MHL), located on Victoria Island in Lagos. (Photo: Arne Hoel)
Obesity and associated lifestyle diseases are not restricted to the developed world. In fact, a growing number of emerging economies are finding that as obesity rises, so too do preventable conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke. In South Africa, around one in four adults are obese, according to media fact-checking organisation Africa Check and the World Health Organisation. According to the WHO, 13% of adults globally were classified as obese in 2014.
Measuring body-fat percentage is an important way to monitor and manage obesity and related illness, but accurately calculating body fat percentages is surprisingly difficult. With the recent installation of its bone densitometry system in South Africa, GE Healthcare is making muscle and fat measurement a lot easier. The technology identifies exactly how much muscle and fat is in the body and where it is located, helping doctors and their patients easily target zones for weight loss, advise on lifestyle changes and plan customised exercise routines, explains Tessica Chetty, an advanced applications specialist for GE Healthcare.
The same technology can also be used in osteoporosis management, as it assesses bone strength and can predict the likelihood of bone fractures.
In body-building competitions, the fat-to-muscle ratio is of utmost importance. Recently, the Worcestor Mediclinic, in South Africa’s Western Cape province, worked with a body builder to calculate her body-fat percentage using the bone densitometry system, providing valuable data to prepare her for competitions. Even her left and right arms were compared to determine minute differences in muscle and fat, with the results determining final preparations for competition.
Deidre Laing, a radiographer at Worcester Radiology, says she decided to work with the body builder in order to better understand the machine’s capabilities.
The bone densitometry system is also useful for non-bodybuilders. Laing has used the same technology to track changes in body fat percentages over time in a single patient. During the study, an initial scan was taken prior to any diet or exercise interventions. Following this, the patient went on a diet, after which the scan was repeated. She continued with the diet and added an exercise plan drawn up by a biokineticist based on problem areas highlighted on the scan. A third scan was able to show marked improvement after these interventions.
“You can actually see how you’re losing weight,” she says. As a result, patients are far more motivated to make healthier lifestyle choices.
Bone densitometry, like other medical scanning technology, empowers both patients and doctors with information they need to make informed decisions on treatment and diagnosis based on facts rather than guesswork. Now that we increasingly recognise the role of lifestyle decisions in maintaining good health, personalised healthcare information is set to become even more important.
There is a difference between the phone about to be launched and one that has been bought. Before launch, a phone can be a bit too proud and boastful but after spending one week with its buyer, it will be more humble and sincere. The about-to-be-launched phone can hide behind glossy images, flowery language and the reputation of the maker but the phone in hand cannot. Instead, it has a load of expectations and promises to meet. This is why this article is coming one week after its launch.
For first impressions of the Gionee M5 mini, you will be attracted to its amazing look, its magical feel and its sound performance but as the days go, you will come to revere the extreme battery. The 22hours of music and 18hours of talk time quoted by its makers are modest estimations of the phone’s actual potentials. It can do much more.
Despite its extreme battery power, the Gionee M5 mini has got a smart power function that optimizes power usage. When you switch to extreme mode, only the vitals of the phone are left on. This conserves power and brings battery consumption to a standstill. The Gionee M5 mini can charge other phones, making it a unique solution provider in times that matter accompanied with all the bragging rights.
Instead of one window in another window in a horizontal stack pattern, it employs a uniquely animated cascade where one window rolls into the other in an unending loop of ease and delight. As I write this, I got twenty windows stacked, everything from applications to live internet pages running seamlessly. The Gionee M5 mini is ready to work or play, whatever you choose.
A ripple-effect-like display colours every touch on the phone like the effect of a drop of water in the middle of the stream. The spread effect of lights and perspective enlivens every touch and transforms experiences as ordinary as typing to a thing of excitement that you rarely get over.
After you take a picture you may not only share and edit – you can also geo-tag, encrypt or resize the megapixels to suit the purpose. You can annotate these pictures in a variety of colours and styles, making the phone a little Photoshop. Game lovers will quickly fall in love with this piece of hardware for its super sensitive to both touch and geography. None will be able to forget the phone’s manoeuvrability, the grace by which the phone switches from one application to another and from one mode to another. There are no rough edges.
You will always be proud to pull out your Gionee M5 mini to make calls or save contacts. You will find yourself holding it even when it is not in use. The Gionee M5 mini is exotic enough – it will quickly replace other phones in its pay grade. For phones that are clearly in its senior class, the Gionee M5 mini holds a joker of its amazing battery power. The best time to purchase a new phone is one week after, when it has got nothing to hide.
GE released its fourth-quarter results two weeks ago, capping a pivotal year when the company sold much of its lending business and embraced software to become the world’s largest digital-industrial company. The company also improved its operations, growing revenue at a faster clip than peers and fattening margins.
CEO Jeff Immelt said he would keep the company on the same course in 2016. He projected modest EPS growth, riding atop the company’s booming Aviation and Power businesses. He will be managing costs in businesses like Oil & Gas and Transportation, where growth is lagging.
Immelt had no new specific plans for mergers and acquisitions. The company will seek to finalise its exit strategy from GE Capital and integrate Alstom’s assets into GE’s Power, Renewable Energy and Energy Management businesses.
GE maintains it will return $26 billion to investors in the year, $18 billion in the form of buybacks and $8 billon to the dividend. Take a look.
After so much anticipation, Gionee launched its newest addition to its M5 family. News of the arrival of the Gionee M5 Mini has been generating speculations and debate since the company hinted the new release. Speculations came to an end on 10th February 2016 when the spectacle was finally unveiled. Yes, there was a shocker, for once, all the hype about it was not enough! Anticipations, Photos, Thoughts – nothing compared to the look and feel of the actual phone.
FOR A FIRST AND REPEATED IMPRESSION
From its unique design to its aura, the first feelings of spectacle and elegance communicated by the Gionee M5 Mini lasts more than a first time. The Gionee M5 Mini would give other phones in the block a good run for their money.
APPEARANCE
Compact within a dimension of 5.7X 2.8X 0.4 inches and weighing 189.5g, the phone’s wear resistant and part metal finishing with its water drop display is a marvel to behold. Coupled with a 2.5D Arc Edge Screen Gionee M5 mini is a tripartite model of fashion, dignity and technology. Easy to hold, feel and use. Whether in use or idle, there is a magnificence that is tangible.
DISPLAY
With a screen built from the HD IPS technology (High definition In-Plane Switching), the Gionee M5 Mini ensures pin sharp high-quality views from every angle on its liquid crystal display (LCD) with high resolution. It allows precision and accuracy with all functions associated with touch – powered by a 5 point contact capacitive multi-touch.
BATTERY
With 4000mAh, the Gionee M5 Mini was built for stardom. It charges superfast and in ten minutes delivers enough power for one and a half hours of talk time, more than two hours of nonstop music or almost two days on standby.
With full battery power, there is so much room for indulgence. Allows more than eighteen hours of non-stop call conversations, about one day of audio activity and gives a whopping standby time of two weeks. No matter how heavy a user you are, you will need to do much more to drain its 4,000 mAh.
The Gionee M5 Mini also serves as a power bank to other phones with its reverse charging technology that allows it charge other phones.
MEMORY
The Gionee M5 Mini has got an internal memory of 16GB ROM+ 2GB RAM that can be extended up to 128GB to save everything that matters.
PERFORMANCE
Efficiency is a combination of many factors and Gionee M5 has them all. With the chipset MT6580, it has four cores with a central processing unit speed of 1.3GHz. Multitasking is normal with little to no lag. Built on the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) model strategy, instructions are executed quicker than the popular Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) design strategy.
CAMERA
With zippy zoom and precision, the Gionee M5 Mini captures images or video with real-life semblance. With a rear camera of 8Mp and a selfie camera of 5Mp, you can make videos and take pictures to save cherished memories. It also comes with DIY and auto face beauty functions to enhance selfies.
SOUND
Inbuilt is the Digital Theatre System, a compilation of multichannel audio technologies capable of discrete 5.1 and 6.1 channels of surround sound. With a sound software and speakers that are as sensitive as you are, and a range of options, it is time to have your music just the way you want it.
CONNECTIVITY
With its (OTG) On-the-Go technology, users also have the liberty to connect their phones directly to other devices like flash drives, keyboards to allow for ease and practicability. It also comes with WCDMA , Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and its dual sim have dual standby
CONCLUSION
With the Launch of Gionee M5 Mini, frontiers have been breached. The bars have been raised and borders have been extended. The lines of sophistication, manoeuvrability and the limits of power have all been pushed. At an affordable retail price, the Gionee M5 Mini offers more answers than questions and has taken expectations for Smartphones to a whole new level.
Don’t just take our word for it, see for yourself.
At the start of his working day at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), biomedical engineer Segun Jephet’s first priority is to ensure that all the medical and diagnostic technologies that he is responsible for are fully functional. “Each day we assess the condition of the equipment and determine whether there are any issues. We do this to troubleshoot these as efficiently as possible,” explains Segun.
Biomedical engineers play a critical role in healthcare facilities worldwide. Between 50 and 80% of medical equipment is frequently out of service in low-income countries according to the World Health Organisation. Equipment downtime can substantially impact on the delivery of healthcare services, because in many cases there are no back-up options available. In Nigeria, 50% of hospital equipment is offline or unavailable.
The GE Foundation recently refurbished and equipped the Biomedical Training Centre at LUTH, so that biomedical engineers like Segun can receive training to perform maintenance and troubleshoot essential equipment. This helps to create a sustainable pipeline of qualified medical engineers in Nigeria.
The BMET Project first launched in 2009 in Rwanda with 38 technicians graduating in 2012 and another 67 currently enrolled in the programme. Since then, projects were set up in Honduras (2010), Ghana (2012) and Cambodia (2013) training nearly 200 technicians and establishing several centres of excellence.
Together with seventeen of his colleagues, Segun recently graduated from Nigeria’s first BMET programme in December. The course focused on healthcare technology management, principles of medical device operation, computer skills and professional development and was delivered through eighteen four-week modules over a period of three years.
Reflecting on what he learnt from the programme, Segun said there are two key qualities a biomedical engineer should have: professionalism and discipline. “The programme taught me to take a systematic, disciplined approach to maintenance. At all times you need to know what you are doing because indirectly our work helps to save lives.”
The Bank of Industry, in partnership with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is organizing a Vocational Skills Competition to support and promote Vocational Skills acquisition among Nigerian youth.
The target participants are top graduating students of NBTE-accredited Vocational Enterprise Institutions. They will showcase their final-year projects and demonstrate the skills involved in their execution. Winners will benefit from prizes aimed at further developing and enhancing their skills and career paths. The eligible vocational courses for the competition are as follows:
Automotive Mechatronics/Mechanic
Carpentry & Joinery
Fashion & Beauty
Electrical & Electronics
Painting & Tiling
Plumbing & Fittings
Welding & Fabrication
Regional competitions will take place in Kaduna and Lagos on February 13th 2016 and February 19th 2016 respectively, while the grand finale will be held in Abuja on 19th March 2016. A panel of judges made up of seasoned professionals has been selected to evaluate the nominated candidates and select the winners in each vocational field.
Prizes to be won include:
Modern vocational work tools
Access to small business loans
Placement/Internship with BOI customers
As Nigeria seeks to become a more diversified economy, vocational skills development must receive greater attention across various fields.
This competition is one of the initiatives of the Bank of Industry towards supporting and promoting the nation’s industrial sector through the development of Vocational Skills.
Further details, including the full list of nominees and judges for the competition can be found on our website through the following link: www.boi.ng/skillscompetition or follow us on instagram @bankofindustry & twitter @boinigeria for details and updates.
In 2015, GE installed its 1000th wind turbine in Pernambuco, Brazil, making GE the first company to reach this milestone in the country. To celebrate this achievement, Brazilian graffiti artist Cadumen transformed this turbine into a piece of artwork dubbed “The Lady of the Wind”, drawing on design motifs inspired by local culture.
Do you think this could work in your country? Tell us on Twitter (@GE_Africa) what piece of GE equipment you would like to see transformed into a work of art. You might just inspire the next “Lady of the Wind”!
Port Harcourt 17th January 2015: Residents of Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria’s treasure Base, Rivers State, can now browse the internet at the fastest speed available, as Nigeria’s foremost Internet Service Provider, Spectranet, launched and activated the 4G Long-Term Evolution (4G LTE), a service that promises to redefine the life style of residents and business owners in the state.
With the launch of the 4G LTE, a standard that defines wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals, Spectranet has provided Port Harcourt business owners and residents faster, reliable and affordable internet service that could lift them above current challenges caused by infrastructure deficits.
Speaking on the launch of the service in the Rivers State capital, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Spectranet 4G LTE, David Venn, said: “Today marks another milestone in our service delivery, as we bring faster, reliable and affordable internet service closer to you for a better browsing experience.
“Our principle is to connect the people to what matters most to them by providing a faster and more reliable broadband experience at unparalleled value for money.”
Speaking on the importance of the 4G LTE services as launched in Port Harcourt, Venn said: “Port Harcourt, like other cities (Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan) where we have our services is very dear to us.
“At Spectranet, we don’t just expand for the sake of expansion, but with the sole purpose of delighting our customers with unique experiences.”
In this regards he said, as market leader, Spectranet is committed to providing its teeming customers with a world class internet experience that is provided using a network of 4G LTE base stations (towers) and coverage, which currently include Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and now Port Harcourt.”
In terms of affordability, Venn said: “We have designed plans and offerings that suit individual pockets irrespective of their income and status-whether they are students, Professionals, family, or business enterprise owners.”
Venn also spoke on Spectranet’s customer care focus, saying, “We understand the needs of our customers and subscribers very well and have kept improving our services to offer the best internet solutions in the country.”
Do you have an idea that will challenge the status quo? Are you an innovative or creative positive disruptor? Are you within the age of 18 – 35? Do you think your idea is good enough to be pitched to Richard Branson? Yes, you read right THE Richard Branson. Then don’t stop reading this.
British council in partnership with Virgin Atlantic, Zenith Bank, and Samsung has kicked off the second edition of the Enterprise Challenge Nigeria, 2016. This year it is bigger and better.
In search for a new “breed” of home-grown entrepreneurs, the 2016 Enterprise Challenge calls on young Nigerian entrepreneurs, within the ages of 18 – 35 who have forward thinking, creative and innovative ideas/solutions which are business oriented and focused on making a positive impact.
If you have any idea/solutions which are in line with the current strategy of Nigerian governments to drive for change within less active sectors of the economy which promote economic diversification, then get on board the challenge.
Register for the 2016 Enterprise Challenge and stand a chance to win a mentorship session with Sir Richard Branson, grants for your idea and so much more. To find out more about the 2016 Enterprise Challenge, please visit the British Council website or follow this link weblink – https://www.britishcouncil.org.ng/enterprise-challenge
See videos of past winners below:
Qualification criteria:
All applicants should:
Be between 18 and 35 years of age
Have good English language skills
A Nigerian citizen resident in Nigeria (with a valid Nigerian passport)
Interested applicants are requested to read carefully through all terms and conditions and respond by the given deadlines.
How often have you heard of people who appeared healthy this minute and the next they are on admission in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital? More often than you think.
In a bid to raise preventive health awareness, MedEnhanz Resources, a Medical Information company, has developed a product, focused on providing real-time medical information and advisory services 24/7 via its mobile application WebDOC.
A prominent WebDOC’s feature – ASK-A-DOCTOR, allows the user to ask a plethora of experienced medical specialists, questions in strict privacy and get responses in near real-time. The platform already boasts of over 2,000 Nigerian doctors practicing in Nigeria and in the Diaspora
The feature offers the following benefits:
Prompt Medical Advice 24/7
Qualified doctors from various Specialties
Privacy, confidentiality and anonymity of the user
Reduced hospital visits or quick referral to see a physician
Responses from doctors in simple terminologies
Quick tips in Emergency situations
The healthcare application comes with other features such as Health Screening Recommendations tailored to the users lifestyle which include, Health Calculators (BMI, Heart risk calculator, pregnancy weight checker, ovulation calculator, pregnancy due-date calculator), and an Immunization scheduler.
As an introductory offer and to allow users test the experience, the firm is offering every new registrants, (2) FREE questions which doesn’t expire. Subsequent questions only cost =N=50 per day and users can pay with their cards or internet bank accounts directly from the app. The firm is working on other payment channels to make user experience even better.
There were many tech stories that caught our eye in 2015. Here are 19 examples that either touch on GE technology and research or received funding from the company. They stretch from the depths of the human genome to edge of the solar system. Take a look:
Scientists around the world have been experimenting with a powerful new tool called the CRISPR-Cas9 system, which has begun to open up the possibility of rewriting faulty or unwanted human, animal and plant DNA.
Europe is using so much solar energy that a partial eclipse that swept over much of the continent in March tested its power distribution system.
Neuroscientists are making important advances with brain implants. They allowed a paralysed woman to control a robotic arm with her thoughts.
Image credit: Brown University
GE scientists shrunk and 3D printed a steam turbine originally designed to generate electricity. The smaller version can efficiently remove salt from seawater. The system could one day reduce the cost of desalination by as much as 20 percent and bring desalination technology to places that cannot afford it today.
Philippine farmers in Bacolor, Pampanga, just north of the capital Manila, have plenty of grassy land to grow cattle, but the town’s meat factory needs electricity to process the beef and send it to market. It turns out that a clever solution that feeds biogas made from the grass to an omnivorous Jenbacher engine can keep the lights and machines on. Engines like the Jenbacher, which can burn biogas from many different sources of fuel, could be a key to bringing electricity to parts of the world that still remain mostly dark after sunset.
A company called Neuronetics is using a non-invasive technology called “transcranial magnetic stimulation,” or TMS, to help patients battle depression. TMS uses a small but powerful magnet to deliver electromagnetic energy to the brain tissue through the skull. “What if you could stimulate the brain from the outside, without drugs, and make it heal?” says Dr. Mark Demitrack, chief medical officer of Neuronetics.
Intelligent LED street lights developed by Current, a GE startup, are using sensors to monitor everything from traffic to air quality, parking and even street crime, and transmit the data to the cloud for analysis. The information could be one day available to app developers. San Diego and Jacksonville have already started testing the system.
Winning a Formula 1 race is no longer just about building the fastest car and the best driver. Today, teams beam data from hundreds of sensors wired in their cars to distant computer centers for analysis and insights, and then relay optimal race strategies back to the driver. This is also the idea behind the “digital twin” – cloud-based simulations of physical assets – which will soon encompass and start optimising everything from wind turbines, power plants, jet engines and even the human body.
The World Health Organisation reported earlier this year that more people die from cardiovascular disease than from any other cause. A new MRI imaging system can see the heart in 7 dimensions – 3 in space, 1 in time, and 3 in velocity direction – showing the actual blood flow in the heart as a moving image. It can help physicians distinguish scarred or damaged tissue from healthy heart muscle and tell them whether blood is flowing through the heart the way it should be. The system is not yet commercially available.
The tides are a perfect and perfectly predictable source of renewable energy. But until now, the technology to tap their power has been too expensive. That’s changing, however. France and the U.K. have both started building new tidal power plants. The tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon. After tapping electricity from the sun and the wind, moon power is finally within reach.
When the New Horizons spacecraft finally buzzed Pluto at roughly 30,000 mph last summer, it sent back snaps of untamed plains and jagged ice mountains. The pictures of the dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system traveled the expanse of space thanks to a 125-pound power plant that doesn’t know the meaning of quit. It was originally designed by GE’s space division.
A company in Rhode Island started building America’s first offshore wind farm. It will include some of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines. When completed in late 2016, the farm will generate a combined 30 megawatts of electricity — enough to supply 17,000 homes.
The Stockholm-based biomaterials company Spiber Technologies is using genetically engineered bacteria and GE protein purification technology to produce large quantities of spidroin proteins found in spider dragline silk. It then customizes them for a variety of applications. “Man-made spider silk can be adjusted to contain specific parts that bind to cells and promote wound healing, thereby enabling use within fields of tissue engineering, diagnostics and cell culture,” says Kristina Martinell, Spiber’s production director. “In short, it’s a tailor-made biomaterial.”
Image credit: Spiber Technologies
Japan is famous for innovation. But, like many countries in the Pacific, it must also cope with earthquakes and other fierce forces of nature. Now one local company has merged insights from both and built what could be one of the world’s first “disaster-proof” factories.
GE’s latest wind turbine prototype rises 450 feet from base to blade tips – almost half the height of the Eiffel Tower – and has a large spinning silver aluminum dome bolted to its rotor. “It almost looks as if an UFO got stuck on the face,” says Mike Bowman, the leader of sustainable energy projects at GE Global Research. “But the dome could be the future of wind.” If experiments confirm wind tunnel data, the 20,000-pound dome, called ecoROTR, could lead to larger and more efficient turbines. “As far as I know, there’s nothing like this in the world,” Bowman says. “This could be a game changer.”
More than a decade after the last flight of the supersonic Concorde, NASA has invested $2.3 million into eight projects seeking to overcome barriers to commercial supersonic flight. The goal of the new work is to make supersonic flight greener by reducing high-altitude emissions and to cut down on the noise from sonic booms, the extremely loud report from a shockwave created by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
Over a decade ago, the Human Genome Project gave us the first blueprint of our genetic code, opening the door to a future where medical interventions could be personalised for each patient’s genetic composition. Today, programmes like theHuman Protein Atlas are zooming in even deeper, mapping out not just the DNA that defines our bodies, but also the building blocks – specifically, the proteins – that make us tick (or sick). A team of scientists led by Mathias Uhlén of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, published the first comprehensive open-source map of 17,000 human proteins, showing where they are, and how they function in the human body.
Scientists at the GE Global Research found a futuristic way to fix things: blowing metal powder at four times the speed of sound onto parts in need of service. “The tiny bits of material fly so fast they essentially fuse together when they hit the target,” says Gregorio Dimagli, materials scientist from Avio Aero, a division of GE Aviation. “Unlike welding, you don’t need to apply heat to make them stick. The bond happens on the atomic level. That’s why we are so excited.”
GE train engineers built a software-guided high-tech air blower that directs high-pressure air moving at supersonic speeds in front of the lead axle of a locomotive, blasting away snow, rain, sand and other debris. The system has increased the tonnage hauled by a locomotive by the equivalent weight of pulling four extra jumbo jets. This could help railroads run longer trains and move more goods more efficiently.
Every industrial age always has its big economic driver. Human existence has witnessed the contribution of stone, coal, agriculture, steel and recently, within the past century, crude oil. The turn of the millennium offers us a new hope.
Nigeria is at a dire stance, our economy is shrinking because of falling oil prices. While a hope of price rebound is expected, the nation cannot wait or bank on that. Agriculture, our first economic love long abandoned, requires an average of four years for economic boom. Our erstwhile mining economy has not had a better story either, not then or now. Power is poor, infrastructure is not our forte and the recent government mass attack on corruption and fines imposed by regulators surely has got some minds thinking. All these moves are being watched closely by those outside who know the ripeness of our Nigeria. Are they seeing something we are not yet seeing?
Against the backdrop of these seeming woes is a fast rising opportunity – TECH. This opportunity is not entirely dependent on power or infrastructure. Its core resource is ideas and innovative minds – resources Nigeria has well over fifty million of. This opportunity powers mega employers and revenue generators like Facebook, Apple, Google, Alibaba, Jumia, Konga, MTN and a host of others.
The recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Switzerland gave it a quick glance. Judging by contribution to GDP, a report by CNBC stated that the agricultural sector contributed 35 per cent to GDP prior to rebasing, but is now only estimated to account for 22 per cent. Meanwhile, the services sector’s contribution increased from 29 to 52 per cent. Telecoms had a jump from 0.9 to 8.7 per cent.
The former Minister of Communications Mrs Omobola Johnson noted that the Nigerian telecoms sector, being one of the fastest growing markets in the world, continues to attract significant foreign direct investment, with an estimated additional $6 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. The future of this, she alluded, is improved broadband services, internet penetration and reduced cost of use for internet users. The rise of mobile technology is another aspect to consider. Within the last ten years, Nigeria has become a hot destination for smartphones and PCs. This period also witnessed the rise of local manufacturers like Omatek, Inye a local smartphone made by Saheed Adepoju to name a few.
In the government’s strategic plan for broadband growth, it wants to deepen penetration from 6 percent in 2013 to 18 percent by 2018. This at least shows government’s direction and plan. However we are quick to ask from experience if this plan won’t end in paper as other plans in education, agriculture, mining and petroleum had ended.
While we await government to do what it can, the onus lies on the millions of youths employed, unemployed, educated and illiterate to see the potential technology has in stock. The Computer Village in Ikeja is just an example of economic empowerment. App builders are another bunch. They even now enter competitions where funding is provided for their ideas which leads to start-ups and enterprises – take Jason Njoku’s Iroko TV, Ofili’s Okadabooks, Afrinolly as examples. Ecommerce is booming with the likes of Konga, Jumia, Kaymu and Yudala. Mobile banking and everything mobile is enabling how we make payments and how farmers get agro news.
The world is no longer ahead of us, for once Africa – Nigeria in particular – has an opportunity to dictate pace. Oil prices may not favour us, we may have religious and cultural issues – which government should tackle vehemently but economic progress lies in thinking ‘tech’ and ‘small scale’. SMEs are the backbone of economies; for the umpteenth time, this can’t be over emphasized.
Government’s support needs to focus on SMEs, major enterprises that are technology economic drivers, enablers that help smaller players to thrive especially within the telecoms industry.
Focus should be to revitalize the energy and transport sectors chiefly while not forgetting to lay the foundations of tomorrow right through quality education.
Africa is rising, the sun has set on the West, it is rising on Africa. We have to act now.
In the beginning, it was said that having a website was absolutely necessary. While that might be true, having a website today goes beyond the functionality and has more to do with the user experience or emotional connection.
What are we saying? We live in a time and age where a website does not just connote a web presence but a rich multimedia experience defined by how users interact with the system. As a company that is customer centric, Etisalat created its new website for the visiting pleasure of the user. So no matter where you come from whether desktop, mobile, or TV browsers; we simply created the ultimate website experience.
1. User Centric Design
We designed an experience that does not need to be learned but intuitive. Our philosophy is if a user has to think through it, then it is not good enough. Knowing that the user is the real hub of activity, we selected best case scenarios for user journey and user interaction from a series of mapped out use case scenarios.
2. Simplicity & Consistency
If you have to try to understand it, then it is not simple enough. We’ve simplified content and context so much to natural level by organizing text, call to action buttons and banners to be clear, concise, legible and straight to the point.
The feel of equality on both web and mobile versions of the website brings a feeling of consistent familiarity that backs an assurance of catering for everyone irrespective of browsing environment.
3. Responsive Layout
We have made the user, the ultimate decision maker in terms of the experience a user gets based on his device type, browser type or device screen resolution.
We introduced reflow configurations that makes the website adjust to whatever device type the user has, so nothing is missed out. The experience we have created does not limit a user to his device no matter how low end the device is.
4. Readability
We understand that users want to find what they want, in an ordered manner and simply too, they don’t want to read through too much content to find something.
We put content ahead of design by organizing our content into blocks of few specific words that reduce cognitive load on users. We’ve made the content easily scanable by the eyes to a few lines and trimmed down to simple easily understood English.
5. SEO
We’ve made information about us so easy to find. This we have done with On-page, off-page and image optimizations. Leveraging on well-defined taglines, header tags, standard meta descriptions, structured data markup, keywords in URL with SEO (link) structures and rich snippets, preview of pages can easily be found in search results with enough information that increases click-through rate and generates leads.
Our site map is periodically updated for search bots (Google/Bing/Yahoo indexing system), so we always have fresh and not stale content. Deep linking techniques employed has seen our links achieving far more reach, we have even achieved this further with domain referrals.
6. Low Bounce Rate
We identified and nipped bottlenecks that caused visitors who land on the website to get out without moving further on to other pages of the site and our efforts have paid off as we see visitors coming to our site and spending time there moving from one page to another, reading the content and clicking through.
7. Performance
We have achieved a website performance that is best in our industry. Our website loads fast with speed of about 2 secs and average load time of about 4 secs. It is also optimized even for low internet speed situations.
8. Utility Hub
Buying, using and sharing are key to life online. We have empowered our customers by providing utility features on our website such that they can buy airtime or data for themselves, friends or loved ones as well as subscribe to some of our services.
Day or night, irrespective of location, our customers can simply recharge from our website.
Conclusion
The Etisalat Nigeria website is ranked the most visited telco website in Nigeria and with the best user experience rating.
Yes, we are happy with the results we are seeing but not relenting in our efforts in ensuring continuous improvements to the website. We are always researching, continually reviewing the entire website, engaging our visitors on their satisfaction levels, areas of improvement and of course continuously providing enhancements.
As a brand truly dedicated to providing a best-in-class experience online, we keep pushing ourselves to ensuring the Etisalat Nigeria website is constantly in sync with advancements in technology and changes in human/user behavior.
A search for a music tech innovator who has a business idea or a music related app that can address one of the many challenges facing the local Nigerian digital music market.
WIN! WIN!! WIN!!!
N250,000 + a Windows Tablet
To participate
1. Follow @FreemeDigital on Instagram and Twitter and like our Facebook page.
2. Make a 1 minute video (less than 20MB), explaining how your business idea or app can address these challenges.
3. Send your video to info@freemedigital.com (include your name, phone number and Instagram handle).
4. Qualified applicants will be published on our Instagram page (@FreemeDigital) and invited to Freeme Digital to defend their business ideas or apps.
5. The winner will be announced on all our social media platforms.
The Gionee M5 Mini will not just be a new introduction to the Gionee Family; it will be a thoughtful add to the world of Smartphones. From a dimension of 143.5mm and 71X 9.6mm, the Gionee M5 Mini has been specifically designed to merge the best of two worlds by giving an unforgettable smartphone experience for the longest possible time.
THE DISPLAY
Splendid! With a screen built from the HD IPS technology (High definition In-Plane Switching), the Gionee M5 Mini ensures high-quality views from every angle on its liquid crystal display (LCD).
PERFORMANCE
Solid! Its processor, the Mediatek MT6580, has an average performing central processing unit with a maximum clock speed of 1,300.00 MHz. With four cores, it is super-efficient for multitasking. Built on the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) model strategy, instructions are executed quicker than the popular Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) design strategy.
SOUND
Rich! Inbuilt is the Digital Theatre System, a compilation of multichannel audio technologies capable of discrete 5.1 and 6.1 channels of surround sound.
CAMERA
Exquisite! The Gionee M5 Mini comes with a 5MP front camera with a technology to enhance facial beauty and a rear camera of 8MP to take every precious moment.
REVERSE CHARGING AND OTG
Sophisticated! Users also have the liberty to connect their phones to other devices like flash drives, keyboards and other devices to allow for ease and practicability. The phone has got a reverse charging technology that allows it charge other phones with its OTG cable.
THE BATTERY
With 4000mAh battery, it gives a standby time of nearly two weeks, a nonstop 22-hour audio experience of music and an uninterrupted 18 hours of talk. One will wonder why it still comes with a smart power notification for optimum power usage. It also charges super fast. A brief ten-minute charge lasts for almost two days on standby, one hour thirty minutes of talk time or over two hours of music.
OTHER FEATURES
GSM, WCDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Android 5.1, internal memory of 16GB ROM+ 2GB RAM that can be extended to128GB.
Don’t take your eyes off the centre stage for the Gionee M5 Mini that is coming up next. A combination of two worlds: nothing short of today’s concept of a Smartphone, plus a dependable power supply that gives peace of mind.
For every 100,000 children born in South Africa, approximately 300 babies die due to birth complications, including stillbirth. Yet 40 per cent of stillbirths are preventable if adequate antenatal care is available. The vast majority of these deaths occur in rural areas where healthcare services and resources are limited. In a recent edition of eNCA Tech Report, Thenji Stemela discusses the keys to better maternal care in Africa and how GE’s Vscan is playing its role.
Maternal and newborn health remains one of the most pressing priorities in Africa. According to the World Bank, more than 74 per cent of maternal deaths could be prevented if all women had access to interventions that address complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Mokhtar Hamed, African Leader for Ultrasound, GE Healthcare believes that a lack of technology and skilled health resources are among the reasons for poor maternal health outcomes.
To help reduce pregnancy-related deaths, GE developed its ultrasound device called the Vscan. Its robust specifications ensure it is able to function fully in rural settings. Designed for use by primary healthcare workers, the battery-powered portable device enables the early detection of life-threatening pregnancy complications and improves clinical decision-making and pregnancy management.
In Tanzania, the deployment of ultrasound devices in rural clinics has enabled healthcare workers to detect pregnancy issues early on, allowing for better care for their patients. With improved technology, caregivers have the ability to extend the reach of high quality care for mothers and newborns. Research shows that investing in better maternal health not only improves a mother’s health but also that of her family and her community.
GE committed $6 billion to continuously develop innovations that help clinicians and healthcare providers deliver high quality healthcare at lower cost to more people around the world and the Vscan is one such-device delivering on this commitment.
Check out eNCA Tech Report’s video on Vscan below:
GE has commenced production of its “most African” locomotives. Once completed, the 233 GE Evolution Series locomotives will contain 55 per cent local content, making them the “most African” locomotives of their kind.”
We are building these world-class locomotives here in South Africa because we are committed to growing the local supply chain and establishing South Africa as the rolling stock hub for the continent,” said Thomas Konditi, President and CEO of GE Transportation Africa. “Over the past six years, we have developed relationships with some of the best local suppliers in the industry.”
Powered by GE Transportation’s 12-cylinder diesel engine, the Evolution Series Engine produces 4,200 GHP. This 45-degree, 12-cylinder, 4-stroke, turbocharged engine provides efficiency, fewer emissions and extended overhaul intervals. The engine also uses enhanced cooling and higher-strength materials to dramatically improve reliability and allow for future increases in power and efficiency.
The Evolution Series Locomotive represents one of GE’s most prominent EcomaginationTM products. Ecomagination is GE’s commitment to build innovative products that maximise environmental and economic impact. Products with GE’s EcomaginationTM designation undergo a rigorous process to prove they measurably help customers’ performance and bottom lines, while simultaneously improving their environmental performance.
It is no longer news that criminal gangs have stepped up robbery operations in different parts of the country, Lagos especially, dispossessing people of their valuables and vandalizing their cars while stuck in traffic. The situation is clearly getting out of hand and it has become imperative for citizens to do their best to protect themselves.
For over 23 years, Concept Nova has been rendering indigenous IT Solutions relevant to the Nigerian environment such as its Fuel Management Solution, Vehicle Tracking Solutions (remember Ti-Kon?), and Cargo-Weight Monitoring Solutions, amongst others.
To combat this uprising Traffic Robbery situation, Concept Nova has once again come up with a premium solution, the C-Protect. C-Protect is an anti-glass break solution that helps to safeguard lives and properties of individuals; while being extremely effective to motorists especially those who find themselves stuck in traffic jams around high-risk environments.
This anti-glass break solution is an invisible coat of film installed around glass you need protected – for example; installing on car window glasses, vents, and windscreens to prevent the glass from shattering in an event of accidental glass break, theft or vandalism. It reduces the ease of robbery by over 80% as it is nearly impossible to break the glass upon multiple hits.
The protective film holds all the pieces together, protecting occupants from injury while denying entry to a potential thief. It also comes with an alarm which has been developed to have a 300M radius, to scare invaders away and alert bystanders of a potential robbery.
With less than N15, 000, the C-Protect will safeguard you and your valuables from being another victim of preying hands. Moreover, don’t protect yourself alone; get C-Protect for family and loved ones also. You can order directly from www.concept-nova.com/C-Protector from our franchise partners; you can also find C-Protect here on the Dealdey and Konga platforms.
These robberies might not end any time soon, how prepared are you? Get your C-Protect Today! See demo video here.
Ecobank, a foremost bank in Nigeria, is expanding its impact in the e-commerce industry by establishing MyMall Nigeria. MyMall Nigeria is essentially for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) operators to sell and market their goods and services. It is designed for all categories of products and can be accessed from any part of the world. This online mall is different from other e-commerce platforms currently in the market in a number of ways; it is merchant-focused, backed by Ecobank, a trusted financial institution with vested interest in SMEs and managed by a partner, Netplus Advisory Services which has substantial experience in the ecommerce space.
Registered merchants have access to own personalized web stores, logistic support for delivery of goods purchased online, inventory management system and a secured payment platforms for goods. There are also international trade opportunities to market their products to the whole world and collect sales proceeds with ease. The platform will also be supported with digital marketing solutions, provide opportunities for business to business, business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer sales, among others. This new offering from Ecobank is indicative of the already successful Ecobank SME club which has significantly impacted a number of SMEs by providing expert guidance and tools to properly establish and succeed at running an SME.
Perhaps most important and unique is the exposure that MyMall Nigeria gives its merchants and customers alike simply by living up to its ‘Pan-African Bank’ strategy. Ecobank with its presence in 36 African countries will in the long run be able to grant access to merchants from other countries to sell their products online using the platform. In the same vein, customers have a diverse collection of merchants to shop from. MyMall Nigeria helps to bridge the gap between merchants and customers across different borders in Africa.
In the burgeoning e-commerce industry in Nigeria, MyMall hits all the right notes for both merchants and customers by offering convenience, security, ease of transaction, payment options, logistics and visibility.
DomainKing.NG, Nigeria’s leading domain registrar and web hosting company is offering yet another deal as they launched a campaign today called: “Get Online with .NG domain for Nigerian Business”. They are offering 10% discounts on all .NG domains that you register with them till the end of January.
By using the coupon DKNGCabal you can register your .com.ng domain for just N1530 and .NG domain for N13,500. The actual prices of .com.ng is N1700 and .NG domain is N15,000 at DomainKing.NG. This means that you can save thousands of Naira if you register domain name with DomainKing.NG before 31st Jan. 2016 with this offer.
DomainKing.NG is a NIRA accredited registrar and are well known for their amazing promos & services in domains and web hosting. They debuted in Nigeria in October 2014, with their .com for N499 offer and since then they have become a popular choice for businesses & bloggers looking to get their websites online.
This promo is yet another initiative by DomainKing.NG to offer .NG domains to businesses & individuals.
DomainKing.NG wants to become the preferred choice for businesses, bloggers & for anyone who is looking to get online. This will establish them as the market leader for domains names, hosting & website building industry in Nigeria.
According to DomainKing.NG’s CEO Karan Singh “Nigeria is growing rapidly and so is its online industry. More and more startups are coming online everyday. And by accelerating the adoption and use of .NG domains, we believe that we can bring even more businesses online.”
According to the latest NIRA stats, there are over 60,000 total NG domains registered with 20,324 new domain names registered in 2015. This is a marginal number when compared with other CCTLDs and gTLD registries. But this is also a great opportunity for anyone to register the name of your choice.
“NG domain has a vast opportunity that can add value to your business if done right. It can tell your visitor/audience and Google that you are local business. Since, businesses are becoming more and more local everyday, so is Google. As people prefer to buy things from their local trusted stores where they can pay conveniently in their local currencies rather than choosing some store without any business in their country. For the same reason many big websites create their local websites using local cctlds like .ng, .cn, .in, .uk etc.” explains Singh.
So how important is .NG Domain for your Next Big Business? And why should you decide to go for .NG domain?
.NG Domain Names are perfect for Nigerian Startups & Online Businesses:
I have seen a lot of people ask me about why should they register a .NG domain name when you can buy a .com domain at much more affordable price. The simple answer is:
.NG domain is short, brandable, easily available & you can start your next big thing on your cool .NG domain rather than a long .com domain. With memorable .com domain names becoming harder to find, .NG domain is perfect for any Nigerian business looking to establish their online brand & reputation. You can be a Startup, a business owner, a blogger, an entertainment website, or just about anyone, .NG domain can give your brand the right online presence that you deserve.
Many hot Nigerian startups like Hotels.NG, Supermart.NG, Showroom.NG, Pass.NG and so many others are now choosing NG domains for their business because of its brand-ability. Also, big Internet Websites, blogs & News websites in Nigeria including Media24, Pulse, OLX, Jumia, Slot & so many others are using .NG domains for their businesses in Nigeria.
“There is no better time to register your .NG domain than right now. There are so many brandable & short names available in the .NG domain extension. Also Nigerian Domain names can offer your business great advantage on Google search results.” says DomainKing.NG’s CEO Karan Singh.
And when you register your .NG domain with DomainKing.NG you will get a lot more that just a domain name. With DomainKing.NG you will get a complete package of over N10,000 worth of free services to help your business expand
Here are some of free tools that DomainKing.NG offers with every domain that you register or transfer to them:
1) Free DNS Management for blogger integration & Google Apps Integration & to do lots more..
2) Free Email Accounts for your business or personal use like: you@yourbusiness.ng or you@yourcoolname.ng
3) Free Email Forwarding to forward custom emails on your domain to any other email. For example you can forward your emails sent to you@yourbusiness.ng to your gmail, yahoomail email or any other email.
4) Free Domain Forwarding to park and redirect your website to another website or social media pages like Facebook or Linkedin.
5) Complete Control of your domain name.
And lots of other free features to help your business grow.
“All our free tools include almost all the features that you would ever need to start any kind of website on your domain name. We offer our customers with a complete package of addons that will enable you to do almost anything from creating your business emails, to protecting your brand name at affordable prices” said Karan Singh.
“At DomainKing.NG, we are here to help you with your online success by making it easier and affordable for you to register the name of your choice. We want to help you start your next Google, Facebook, Alibaba with us by offering you everything you would need for your online success” added Singh.
Whether you are a startup or a business looking to gain more business by going online, .NG domain name can definitely offer you an advantage on the internet. And by registering your .NG domain with DomainKing.NG you will get even bigger advantage of their great support & the control they offer to you of your domain.
So visit DomainKing.NG to register your .NG domain today & also find out in what other ways DomainKing.NG can help your business.
When Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari took office this year, in his Manifesto and Vision for Nigeria he emphasised the importance of ensuring that education is delivered to all of Nigeria’s children. The government has committed to undertaking a full review of the provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act, including commitments to gender equality in primary and secondary school enrollment.
More than ten million children in Nigeria are not receiving formal education. The majority are girls as many of their parents opt to send them to work, rather than attend school. Of those fortunate enough to enroll, less than two-thirds complete primary school education and even fewer girls finish secondary school. With a lack of education seen to vastly reduce a child’s chance of escaping poverty, a renewed focus on all-inclusive education is a key step towards socio-economic growth.
In a country where education is often seen as a blessing, many non-governmental organisations are helping to fill the gap where formal education is lacking, while others help ‘top-up’ education with vocational training and skills provision. One such Nigerian organisation is the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W-Tec). W-Tec is a non-governmental organisation working to empower girls and women socially and economically, using information and communications technologies (ICT).
With statistical evidence showing that in most African countries women’s use and knowledge of ICTs is lower than men’s, W-Tec is helping Nigerian women develop financial independence by training for ICT-specific jobs, providing them with technology skills that that can be used for ICT-reliant jobs or self-employment.
Recognising the challenge of keeping girls in school, W-Tec helps girls develop an early interest in computers and information technology. By presenting an exciting career path to the girls and their parents, there is an increased likelihood the girls will complete their schooling. Partnering with the corporate sector enables W-Tec to offer programmes and business that show the many and varied careers available with ICT qualifications.
For three years W-Tec has partnered with GE Nigeria to host the annual ‘Girls in Technology Day’. Hosted at the Nigeria hub of the GE Women’s Network “GWEN”, it offers students the opportunity to learn first-hand from GE employees and executives about their careers and the career opportunities that ICT skills offer.
The theme for this year’s event was Robotics, and part of the programme saw the twenty-seven attendees challenged to build and race robots made from small Lego pieces. While building Lego robots is great fun, the task also introduced the girls to the principles and importance of structures, motions and sensors in robots, as well as working as teams.
Several GE staff members and members of the executive team attended the event and shared stories about what inspired their careers. They encouraged the girls to remain inquisitive about technology and to hone their leadership skills.
“We take immense pleasure in meeting with such inspirational young ladies each year at The Girls in Technology Day,” said Patricia Obozuwa, Director of Communications for SSA who co-leads the Women’s Network in Africa. “Watching the girls build and race their robots was fantastic, and just knowing that GE can play a part in encouraging the girls to follow a career in ICT is rewarding in itself.”
With education reform at the forefront and receiving increased funding, it is important to encourage more girls to complete schooling. Through education, there is an increased likelihood of more women entering the workforce, enabling them to play their part in the sustainable and all-inclusive development of Africa’s powerhouse.
With the release of the new app on the iOS & Android platforms, MallforAfrica has taken steps to provide customers with the best possible shopping experience. Everyone can now enjoy a great & seamless shopping experience on over 120 stores in the US & UK.
The release of the new app has brought with it a more seamless and fluid shopping experience. The purchasing process of the App has now been revamped and optimized to automatically respond to customers purchase flow and informs the customer when to click the purchase button. “I love the new application and how easy it is to shop using the application. This is a great platform” Shanpepe, an MFA user’s review on the new iOS App.
Improving the user experience was one of the major objectives of the new App. Customers can now easily view and filter a list of more stores, based on their preference. Users can also stay logged into the App for a much longer time to ensure a quick and easy checkout process.
The architecture and speed of the new MallforAfrica app has also been greatly optimized. Users can also checkout and review their cart in a much simpler fashion. Bugs in the previous version of the app have also been fixed. “Nice job. I’m glad you listened and made this a better app.”
With all the new tweaks done to the App, it’s easy to be concerned about memory consumption on your phone. Well, that’s definitely something you do not need to worry about. The new app personifies the saying “big things come in small packages” as it’s only 26Mb. Now you can enjoy shopping from over 120 of your favorite stores in the US & UK on the new and improved MallforAfrica App.
Shopping on MallforAfrica.com is as simple as these steps:
Download the MallforAfrica App to your Windows PC and Mobile, Android, Apple IOS or Mac device.
Get a Free account
Select the store you want to shop on
Shop global and pay local with the MFA Webcard, PAGA, PayPal, or even your Nigerian Visa, Verve or MasterCard.
Receive in Nigeria in 10 to 15 business days.
Enjoy your shopping this month & ship to Nigeria for $5 only.
Never miss out on any of MallforAfrica’s amazing promos & giveaways. Contact 07000400400 & follow their social media channels:
Concept Nova, Nigeria’s most innovative Information Technology Company is proud to announce the launch of our brand new Mobile App called “NovaTrak.”
This app is compatible to work with Concept Nova’s Vehicle Tracking products which comprises of the TiKon car tracker (which is a basic tracker), Track and Trace and Advanced Track and Trace for Fleet of Cars, Containers, Generators and Ships; the Fuel Monitoring Solution; etc.
The NovaTrak App is now available for download on Google Play Store on Android devices which enables both new and old Concept Nova clients monitor their asset (cars, trucks, containers, generators, ships etc…) anywhere and at any time, via an internet enabled android device.
The features of this Mobile App includes:
Detailed reporting on how long asset has been placed on idling
Determine the location of asset, (know where a vehicle has visited, time spent at the location, fuel consumption etc…)
Receive notifications on restrictions set, when specific actions occur (e.g. over speeding, geo-fence, ignition on/off)
Alerts on maintenance scheduling
Improves driver behavior (due to effective monitoring)
Effective fuel-monitoring solution
This app further enables individuals access unique product offerings by Concept Nova.
Itiekhao Ikpeminogena, General Manager, Concept Nova speaking on the development said: “At Concept Nova, we are excited about the launch of this brilliant mobile App which further extends the convenience of ease of asset control using any of our tracking products, as well as the ability to access self-enabling features such as Over Speeding, Geo-Fencing and alerts when a vehicle’s ignition has been turned off/on. This app creation is hopefully the beginning of greater things as Concept Nova continues to develop new innovative products across all levels in Nigeria”.
The app interface built with functionalities like “search” and “history” to ensure both new and old customers enjoy full control of their assets at any given time.
The Huawei P8 is a slim and stylish new phone that packs quite the punch in a very elegant body. With a 5.2-inch display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, and an octa-core Kirin 930 system chip, it’s got the silicon. But what it is particularly proud of is the 13-megapixel main camera that has a flashy new mode that lets you capture the brilliance of light in enchanting new ways.
Light painting is an incredible feature of the Huawei P8; it lets you capture “light graffiti,” by capturing multiple shots of a moving scene and then blending the shots into one image showing a light trail. Normally, this effect is obtained through long exposure shots, but given the limitation of a smartphone camera sensor not being able to take long exposure shots, Huawei overcame the limitation with the P8.
Learn all about getting started with the light painting feature of the Huawei P8 from the infographic below.
We all know about the crazy exchange rates that keep increasing. Well, this period, Mall for Africa is rolling out a series of promos to put a smile on people’s faces.
Mall for Africa kicked off its promo madness by awarding $100 to 40 of its Lagos customers in the stick it to win it competition. Customers simply had to sign up on the website and pick up a bumper sticker from any of their locations, place it and get spotted by the Mall for Africa monitoring team. Consolation prizes ranging from preloaded webcards to branded items were also awarded. Nigeria’s sweetheart Annie Idibia also awarded prizes to some lucky winners. Oluwabukun Ayo, Paul Adeyemo, amongst others were part of the winners.
If you missed out on this one, don’t worry, your state just might be next.
This March, Mall for Africa introduces a series of promos, starting with its March Madness. Simply sign up on the Mall for Africa website and get $10 free to shop from any of your favorite sites. The promo allows users to enjoy the seamless experience of using their app & experiencing the entire Mall for Africa process for free.
The madness doesn’t stop there. This month, Mall for Africa is offering free shipping on the Apple watch to any of its customers that pre-orders by the 1st of April. The highly anticipated Apple watch is now available for pre-order on the Mall for Africa website.
Mall for Africa provides Nigerians with a platform that gives direct access to over 120 UK and US stores. Through the Mall for Africa app, you can shop directly from your favorite stores including Macy’s, Apple, Amazon, Topman and so much more and receive your order directly in Nigeria, even in the comfort of your home.
Never miss out on any of Mall for Africa’s amazing promos & giveaways. You can contact them on 07000400400.
In the bid to ensure that androids are made available to all, few brands have made exclusive phones that are affordable yet with the full features that make Smartphone’s the most sought after products in the market today. This gave consumers the opportunity to purchase products that will suit their lifestyle, functional and economic benefit.
