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Jun
24
2024

Limited Mindsets Prevent Women from Participating in Tech Communities – Temilade Adelakun

Limited Mindsets Prevent Women from Participating in Tech Communities – Temilade Adelakun Tech communities are critical to the sector, and those on college campuses have proven to be both foundational and pivotal for many young people. These communities frequently host free training sessions and forums where anyone interested in technology can gain additional insight. It was the case approximately five years ago when a tech group arranged a training session on frontend web creation at th.

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Jun
24
2024

Forter and Flutterwave Collaborate To Accelerate e-Commerce Growth in Africa and Beyond

Forter and Flutterwave Forter, the market leader in preventing e-commerce fraud, announced a collaboration with Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology firm. The collaboration, which is the first of its kind in Africa, would allow merchants to differentiate legitimate buyers from fraudsters accurately, resulting in increased transaction approvals and decreased friction in the buying experience, all without fear of fraud. Flutterwave is Africa's largest payment service provider, havin.

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Jun
24
2024

We are Reviewing our Rates, Bolt Tells Boycotting Drivers in Kenya

Bolt Vs Boycotting Drivers in Kenya Bolt PR Manager for Africa, Nthabiseng Mokoena, said that the e-hailing company is currently updating prices in light of the proposed boycott by Kenya's e-hailing drivers. Under the auspices of the Digital Taxi Forum, ride-hailing drivers in Kenya recently threatened to withdraw their services if Uber and Bolt did not raise base fares and/or reduce commissions in response to a sharp increase in fuel prices. The drivers issued a 30-day ultimatum to .

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Jun
24
2024

Jamb Is not the First Here are ten instances in the last decade in which Nigerian government agencies have been hacked

JAMB Website Hack The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board of Nigeria (JAMB) announced that its website had been hacked. Ishaq Oloyede, the board's registrar, reported to journalists that the hackers stole over N10 million after gaining access to the board's intranet platform and modifying the profiles of its ad hoc workers.  He also added that the investigation resulted in the arrest of several individuals, including one Sahabi Zubairu from Taraba state. However, Sahabi is .

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Jun
24
2024

How To Split Your Screen 50/50 on A Chromebook

How To Split Your Screen 50/50 on A Chromebook Multi tasking on the Chromebook has never been easier, but thanks to the Split Screen features. In this article, we’ll take you through different ways of how you can split the screen on your Chromebook to help accommodate two apps simultaneously.   Method 1: From the Overview of The Screen The F5 spot that is on your keyboard is the show windows key. When you press the button it will display the Chrome Overview mode where you can find.

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Jun
24
2024

How To Use Google Photos Instead of Using The iCloud on an iPhone

Google Photos on an iPhone. Most people will choose to use only a single ecosystem to store all of their online files. For those who have chosen to make use of the Google Photos rather than iCloud on their iPhone might be wondering how to automatically set their phone to upload their pictures to Google Photos. Whether you're expanding your use of Google's platform or you're a total newbie, here's a guide on how to replace iCloud with Google Photos on your iPhone.   What Is Google Photos.

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Jun
24
2024

‌Oraimo, The Smartwatch Giant ‌is ‌Back‌ ‌with a‌ ‌Super ‌Timepiece‌

Introducing: The Oraimo Watch The Oraimo Watch includes a variety of features. Some of these features are health checks and wellness option, sleep tracking, new exercise modes, and an overall emphasis on your well-being and connecting to social media, downloading new music, and keeping current with news and updates. This watch is made accessible on iOS as well as on the Android operating system. If you are a lover of the Oriamo brand, you will love the new features.   Features‌ &zwn.

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Jun
24
2024

The Demand for Crypto in Africa Is Driving Exponential Growth for Luno

The Demand for Crypto in Africa Is Driving Exponential Growth for Luno The company has grown exponentially in 2021, with January 2021 seeing a 60% rise in app installs compared to December 2020 and a more than 3000% year-on-year increase compared to January 2020. Luno's user base in Africa increased by 2.3 million to 4.7 million in 2020. Between January 2020 and January 2021, the company's app installs increased by 271% across the continent, outpacing its trading volume in Africa, which more t.

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Jun
24
2024

Possible Reasons Why NCC Resumed Registration of SIM and SIM Sales Before Concluding its Audit

Why NCC Resumed Registration of SIM After suspending SIM sales and registration for four months, the Federal Government declared yesterday that the exercise would resume April 19, 2021. The ban was lifted following the final approval of the Revised National Digital Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration, according to a statement from the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. According to the new regulation, all SIM registrations must now include the National Identity Number (NIN)..

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Jun
24
2024

‘Banks vs Telcos’ row over $103m USSD debt may enter another round in Nigeria

The Volume of USSD Transactions in Nigeria The volume of USSD transactions in Nigeria was 390 billion naira ($1 billion) in June 2020. Banks accounted for most of those transactions, with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) announcing 3.89 trillion in transaction volume for 2020. Though USSD is critical for banks to offer their customers various banking services, it is driven by telcos. USSD is a text-messaging protocol that enables your SIM to communicate with the bank's computers. As such, consider it.

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