In this post, we’ll be walking through the Cowrywise investment option known as Mutual Funds. We’ll be discussing what it means, how it works on Cowrywise, and how you can start investing with mutual funds today. What are Mutual Funds? A mutual fund is a professionally managed investment that pools money from various investors like you to invest in instruments like stocks, bonds, real estate, treasury bills. These are usually diversified holdings that are sold in units....

British by birth, Nigerian by parentage and a Washingtonian by zip code, Femi is currently host of The Stream on Al Jazeera English. As a web community with its own daily TV show, The Stream‘s award-winning approach taps into the extraordinary potential of individuals through social networks and has attracted a large African following. “The Stream’s lively interactive format and our African online community are a match made in social media heaven....

Follow Up Mode It can be really frustrating, sometimes, when you use the Alexa wake word to give out a command, but you then need to say something else as a follow up but you have to wait and say the wake word again. With the follow up mode, you do not have to say your wake word after every response, you can just ask your follow up question – making it feel like you’re having a normal conversation....

One of the Apps that I would recommend to help manage your productivity is the Any.Do available for Android, iOS and coming soon to desktop. Chrome users can currently access an extension that can sync with their smartphones or tablets even when they are on PC. Founded by Omar Perchik and team in 2010 the app has been improved to make it one of the leading productivity Apps. The continuous improvement through user feedback has made the latest version simply awesome and easy to use....

The guideline reads in part, “Design your app to use power efficiently. Apps should not rapidly drain battery, generate excessive heat, or put unnecessary strain on device resources. Apps, including any third-party advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated background processes such as cryptocurrency mining”. This move comes not long after Apple removed an app called Calender 2, which silently began background mining for Monero but later reappeared without it’s mining functionality....

Avechi Kenya; a rather popular Kenyan e-commerce site has partnered with Lipa Later to enable just that. Users can now purchase products on Avechi Kenya and have Lipa Later help them through a flexible monthly payment plan while they own the product. The offer is available on products such as; Smartphones Fridges, Cookers, Washing machines TVs, Home theaters, and Furniture Lipa Later is a company that is well-known for providing Kenyans with the opportunity to get hands on their favorite gadgets and pay in installments, usually with an interest on top....

With over 50 channels at only UXG 25,000, Azam TV hopes to have some of the Pay TV pie. The company is also offering a special promotion for early adopters of UGX 250, 000 for their satellite dish and decoder. You also get one month free. For this price range, you get 45 channels and 20 radio stations for UGX 27,000 on DSTV’s Access package and 46 channels for Zuku’s Poa package that goes for UGX 20,000....

The post compiles as many Huawei smartphones that are currently available in the Nigerian market, their key specifications, as well as their prices. Huawei Smartphones and Their Prices Huawei P40 Pro – N362,550Huawei Y8p – N95,000Huawei Y7p – N71,000Huawei Y6p – N67,000Huawei Y5p – N54,000Huawei Y9s – N105,000Huawei Y9 Prime (2019) – Huawei P30 Lite – N130,000Huawei P30 Pro – N296,000Huawei Mate 20 – N185,000Huawei Y7 Prime (2019) – N57,900Huawei Y6 Prime (2019) – N50,860...

With $40 million USD in the bag about a year ago and a plan to foster financial inclusion and digital growth, we take a look at products the company has built, its upcoming products, and how Opera has performed so far in the region. Opera Pay (shortly called OPay) Launched in May 2018, OPay is the company’s first mobile payment service in Nigeria. Originally operated in Nigeria by Telnet as PayCom, Opera acquired a huge chunk of the company and rebranded to Opera Pay (OPay)....

Like we saw last week, Blockchain is a distributed ledger platform that allows for the creation and management of decentralized systems and processes, which enhance efficiency and transparency of transactions across business operations. We also defined a distributed ledger as a digital log that uses independent computers or nodes to record and share transaction data and then regularly synchronize the data. The transaction data is grouped into blocks, and as each block is completed, it is added to the chain where it becomes a timestamped record that can’t be altered or removed....

According to JUMIA, Kenya’s No. 1 online retailer Cash on delivery accounts for over 55% of its transactions in Nairobi and Mombasa, the two cities the company offers the mode of payment. Parinaz Firozi, MD Jumia Kenya says Cash on delivery has helped the company acquire new customers. “Over 60% of our customer acquisition has been through cash on delivery. There is zero risk for the customer since they only pay for the product if they like it, there are no cost implications if they reject the product, the delivery man just takes it back....

Your laptop must support USB-C power delivery. It’s a new-ish standard for both fast data transfer and power delivery. Unfortunately, you’ll only find it on top-end laptops like the Macbook 2015+, Macbook Air 2018+, Macbook Pro 2016+, HP Spectre x360, ThinkPad E490, among others. You want to confirm that your laptop has a USB-C port—the oval-shaped port—that also supports charging. With that out of the way, here’s what you need to charge your laptop....

Unfortunately, despite the clear benefits of having a great keyboard which you’ll furiously be tapping away at every time you power on a computer, many people don’t think to invest in getting the very best. Sure, you still have that cheap keyboard that came with the computer. But is it worth getting arthritis for? After all, we are increasingly spending most of our lives glued to our computer screens. I think not....

Asides these features, the Chrome 71 includes fixes to as much as 43 security vulnerabilities present on the browser’s previous edition, Chrome 70. Well, here’s a look at the three new security features: Autoplay Audio Blocking With the aid of this feature, websites that automatically play synthesised audio speeches will be having a tough time. These sites implement speech synthesis API to convert texts to auto-playing audios resulting in tech scams....

So, if you want to personalize your browser without interfering with your friends and family, or you simply want to separate your work from your personal life, you should read this post as we will be showing you how to create multiple profiles using Chrome for Windows. How to Create a New Chrome Profile On your computer, open the Chrome browser.At the top right, click Profile Profile. Click Add....

Cloud-based administrations and computing services have changed how organizations are functioning currently. They permit them to utilize IT infrastructures, platforms, software, and applications via the Internet. This was drastic with the coming of Covid 19. So let’s get started with SaaS; Also Read: Does cloud computing work in Africa? What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources over the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. Today, there are several examples of cloud computing applications used by both businesses and individuals....

Related Article: What is Fibre To The Home (FTTH)? Copper Cables Copper is highly conductive. This is what makes it so great for carrying the power to your home. Copper wires use the movement of electrons to carry signals by modulating a waveform at one end then demodulating it at the other end. And converting the patterns in the waveform into an analog or digital signal. A device that modulates and demodulates is called a modem....

This year’s challenge attracted 72 entries from which 20 made it to the final round. With a mandate to fulfill a corporate social responsibility, Orange Uganda partnered with various organisations such as; Huawei as a technology partner, Vision Group as media partner, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology as academic partner and CEOSummit as training and mentoring partner. The MD Hauwei Uganda Mr. Radoslaw Kedzia thanked the innovative students for their participation as he announced the Huawei Y300 android smartphones that were given to all finalists of the day....

A number of startup companies around the world are vying to be the first to bring flying cars to customers, and 2017 could be a turning point for the industry. AeroMobil recently unveiled a new model of its flying car; The Lilium electric flying car made its first successful test flight; PAL-V is already taking orders for its make; and Uber is advancing its project dubbed Uber Elevate for shorter urban commutes....

Just to put this into context, digitization is the process of converting information into a computer-readable format, in which the information is organized into bits. Digitizing simply means the conversion of analog source material into a numerical format; the decimal or any other number system that can be used instead. Below, we look at four ways a company can use digitization to its advantage. Refocusing attention on the customer The digital age has granted consumers a vast new world of products and services, as well as a host of new tools they can use to research an item before making a purchase....