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Announced on Friday, the services will commence this year subject to local regulatory approvals and affect close to 19 million users of Airtel money across the continent. John Gely, Head of MoneyGram Africa credited the partnership by saying; “This partnership with Airtel will enable millions of consumers instant access to our global platform to receive money from over 200 countries & territories without having to even step outside.” Once Airtel Money customers receive the funds, they can be accessed immediately and used to pay utility bills, goods and services, transferred to other individuals, or converted to cash at any of Airtel’s exclusive branches, kiosks, and agents....

aYo Recharge with Care offers MTN pre-paid customers an easy way to get free hospital or life cover. Whenever you load MTN airtime, you will receive 30 days’ free cover. To sign up, simply dial 296# and choose the cover you prefer: MyHospital or MyLife. Adding aYo Send with Care to MTN Mobile Money transfers means that, in the unfortunate event of your passing or should you be hospitalised for a night or more, aYo will pay triple the amount you sent to your beneficiaries, either in one lump sum or in 12 equal monthly instalments, depending on your cover level....

The devastating floods ensued after River Nyamwamba burst its banks, following the heavy rains that hit the Rwenzori Mountain ranges. Over 24,760 households with approximately 173,320 people were affected by the flash floods. Almost up to 150 houses were destroyed in Karusandara division while another 92 houses were completely washed away in Nyamwamba and kilembe areas. The displaced people have sought shelter from nearby churches and school buildings following a directive from Hon....

The new rate is effective 1 April 2019 and applies to all local networks. This means that MTN customers will be able to call customers from Airtel Uganda, Africell Uganda and MTN Uganda at the same rate. The standard per second rate will now be UGX 4/= and the per minute rate UGX 180/=. However, these changes do not apply for postpaid customers or when using voice bundles (My Pakapaka, Go-Bundle and Paka Paka)....

MTN Uganda’s Chief Marketing Officer Somdev Sen said the revamp is part of the telecom company’s drive to offer affordability to customers while maintaining value. MyPakaPaka is a voice offering from MTN that was developed using customer’s usage behavior and average spend to create various 24-hour bundles that are suited to each customer’s pocket. The bundles are for varied durations up to 100 minutes a day depending on a customer’s usage pattern....

The Draft National Information Technology (IT) Certification Framework is aimed at ensuring IT service providers, IT Education and Training institutions and IT professionals conform to minimum acceptable standards thereby ensuring quality delivery of IT services in the country. This registration will facilitate the process of certification of IT service providers to operate in Uganda and also enhance their capacity to operate internationally. Starting with the financial year 2015/16, all IT service providers to government should have been registered and certified by NITA-U....

Nokia has seemingly been out of this multiple camera game for a while now but if rumours are true, that won’t be for long as they are planning to launch a device with not three, not four but five cameras. Read More: Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018): World’s First Quad Rear Camera Smartphone Launched Legendary leaker @OnLeaks has provided a selection of renders, some in 5K, and a 360-degree video. As well as the hexagonal penta-camera setup (with dual-tone flash and another proximity sensor) using Zeiss lenses, this new report also claims that the phone will be called the Nokia 9 and include a nostalgic nod to ‘PureView’ in the branding....

Also, companies like Google have developed a habit of simply announcing products beforehand, thereby killing the rumor mills and grapevine surrounding their upcoming devices. This week, Google is set to unveil its next flagship, the Pixel 7 series of devices. The event is slated for October 6, 2022, and in this post, we shall be quickly looking at what we’re set to see getting unveiled at the event, starting with the new Google Pixel devices and the accessories....

However, Plex is still keeping its desktop media server functionality in-order to appease its long-time fans. Plex still maintains a list of official clients available for mobile devices, smart TVs, and streaming boxes, and a web app. In a way, Plex is probably the only software I know that enables you to get the best of both worlds of online streaming as well as personal local home media. I have a Plex server managing my personal home media running on Seagate Personal Cloud NAS server as well as a Plex client on my Roku TCL TV, an Android App, and an iPad app....

An enchilada bottlenecks such as; widespread unawareness of the migration campaign, extortion from Digital TV ancillary vendors, compulsory subscription mandated by Digital TVs even for access to free-to-air channels and some legal caveats slapped against the migration campaign — like the one in Kenya — amongst many others. In sub-Saharan Africa, so far, it’s only Mauritius, Rwanda and Tanzania that have switched off the analogue signal. Kenya is buoyed next in line according to reports from the Kenya Communications Authority....

Her blog lindaikeji.blogspot.com was taken down on Wednesday by Google following several copyright infringement cases. Her nemesis, Mr.Mukhtar Dan’Iyan, the Editor-in-Chief of US-based The 15 Past Eight Media Group also known Aye Dee on Twitter, reportedly filed a complaint(s) alleging that Linda had on several occasions plagiarized his content. According to PremiumTimesNg, On Thursday, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s communication and public affairs manager for Anglophone West Africa had declined to categorically say why it shut down the blog....

How about over Wi-Fi? Well, that seemed like an insurmountable exploit until MTN launched the MTN HotSpot. When my classmate pitched his idea, most of us were skeptical about its feasibility. How was he going to pull it off, knowing the limitations of Wi-Fi to mention a few: range (typically 32 meters to 100 meters), device compatibility, management and interference? Since then there have been some advances to solve some of these limitations such as use of range extenders and Long-range Wi-Fi....

When it comes to hardware and value for money, it’s a question of preference. Both companies have streaming players and even Smart TVs for all pocket sizes. From the Roku camp, the streaming stick with the most maxed out specs is the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+ released in 2021. This stick plugs straight to your Smart TV’s HDMI port without need of an additional HDMI cable. So it’s very compact but powerful....

Speaking during the official unveiling, Safaricom Director of Strategy, Joe Ogutu said ‘Masoko hopes to unlock the untapped e-commerce market in Kenya by connecting consumers, vendors, merchants to each other using a single powerful online platform. As a start, the platform will have over 200 vendors offering over 20,000 products. Safaricom has made partnerships with delivery companies, Wells Fargo and Sendy in a bid to make the deliveries as seamless as possible and secure too....

Safaricom has today launched a new app that is set to help its over 100,000 merchant customers with Lipa an M-PESA services. This app will act as a portal to help them better manage their businesses. The app should allow business owners to withdraw funds from their merchant accounts to their M-PESA, Bank accounts or at an agent, among many more features. Essentially, this app comes to complement and further streamline the current USSD (*234#) menu....

The original Galaxy S21 smartphone came with a price tag of $800, and considering its been over a year since it launched, the price must have fallen between $650 and $750 (this depends on your location, however). This will definitely make a lot of interested buyer second guess buying the Fans Edition of the Galaxy S21. Galaxy S21 FE: New Specs And Features The Galaxy S21 FE is slightly identical to the original Galaxy S21 and comes with similar specification and features....

Read More: Top Samsung Phone You Can Buy in Nigeria (2020) Find below the specifications and features of the Samsung Galaxy A31 smartphone. Samsung Galaxy A31 Key Specs DISPLAY: 6.4-inch Super AMOLED DisplayOS: Android 10.0PROCESSOR: Octa-core. 2GHz, 1.7GHz.ROM: 64GB/128GBRAM: 4GB/6GBREAR CAMERA: 48MP + 8MP + 5MP + 5MP QuadFRONT CAMERA: 20MPFINGERPRINT SENSOR: YESBATTERY: 5,000 mAh Non-Removable Li-Po Display and Design The Galaxy A31 has a 6.4 inches super AMOLED display, display resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, and pixel density of 411 ppi....

Samsung Galaxy A52s Key Specs 6.5-inch, 1080 x 2400 pixels Super AMOLED 120Hz Infinity-O displayOcta-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G processor with Adreno 642L GPU6GB/8GB RAM and 128GB/256GB built-in storageUnderdisplay Fingerprint scannerQuad rear 64MP + 12MP + 5MP + 5MP cameras and a 32MP selfie cameraIP67 dust and water resistance4, 500mAh non removable battery Read More: Galaxy Z Fold 3 Adds an Under Display Camera, S Pen, IPX8 Water Resistance and One UI 3 The entire Galaxy A52 series lineup all have just little differences across the broad and the newly released GalaxyA52s 5G continues in this fashion....

Restaurants, Coffee shops and Hotels are turning to offering value-added services such as DSTV and now Wi-Fi to lure potential customers, drive more customer loyalty and build brand credibility. Some of these Cafes include; 1. Café Roma – Muyenga 2. Ban Café Oasis Mall 3. Ban Café – Grand Imperial 4. Bean Café – Kansanga 5. Jakob’s Cafe – Kansanga 6. Cafe’ Marie – Quality Mall 7. Tuttle Fruitti – Garden City Mall 8....

Now, imagine you have a Bluetooth speaker, a virtual assistant (Alexa, Google Assistant, etc.), and a tablet-sized interactive display screen all as one device? That’s a smart display. What Can You Use it For? Well, smart displays are very versatile. They can even be used to watch your favorite movies and TV shows or used as a karaoke machine to display the lyrics on the screen while you’re listening to your favorite playlist....