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Who is Africell. WIth headquarters in Banjul Gambia, Africell is a subsidiary of Africell Holdings with three mobile subsidiaries in Gambia, Sierra Leone and DRC. Africell has a combined active subscriber base of over 7 million as of Q4 2013 according to Wikipedia. ITWeb, reports that Africell holds a dominant leading market share in Gambia and Sierra Leone and was able to achieve a 20% market share in the DRC in less than two years of operations facing well established operators....

As such, the search engine has been toying with many ways to provide connectivity in areas that are un-connected, especially those in Africa. Obviously Google’s ambitious attempts aren’t at all philanthropic (as it would want us believe!), but are strategically aligned with the companies objectives of making the world’s information universally available as it makes money through display Ads. The game is quite simple; the more eyeballs, the more money for Google....

First and foremost, there’s an extensive list that covers at least ten things to expect in the Android Q OS. Whether it’s going to be named Android Quail or Android Quiche or any of those fabulous desserts, Google hasn’t divulged such information neither have leaksters like Evan Bass or Roland Quandt reveal anything close. Having said that, here are additional features that will likely show up on the OS:...

While the list for the best portable SSDs of 2022 is largely subjective from a lived and secondhand experience and also regional availability, we have curated a few names (in no particular order) that keep cropping up on our radar and some we swear by from personal experience. Samsung T7 Portable SSD Samsung reigns supreme with anything SSD and this post might as well be an ode to Samsung’s greatness....

BPO(Business Process Outsourcing) involves relocating business processes that a company usually performs in-house to a third-party service provider, such as a customer care or call center, to carry out on behalf of the company. The BPO industry’s focus sectors include financial services, insurance and telecommunications, with outsourced processes including after-sales services, data capture and conversion, accounting, benefits administration, human resource functions, and website design and development. Business process outsourcing (BPO) and offshoring is a major global trend and the industry, worth an estimated US$130-billion a year, has an expected annual growth rate of about 50% for the next five years....

For obvious reasons, venture capitalists are scrambling for startups in the Fintech space to invest in. They are betting on companies solving financial problems on the African continent. From remittances to neobanks, to payments and lending platforms, cross-border transfers, etc. Chipper Cash is a cross-border money transfer startup that facilitates cross-border payment across Africa. The startup was founded in 2018 by Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled. It began its journey with two seed rounds worth $8....

Despite their similarities, however, both debit and credit cards are different in terms of spending/withdrawal behavior, use cases, and purposes. Do you get confused when you hear debit and credit cards mentioned in the bank, retails stores or anywhere at all? I’m pretty sure you’re not alone. You should continue reading to find out the differences between both cards. Debit card As mentioned earlier, a debit card looks exactly like a credit card....

The new wave of cancel culture didn’t spare it either; many were calling for people to boycott the app until they revise their terms and conditions. But with all that happening, it got me thinking did everyone overreact to Safeboda’s new terms and conditions? Could we have had a better conversation? Original Sin Safeboda riders don’t want to take cashless customers but the company is encouraging customers to top up and ride on cashless to pay from the wallet....

In Kenya, the Central Bank has been debating the possibility of the introduction of the Central Bank Digital Currency, aptly abbreviated as (CBDC) for the past few years, a currency that can be exchanged for physical cash. In this initiative, the Central Bank hopes to bypass traditional banks as it would take the role of keeping track of settlements, transactions, and holdings. Should this be adopted, it will no doubt breathe new life into cross-border transactions and will run side by side along with mobile money....

Also See: Where can you stream Kenyan Music online What is involved The deal solidifies Disney’s position as the giant of Hollywood with access to all of Fox intellectual properties and its associated brands like Fox Searchlight. You can add this to other Disney subsidiaries like Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and so on. Furthermore, Disney will also be getting Fox’s Blue Sky Studio which made the Ice Age series and some other interesting animations....

But as data protection laws catch-up, privacy-focused Tech giants like Mozilla, maker of Firefox browser are already ahead of the curve. Mozilla plans to make it harder for ISPs and bad guys to track whatever website you visit by directly incorporating what’s called DNS over HTTPS (DOH) into the Firefox browser by September this year. ISPs can tell which website you visit through DNS queries your phone or computer makes to their DNS servers....

This, at least for those that know what it means, was not anything sweet for the ears and with the festive seasonal promotions already in high gear, one would imagine what has been of the 4G LTE internet service provider. But alas, it was all fake news. In a message detailed to us, the company regrets the rumors that went on and affirms it that they are fully operational and ready to serve their customers as usual....

LNB is an abbreviation for a Low-Noise Block down converter. This is a palm-sized device attached to a satellite dish that receives radio waves which it converts to signals your set top box/decoder/TV-tuner can understand. It’s interesting to note that an LNB helps keep the overall sound and picture of satellite TV from becoming greatly degraded, despite the size of your dish. So, no; bigger isn’t necessarily better, depending on your needs....

The reports shows Mobile internet use doubling year-on-year, with usage expected to increase 20 times in the next five years. This quantum growth in data traffic is attributed to the rise of social media, content-rich apps and video content accessed from a new range of cheaper smartphones. Already Facebook is the second (and in some cases the first) most accessed website in most countries in Africa as we detailed in this post....

But while we wait for UMEME to up its game, we don’t think you should be in darkness either. When UMEME picks on you and hopefully you still have some juice on your smartphone device (better if it’s a katochi), you can keep your house lite up. That’s possible because of clever mobile Apps that turn your rear LED-supported camera into a torch. Now, if your a back camera doesn’t support LED Flash, then, sorry, that katochi is your savior in those perilous times....

Since the launch of the first foldable smartphone, there has been much talk around the cool-looking technology. And surely, we’re going to hear more announcements from other smartphone brands in the coming months. But here’s the thing; the foldable smartphone technology is a gimmick that won’t last for long because it isn’t coming with a solution to any major problem. In fact, it created a few more problems for itself....

The show kicked off at exactly 7pm and was hosted by the king of radio, Spirit FM’s King Wesley. There was a welcoming entertainment from the Burundian drummers that held firmly to their drumming sticks the entire performance. A series of panel discussions ensued on a selection of issues pertaining digital and financial inclusion. The first discussion was on what needs to be done to improve access and affordability of the internet....

Google has announced that it is rolling out a new feature on the Assistant. You will now be able to know whether your flight will delay or not. It will just be as simple as “Hey Google, what’s the status of the flight from Entebbe airport to Jomo Kenyatta international airport. See Also: You will soon send money with Google assistant The Google assistant will then give you an update on the flight and in case of a delay, it will give you reasons for example bad weather....

The problem that BebaPay set out to solve was the unnecessary worries about running out of change amid a bus journey and also misplacement of bus tickets and receipts. One needed to pre-load money onto their BebaPay card, and swipe or tap it on the card reader when boarding a bus to pay for their journey. Also BebaPay used smart cards powered by Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which meant that payments could take place offline....

Now it appears Google finally made its move, opening up a staggering 2 millions apps on the Google Play Store to Chromebook users who hitherto had nothing much in way of applications save what Google was kind enough to avail them in the Chrome Web Store which you have to admit has nothing on Android’s mega repository. This new development announced on the Google Chromebook blog silences Chromebook haters who always found fault with the fact that Chromebooks are made to be used with an active internet connection to fully enjoy the experience....