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  • Observer group launches apps to checkmate rigging

    An election observer group, the Election Monitor, has developed mobile and web applications to assist in credible collation of ballot papers at unit, ward and local government levels during the July 14 Ekiti governorship poll.

    Speaking at the formal launch of e-Compare Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election Mobile and Web Applications Autocollation System for Political Parties yesterday, the group’s National Coordinator, Biodun Ajijola, said the technology will help in the transparency of the electoral system.

    Leaders of political parties present at the event hailed the new technology, which was demonstrated by Ajijola saying it will ensure a credible electoral process.

    Ajijola explained the mobile and web applications will strengthen the capacities of political parties during elections and confer greater acceptability on final results released.

    He stated the latest technology has a web interface to enable easy display of collated results as well as originally imputed polling unit results.

    The election observer stressed that each political party is provided with a user account and password to access the platform, adding that polling unit names are indicated for easy identification by party agents entering results.

    Ajijola further stated: “These latest applications clearly show Election Monitor’s consistency in the development of solution specific and need-based technology solutions to address key challenges in Nigeria’s electoral process.

    “For the sake of our nation and our unborn generations, it is pertinent every stakeholder especially political parties support INEC to ensure the 2018 Ekiti governorship election is transparent, free, fair, credible and hopefully conclusive on the first ballot.”

     

     

  • Firm unveils apps for BVN

    Firm unveils apps for BVN

    In its quest to eliminate fictitious address verification during the mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure in banks and other financial institutions, DataPro, Nigeria’s leading compliance Solutions Company has introduced the capturing of the Global Positioning System (GPS) featuring the latitude and longitude of an address.
    Speaking to newsmen in Lagos recently, the Executive Director, Operations of the company, Mr. Oladele Adeoye explained that ‘’Since the company pioneered the outsourcing of address verification by banks in 2010, one major challenge has been how to have a fool-proof method of documenting the process.’’
    In his words, ‘’with the recent introduction of our mobile application, the company is now able to completely eliminate fictitious address verification by capturing the GPS, photograph and all other physical characteristics of any address in Nigeria on-line and real time.’’
    He further said: ‘’The mobile application would eliminate all paper work, guaranty proof-of-work and achieve robust turnaround time.”
    By virtue of Section 3 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act (MPLA) 2011 ( As Amended) all financial institutions are mandated to conduct the KYC procedure which involves the identification and verification of the customers demographics of name and address before establishing any business relationship with the customer. This is to ascertain that the customer is who he says he is, and also confirm if he is the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO).
    However, according to Mr. Oladele, this process is fraught with a lot of bottle-necks in Nigeria because the country does not have a comprehensive, reliable and up-to-date database of names and addresses of all its citizens.
    DataPro with its presence in all the 36 states including the Federal Capital Territory is reputed to be one of the biggest compliance solutions companies in the world.

  • IT firm to launch Apps for “Okada“ riders

    Cleveland International, an IT firm, says it is set to launch two Apps for Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) for security purpose.

    Mr Emeka Ejiro, the company’s representative, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.

    He said that the company was working on two Apps, which are for numeration and for security agencies to identify members in case of any criminal act.

    “We believe that the sector needs to be properly numerated, we need to tag their assets and the purpose of tagging it is to enable us to track them.

    “It helps us deploy the Apps that will help in terms of security which will be shared with Police, FRSC and VIO to verify members in case of any offence committed by members.

    “And a personal Apps for data capturing biometric, which will have the information of the association and its members, “ he said.

    Ejiro told NAN that the informal sector was not organised, saying that with the data capturing biometric it would help the sector in their activities.

    He said that after the exercise the association would be able to identify its members at the state and local government levels.

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  • Visually impaired trains pupils on apps, website development

    A 27-year-old visually impaired Mr. Rasak Adekoya, has trained 60 pupils of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Lagos, on website and mobile apps development.

    After two months of rigorous exercise, the pupils, developed Lagos State laws mobile apps and the official website of the Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

    At the launch of the apps and websites at Ojodu LCDA secretariat, Adekoya said he embarked on the exercise to equip the pupils with skills capabile of imbibing in them the quest to be employers of labour.

    According to him, the training became imperative given the need to catch the youths early enough, to develop them  to be become self reliant in future  .

    He said some of the challenges facing youths could be traced to what he called ‘lack of pragmatic change’ to transform young minds into budding entrepreneurs.

    Adekoya, who lost his sight shortly after graduating from Lagos State Polytechnic, noted that he would carry his gospel of entrepreneurship to 57 schools across the state 57 councils before 2018.

    He lamented that unemployment has become a challenge in Nigeria, saying that equipping younger ones with requisite skills to become self employed is the most ideal choice.

    With about 1.8 million graduating from the tertiary institutions yearly, Adekoye said he felt relevant skills acquisition would help reduce their number in the labour market.

    “I trained these young minds as part of my contributions to better the society. Nobody or organisation supported me throughout the programme. I deployed my personal resources to achieve this,” he noted.

    He urged the beneficiaries to utilise the knowledge acquired to better themselves and the society at large.

    One of the beneficiaries of the programme , a 15-year-old SSS 3 of the school, Master Akintola Ebenezer, said  he was  happy for undergoing the training, saying it had impacted much on his life and perceptions towards entepreneurship .

    He, alongside his 59 other contemporaries, designed the website in such a way that the platform is accessibile while visitors to the site  can get information on Ojodu  LCDA without much hitches.

    “The training and experience is worthwhile for me and I will make good use of the knowledge to improve and develop myself”, he said.

    Another beneficiary a 13-year-old SSS 2 of the same school, Miss. Kaku Kemi Marvelous, said the Lagos State laws mobile apps, when downloaded on their mobile devices, would afford the general public knowledge about the laws of the state.

    The Sole Administrator of Ojodu LCDA, Alhaja Olushola Kokumo, and Principal of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Mrs. Adepoju  Oyefunke praised Adekoya and his crew for the laudable initiative.

  • Visually impaired trains pupils on apps, website development

    A 27-year-old visually impaired Mr. Rasak Adekoya, has trained 60 pupils of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Lagos, on website and mobile apps development.

    After two months of rigorous exercise, the pupils, developed Lagos State laws mobile apps and the official website of the Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

    At the launch of the apps and websites at Ojodu LCDA secretariat, Adekoya said he embarked on the exercise to equip the pupils with skills capabile of imbibing in them the quest to be employers of labour.

    According to him, the training became imperative given the need to catch the youths early enough, to develop them  to be become self reliant in future  .

    He said some of the challenges facing youths could be traced to what he called ‘lack of pragmatic change’ to transform young minds into budding entrepreneurs.

    Adekoya, who lost his sight shortly after graduating from Lagos State Polytechnic, noted that he would carry his gospel of entrepreneurship to 57 schools across the state 57 councils before 2018.

    He lamented that unemployment has become a challenge in Nigeria, saying that equipping younger ones with requisite skills to become self employed is the most ideal choice.

    With about 1.8 million graduating from the tertiary institutions yearly, Adekoye said he felt relevant skills acquisition would help reduce their number in the labour market.

    “I trained these young minds as part of my contributions to better the society. Nobody or organisation supported me throughout the programme. I deployed my personal resources to achieve this,” he noted.

    He urged the beneficiaries to utilise the knowledge acquired to better themselves and the society at large.

    One of the beneficiaries of the programme , a 15-year-old SSS 3 of the school, Master Akintola Ebenezer, said  he was  happy for undergoing the training, saying it had impacted much on his life and perceptions towards entepreneurship .

    He, alongside his 59 other contemporaries, designed the website in such a way that the platform is accessibile while visitors to the site  can get information on Ojodu  LCDA without much hitches.

    “The training and experience is worthwhile for me and I will make good use of the knowledge to improve and develop myself”, he said.

    Another beneficiary a 13-year-old SSS 2 of the same school, Miss. Kaku Kemi Marvelous, said the Lagos State laws mobile apps, when downloaded on their mobile devices, would afford the general public knowledge about the laws of the state.

    The Sole Administrator of Ojodu LCDA, Alhaja Olushola Kokumo, and Principal of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Mrs. Adepoju  Oyefunke praised Adekoya and his crew for the laudable initiative.

  • Union unveils Great Ife Apps

    The much-anticipated “Great Ife Application” was unveiled last Friday by the outgoing leaders of Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The software would enhance communication and interactions among students, alumni and lecturers.

    The computer application, according to the union leaders, is the first of its kind in the nation’s higher institutions. It was unveiled at the school’s ICT Building.

    The union’s outgoing General Secretary, Olatayo Shittu said the Isaac Ibikunle-led administration had fulfilled its promises to students with the launch of the computer application.

    He said: “Ibikunle has fulfilled both his traditional roles to students and modern role through this initiative and innovation. He has achieved beyond the expectations of many and I am happy that I am part of the successes recorded by the team. Many will criticise this great idea, but when we all leave the school, we will know the usefulness of the application and we will be remembered for good.”

    The guest speaker, Prof Ganiyu Aderounmu, who is the Director of Information and Communication Technology unit, said described the application as a good idea and innovation that will benefits members of OAU community. He said: “This is a good innovation that the upcoming administration must sustain to enable the university connects to its past students easily.

    Lukman Fasasi, a 200-Level Management and Accounting student, said: “I believe when the application is launched on the May 1, students will appreciate what the union leaders have done. Getting jobs will be easier and interaction between students and lecturers will improve.”

    Another student, Fatai Shuaib, said he could not wait to download the application on his android phone, saying: “I heard a lot about this application, but I will reserve my comment until I download it.”

    Earlier, Ibikunle said his administration had kept to its promises to leave the union better than it met it.

    “We made a lot of promises when we came on board. We promised to build an application that will connect all members of the university community. We have just unveiled the application and this initiative is to create an online professional platform through which alumni and students can interact. It will also aid lecturers-students interactions, linking alumni together and makes information dissemination easy with jobs advert from Jobberman,”he said.

    At the event were Deputy Director of ICT unit, Mr Olakanmi Adewara; Chairman Encomium Technologies, Habib Lawal, and members of the incoming SUG administration.

  • Carmudi’s mobile apps take Nigeria by storm

    Carmudi’s mobile apps take Nigeria by storm

    Firm’s MD talks about the impact of Carmudi’s mobile app during the Social Media Week in Lagos, TONIA ‘DIYAN writes.

    Mobile Apps are booming in Nigeria. Studies see an annual increase of over 30 per cent in the use of apps in Nigeria, both for local and global apps. Carmudi.com.ng, Nigeria´s number one car site, recently launched its local mobile app. During the Social Media Week (SMW), Christian Keller, the Managing Director of Carmudi Nigeria exlaind  why the Carmudi app was crucial to the company’s success and how it has changed the way Carmudi is able to connect with its customers – buyers and sellers of cars.

    In the second half of 2014, Carmudi Nigeria launched a mobile app. What first started as a side project quickly became its biggest growth driver. “We see extremely strong growth rates on our mobile app usage”, says Keller, during the Social Media Week panel discussion, recently.

    To understand why mobile apps play a special role in African countries, Keller pointed out that  “Africa is a Mobile First continent. People immediately adopted phones without making the detour through desktop Personal Computers (PCs) or laptops. That is why mobile is even more important to Africa. Studies have shown that by 2017, 334 million Africans will be connected to the internet via smartphones – the majority of them without having seen the internet on a desktop before.”

    Explaining the rational for businesses to create an app, he said,  “Customers on mobile apps are more loyal than website users. They return more often to the service and it is easier to keep in touch with them over notifications – much of which cannot be achieved with a mobile website alone. In the case of Carmudi, he explained  that  the firm’s mission is to make car buying and selling as easy as shopping for daily groceries. “People need to gain access to the entire available market anywhere and anytime to arrive at an informed decision. The Carmudi app allows customers search for the right car on the go or upload a car in less than  two minutes.”

    The Carmudi app allows people to find their next car at the convenience of their mobile devices. Just like the website, it features 30,000 verified cars which are available for sale in Nigeria, but makes it more convenient to use. Users can directly call a seller from their phone or upload their cars with the phone´s camera. Interested sellers can send their notifications directly to their app and searches can be saved.

    The SMW is one of the events which has branched out from the mobile phone market in Africa, and has become one of Africa’s leading mobile industry events. With various industries present on the mobile market, Carmudi Nigeria, which is Nigeria’s leading online car site, was present at the SMW event to share its story in the African mobile market.

    Carmudi, which was founded in 2013 is currently available in 20 countries around the world. The vehicle marketplace offers buyers, sellers and car dealers the ideal platform to find cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles online.

     

  • New apps for online shopping

    Konga.com, Nigeria’s online mall recently unveiled a shopping app for the internet online shopping platform, marking the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make online shopping convenient and accessible to everyone. Konga customers, who use iPhone, iPad and iPod, touch devices can now shop on the go with ease and discover the hottest deals on hundreds of thousands of unique items.

    The free app offers a variety of features that make the shopping experience on Konga.com pleasurable. Users can now securely access their Konga account and pay for items using their debit cards or Konga wallet, view push notifications on the latest deals and top-selling items, add selected items to cart, order products in three steps and keep track of all orders. The Konga iOS app is a convenient, secured and fast way to access the full range of products and services on Konga.com.

    With the Konga iOS app, shopping on your iPhone or iPad is beyond tempting. Konga has managed to create an intuitive UI and navigation, which makes popular categories and products quite easy to discover, with a clean presentation style for search results and item profiles. Plus it’s shop-on-the-go right from the comfort of an Apple device

  • New apps for online shopping

    New apps for online shopping

    Konga.com, Nigeria’s online mall recently unveiled a shop ping app for the internet online shopping platform, marking the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make online shopping convenient and accessible to everyone. Konga customers, who use iPhone, iPad and iPod, touch devices can now shop on the go with ease and discover the hottest deals on hundreds of thousands of unique items.

    The free app offers a variety of features that make the shopping experience on Konga.com pleasurable. Users can now securely access their Konga account and pay for items using their debit cards or Konga wallet, view push notifications on the latest deals and top-selling items, add selected items to cart, order products in three steps and keep track of all orders. The Konga iOS app is a convenient, secured and fast way to access the full range of products and services on Konga.com.

    With the Konga iOS app, shopping on your iPhone or iPad is beyond tempting. Konga has managed to create an intuitive UI and navigation, which makes popular categories and products quite easy to discover, with a clean presentation style for search results and item profiles. Plus it’s shop-on-the-go right from the comfort of an Apple device

  • Apps underway for ‘Nnenna & Friends’ brand

    Apps underway for ‘Nnenna & Friends’ brand

    Face of children variety show, ‘Nnenna and Friends’ Yinka Olukunga, has attracted the patronage of other brands, including Etisalat, with which she is in talks on developing an application for the programme.

    Through a symbiotic relationship, Nnenna, as she is fondly called, is spreading her tentacles from the usual Live Shows and TV programmes, to partnering with top brands that are equally concerned with the welfare of youths and children.

    The model, actress, and singer currently anchors the ‘Nnenna and Friends Brain Power Game’, an educative TV programme and platform that gives the children room for improved learning, airing every Monday on AIT Network and Tuesday on wapTV channel 116 on Startimes.

    Hosting events like the ‘Bobo Kids with Voices’ organized by Bobo Food and Beverages, and the L’Oreal Dark and Lovely ‘Mum and I’ Beauty Pageant, where she performed alongside Desmond, a 12-year-old comedian from the Nnenna and Friends group of young stars, Nnenna appears to be feathering the success story of Wale Adenuga Productions, as a family-centric company.