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  • itel, Lagos Food Bank worried over Nigeria’s extreme poverty

    Just recently, Nigeria, overtook India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians, or around half of the country’s population, thought to be living on less than $1.90 a day.

    The findings, based on a projection by the World Poverty Clock and compiled by Brookings Institute, show that more than 643 million people across the world live in extreme poverty, with Africans accounting for about two-third of the total number.

    In Nigeria, as with other countries on the continent, that figure is projected to rise. “By the end of 2018 in Africa as a whole, there will probably be about 3.2 million more people living in extreme poverty than there are today,” the researchers stated.

    Perturbed by this sad reality, Africa’s mobile phone giant, itel Mobile, in partnership with Lagos Food Bank took a poverty amelioration Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to give back to the residents, particularly school-aged children of Agboyi-Ketu community, a Lagos suburb.

    In a statement, itel said the hunger prevention initiative of feeding Nigerians is part of its commitment to building a better world by aligning its consumers and products to help eliminate hunger through its CSR program, adding that “itel always love on campaign.”

    During the visit, itel gave out to the community residents- school-aged children, products such as school bags, food items, clothes, books, writing materials, as well as sensitising the community through skilled volunteers.

    According to Marvin Umbeiye, itel’s Marketing Manager, itel demonstrated its concern for the community by offering its best resources to keep the momentum of giving going.

    Umbeiye said: “I am very proud to be part of a brand whose priority is giving back to the communities where we live and work. The joy our CSR activities give the families, make me positive that Itel will continue to improve livelihoods, until the Nigeria we crave for is achieved. We are very hopeful for a brighter and more sustainable future.”

  • itel introduces A32F

    Africa’s Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), itel  mobile has strengthened its A series portfolio with the launch of its stunning smartphone, itel A32F.

    Sporting a beautifully crafted metallic unibody design with 5.0″ inch FWVGA big screen display, this latest device is said to be itel’s entry-level first fingerprint smartphone.

    The rear mounted multi-functional fingerprint scanner offers more than just unlocking the device speedily or answering calls, taking pictures or quick launch apps in 0.2 seconds, it actually allows users to program up to eight fingerprints while carrying out all these functions.

    Itel A32F runs on the latest Android Oreo System (Go edition) operating system. This upgraded OS comes with new and reimagined Google apps such as the YouTube GO and Google GO which enhances faster browsing while using less data. All these are tailored towards giving users a smoother and faster smartphone usage, while saving data and managing storage capacity.

    Other features include 1.3GHz quad-core processor for easy multi-tasking, 1GB of RAM + 8GB of ROM, expandable up to 32GB, 5MP + 2MP rear and selfie camera and a 2050mAh battery capacity with fast support charging.

     

     

  • itel lauches affordable dual camera phones

    •Celebrates 10th anniversary

    Itel Mobile, has unveiled its latest mobile devices- itel S12 and S32 at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. This is part of its 10th anniversary.

    Speaking at the event, its Marketing Communications Manager, Oke Umurhohwo, said the newly launched itel Selfie centric phones are affordable, sleek and of high quality. The newly launched phones sells for N24, 000 and N32, 000 respectively.

    He said his firm is aware of the demands of its customers, hence the reason it introduced the most affordable dual selfie camera phones in Africa.

    Extolling the featues of the new phones, Umurhohwo explained that the new entrants come with an innovative front camera with capacity to capture more people in a single selfie shot.

    “Besides, when compared to the previous S31, the latest S32”, he explained, “boasts of 63° portrait lens for solo selfie and an ultra-wide 86° angle lens, which makes it easy for users to take group selfie.

    “Judging by the itel mobile trajectory, it is hard not to be excited for what the brand intend to achieve in the future. This can be seen today with launch of three new models S32, S32 LTE and S12; a clear upgrade on previous products. The three new models all come with Dual selfie cameras as well as fingerprint, with the S32 LTE version having 4G network ability,” he said.

    Commenting on itel mobile success, Umurhohwo said itel has always put the customers at the forefront of its business. “We believe that by providing customers with affordable, reliable and trendy mobile devices, we can allow more people get connected with the rest of the world in an efficient way.

    “With such belief in mind, itel is continually making efforts to get close to customer. The community is also at the core of itel Mobile’s philosophy. This has made the brand develop a robust CSR policy on education via the “Love Always On” initiative. Through the Love Always On campaign, various life-touching projects geared towards empowering pupils and students in different schools were carried out. Some of such projects include provision of education materials to school children, scholarships to brilliant students, as well as sponsorship of different student events across different tertiary institutions. As at October, 2017; over 1,300 students have benefited directly from itel mobile education support initiative,”he said.

    On service care issue, Umurhohwo  said the company has provided trained engineers, as well as made spare parts available for free software repairs. “It’s been 10 years of a fantastic journey. It is a milestone, we have grown over the years and this means beyond just selling our phones, we take service delivery more seriously and follow our users all the way as we are a people friendly phone,” he said, adding that itel phones are known for durability as the tides are changing.