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Mondia Launches Getmo Games for MTN Subscribers in Nigeria

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Mondia has launched Getmo Games – a new gaming service for MTN Nigeria subscribers. Getmo Games is expected to offer unlimited Android and online HTML5 games to subscribers, based on an All-You-Can-Eat (AYCE) subscription model. MTN customers can play thousands of premium casual games across a wide variety of genres with daily, weekly or monthly subscriptions, depending on the preference of the subscriber. “We are delighted to partner with Mondia to offer this exciting, convenient and innovative platform to our subscribers,” says Chief Digital Officer of MTN Nigeria, Srinivas Raos. “The gaming industry across the world is experiencing a boom because of the benefits of games, which include aiding mental alertness amongst other benefits. AYCE access suits the premium-casual game market, and ...

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Embracing Legal Technology to Stay Ahead

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While the Covid-19 pandemic has enforced new ways of working, the challenge for law firms now is to embrace technology to stay ahead and meet the growing needs of a rapidly changing world and its associated legal challenges.  Technology has affected the global economy deeply. Its usage has been linked to marketplace transformation, improved living standards and more robust international trade.  The impact of the technology economy on the market is very significant. Consider the high value placed on tech stocks like Apple, Google and Amazon. Technology is also changing the face of law practice. Gartner predicts by the end of 2021, 85% of customer interactions will be managed without humans. Bots are revolutionising client service while voice search is transforming internet researc...

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Free ATS Network Management Webinar: Launch Successful Network Management Practice

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Fragmentation typically increases your customers’ costs and risks and slows down the speed of their service delivery. When an incident occurs for your customers, it may be critical to get a technician dialled in quickly to resolve the issue and get their systems back up and running. With this in mind, IT News Africa and experts from ATS Network Management are set to provide insights into the ways you can position ITSM and infrastructure solutions with your customers. Through this free webinar taking place on 27 May 2021 — attendees will learn how to offer their clients true end-to-end network monitoring, analysis, alerting, response, and reporting. Confirmed speakers include: John O Callaghan, Director of Product Marketing at SolarWinds Tony Johnson, Product Manager for the Orion Platform ...

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Twitter is Brings Voice Messaging to Nigeria

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Image sourced from Mission Statement Academy /* custom css */ .tdi_3_9d3.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_9d3.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Twitter is set to test its DM voice messaging feature in Nigeria. “Twitter is where you go to talk about what’s happening. We are constantly listening to what people who use Twitter want and testing new features to make it even easier for them to have conversations anywhere on our service, including Direct Messages (DMs),” reads a blog post from the company. “To make chatting in DMs more convenient, we are bringing voice messages to DMs. This experiment is rolling out in Nigeria. This will give people more ways to express themselves clearly and quickly, whether they’re on the move, or there’s just too much to type.” The social media pl...

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Digitally Protecting Your Intellectual Property Helps Safeguard Future Business Success

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In today’s increasingly knowledge-based economies, intellectual property holds value because of its ability to generate future profits and wealth, as it fuels innovation and growth. Therefore, it is logical that companies need to take precautions to safeguard their intellectual property.  One definition of intellectual property is as follows: “Law: property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks, OR an individual product of original creative thought.” Protecting an intangible asset As can be seen from the above, whether it is a legal or non-legal definition, original creative thinking is an integral part of intellectual property, meaning that it is an intangible asset which can take many forms. Some of the most well-known forms of i...

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MTN Data Introduces New Pricing for EverydayGig Data Bundles

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Sourced from TheTechieGuy (https://thetechieguy.com/) MTN South Africa is expanding its EverydayGigs data bundles as a convenient way for prepaid customers to stay connected by paying once and getting allocated with 1GB of data daily without the fuss of recharging or converting airtime to a bundle. Among the price decreases, the 7GB weekly offer price falls from R149 to R99, 14GB weekly from R199 to R179 and the 30GB monthly offer has been reduced from R499 to R349. Here’s a closer look at the MTN EverydayGigs offers:  MTN Everyday Gigs   Validity  Total Data Allocation   Daily Allocation  Old Price  New Price   1 Day  1GB   1GB  R29  R29  2GB   2GB  R49  R49    3 Day  3GB (New)  1GB  – ...

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OPPO Launches the Wearable Smart Band in Kenya

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/* custom css */ .tdi_3_a55.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_a55.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } OPPO is set to expand its wearable smart device range in Kenya with the launch of the Band in both the Basic Sport and Style version. The all-new OPPO Band features a continuous blood oxygen monitoring function, which monitors blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) every second during sleep. It also offers 12 workout modes and other convenient functions, perfect for active, quick-paced lifestyles.  The OPPO Band can work as an extension of the wearer’s smartphone. They can receive messaging and call notifications, control music playback, and even find their mobile phones through the band. As for the battery, the OPPO Band uses a high-performance, low-power processor. Made with ...

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Top 10 Suspicious Email Subject Lines to Look Out For in 2021

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Despite phishing email attacks related to COVID-19 on the rise, users are becoming more savvy and alert to these types of scams. Real phishing emails that were reported to IT departments related to security-minded users about password checks are steadily rising in popularity. “With COVID-19 being around for over a year now and employees becoming more aware of the types of scams that have come out related to the pandemic, cybercriminals are having less success with related phishing attacks,” says Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of KnowBe4. “While users are becoming savvier regarding COVID-19 phishing attacks, there is a steady increase of those falling for security-related email scams. The bad guys go with what works and in Q1, nearly a third of the users who fell for a phishing email clicked on one re...

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mLab Announces the 20 participants Set to Take on the AgritourZA Limpopo Innovation Platform

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/* custom css */ .tdi_3_36f.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_36f.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } mLab has joined forces with the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to launch the AgritourZA Limpopo Innovation Platform.  This initiative is expected to provide a space for 20 local pioneers to showcase their startups, attract investment and foster a community of innovation. These participants — who were announced by mLab on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, include; Nosetsa Drone Eye Technology Cracking Star technologies. Pedology Smart Sensor IncHub Polokwane (Pty)Ltd Farmers Assistant Farmru Abiri Innovations Riverside Tech solutions The Golden Pathway Investments Dibjalo Solutions CODECS Innovationists Agri-tech Ea...

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Clubhouse Android App to Launch in Nigeria

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Image sourced from Daily Express /* custom css */ .tdi_3_10d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_10d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Clubhouse has announced that its new android app will launch in Nigeria this week. The platform revealed this app last week in the hopes that it would “collect feedback from the community, fix any issues we see and work to add a few final features like payments and club creation before rolling it out more broadly”. But now the invitation-only audio-chat company is planning to launch in Nigeria, Japan, Brazil and India with a worldwide release by the end of the week. Android rollout continues! 🇯🇵🇧🇷 🇷🇺 Japan, Brazil & Russia coming Tuesday🇳🇬🇮🇳 Nigeria & India on ...

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7 Benefits of Virtual Cards for Businesses

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Virtual bank cards are set to take businesses across a new digital frontier, improving banking safety parameters while offering a convenient payment experience. Lauren Deva, Pillar Head for Commercial Transactional Pillar at FNB Commercial, says the move towards virtual cards in South Africa is an essential one for the digital transformation journey of businesses. Moreover, it coincides with the phasing out of cheques, which are no longer accepted as a valid payment method. With that in mind, here are 7 key benefits of Virtual Cards for businesses: Businesses can easily facilitate business-to-business payments. The Virtual Card removes the need for individual corporate cards as it can be safely used by multiple people and the CVV constantly updates. Considerably reduces the risk of on...

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Why IaaS is a Profitable Storage Solution

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) supports the flexibility and scalability businesses need today, while reducing capital expenses – a factor that is increasingly important in the current challenging economic climate. High performance, highly available and reliable storage are critical to delivering enterprise-grade managed services from the cloud. Storage is a central component of an IaaS offering, as it impacts these critical elements. Noisy neighbours equal unhappy IaaS customers As IaaS providers grow, customer demand for performance increases, and keeping pace with the scalability required from storage can be challenging. In addition, many traditional storage architectures require multiple storage tiers, creating disparate service levels, making it impossible to offer a true multi-ten...