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Mobile Operators eyes Nigerian Banks uneaten pies in 2010.
Blog Activities at many Branches can be handled by a group of merchant outlets in same locality, cost effectively and efficiently using secure technology and cash kitty of merchant outlets owners.would go down as the year that unmasked the behind the...
[January 4, 2010, 9:14]
Open University prepares to embrace the cloud
News In August Portsmouth University opened a Google Apps service to nearly 30,000 students and reported that within a month it had about 4,300 active users, including people from China, Nepal and Nigeria.
[November 4, 2009, 7:49]
Africans:Mobile but yet left Behind
Blog The major focus of Financial Institutions across Africa is to get out of the quagmire and they are not focusing, intentionally on the unbanked which still hold a significant chunk of the cash in the economy underneath their Bed pillows.In Nigeria...
[October 24, 2009, 11:56]
Portsmouth Uni students get Google Apps service
News So far it has around 4,300 active users, including people from China, Nepal and Nigeria, even though it is still weeks before the start of term. A university has provided its students with free access to an advertising-free version of Google Apps...
[September 4, 2009, 9:26]
Mobile Money and Card payment:Perception Survey in Nigeria ( 2009)
Blog Nigeria with 24million debit cards, 5 Mobile Operators and 7 CDMA operators with total subscription of 62 Million under an addressable market of 140 Million people is the largest market for Mobile telephony in Africa.
[August 23, 2009, 8:03]
Mobile Money : What African Banks need to Know (1)
Blog In a country like Nigeria, the dominant Mobile Operator, MTN, retails the pre paid card through more than 500,000 airtime dealers, agents and stores that are not owned by them. The Banks on the other hand has little or no experiences in working...
[June 24, 2009, 16:03]
Banking the Unbanked African: The Disconnections
Blog With the ear bursting sermons of Banking the unbanked in Nigeria and yet the attitude of the Banks are a direct opposite, it seems to be fashionable to sing the song but never dancing to it. While some Large Rural local governments in some parts...
[June 15, 2009, 15:39]
Financialtechnology Organises M-Payment Nigeria Conference
Blog financialtechnology, a Pan-African financial services technology magazine will host the maiden edition of Mobile Payment (M-PAY Nigeria) conference in Lagos on June 2, 2009 at the MUSON Centre. Sola Fanawopo, M-PAY will bring together stakeholders...
[May 26, 2009, 16:51]
MobileMoney Africa:Interview with Menekse Gencer of MpayConnect
Blog mPay Connect provides strategic, product planning, and business development consulting services to clients interested in offering mobile financial services to their customers.mPay Connect is experienced in serving clients with banked and unbanked...
[May 22, 2009, 12:02]
MobileMoney:Africa's 11
Blog Footprints: Mali, Uganda, Nigeria Wizzit is a bank operating as a division of The South African Bank of Athens Limited aimed at the unbanked and under banked segment of the population utilizing cell phone technology.
[May 19, 2009, 16:21]
African Banks and MNO:Same road different destinations
Blog The statistics is widening by the day.In Nigeria, there are 20 million account holders, 8,800 ATM, 7,000 Bank Branches while Mobile subscription is over 62 million as at April,2009 under an addressable market of 140 million people and landmass of...
[May 15, 2009, 14:42]
MobileMoney:Africa's 11 - Interviews Barry Coetzee of Iveri Payments
Blog Emmanuel Okoegwale of MobileMoneyAfrica, Interviews the CEO of iVeri Payment technologies, Mr Barry Coetzee. Over View.iVeri creates technology for banks and businesses to facilitate multiple-channel transaction acceptance.
[May 14, 2009, 14:03]
Can Mobiles Benefit Nigerian Micro Finance Banks?
Blog Comment I think there needs to be some clarification on the number of mobile users in Nigeria. Micro Finance Institutions target market should be different from those of commercial Banks. If they are struggling to get a piece of the pie, it suggests that...
[May 13, 2009, 14:54]
Can Mobiles Benefit Nigerian Micro Finance Banks?
Blog Micro Finance Institutions in Nigeria though still struggling to get a piece of the pie from stronger and more capitalized commercial Banks, but still coming up with impressive returns in the last few years.
[May 13, 2009, 9:37]
Can Mobiles benefit Nigerian Micro Finance Banks?
Blog Micro Finance Institutions in Nigeria though still struggling to get a piece of the pie from stronger and more capitalized commercial Banks, but still coming up with impressive returns in the last few years.
[May 5, 2009, 8:47]
Africans:Mobile but yet left Behind.
Blog The major focus of Financial Institutions across Africa is to get out of the quagmire and they are not focusing, intentionally on the unbanked which still hold a significant chunk of the cash in the economy underneath their Bed pillows.In Nigeria...
[May 5, 2009, 8:46]
Low Power Computing: African results
Blog Three African universities signed up for the second round of tests: Kenyatta University in Kenya, Jos University in Nigeria and the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe. Our friends at Computer Aid, the charity that...
[April 22, 2009, 10:36]
Tagattitude signs East African Mobile Payment deal
Blog Tagattitude Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Global award winning mobile authentication solutions and payment provider, Tagattitude of France, has signed a deal with MobiPay of Kenya. According to an ED of Tagattitude Nigeria, Emmanuel Okoegwale...
[April 1, 2009, 16:57]
Democratic Visa card for All Africans
Blog Full text of the Interview with the VP - GTPLimited during His visit to Lagos - Nigeria. Emmanuel : International Visa and MasterCard Processors with their new technology are catching up fast in Africa and Nigeria, how is the Global Technology...
[April 1, 2009, 13:02]
The Race for Mobile Money in Nigeria
Blog The telcos in Nigeria are taking the battle to the next frontier in coming months: Mobile Money. The Banks will be at the fore front working with Agents like Micro Finance Banks, eateries, Fuel stations, Transport firms and even corner shops across...
[March 16, 2009, 10:28]
