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Jumia celebrates Anniversary of eCommerce revolution in Uganda

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JUMIA, will celebrate its anniversary starting this June in a  celebration running from June 24th to July 14th 2019, with mind-blowing discounts on all products.

In commemoration of its anniversary to mark major milestones achieved over the period of its operations in Uganda, Jumia is holding a mega birthday sale that will see customers get up to 77% discount on all products.

Jumia’s activities in Uganda may have only started in 2014, but the company has made great strides in the e-commerce scene. Growing from an average of 100 orders a day, the online marketplace now processes thousands of orders daily and collectively has over 2,000 active merchants in the country; including over 100 local partners that they have helped develop.

According to the Boston Consulting Group research, just 0.5 percent of all retail on the continent takes place online compared to about 15 percent in China – home to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and 5 percent in India. Now, Jumia has taken on the mantle of changing the ecommerce economic landscape for Ugandan and African entrepreneurs.

Mr Ron Kawamara, CEO Jumia Uganda stated that, “Since launching in Uganda, we have revolutionized the economy through a sustainable impact on commerce in the country. We have added eCommerce as an alternative source of service provision through the platform such as food ordering, flight and hotel booking. But even as we celebrate these milestones, we continue to be innovative in finding more ways to solve problems faced by our vendors and customers.”  

Commenting on the celebration of this anniversary, Head of Growth Jumia Uganda, Mr. Paul Tesar, commended how Ugandans are increasingly embracing eCommerce and online shopping. He noted that top among reasons for this include availability of wider variety in assortment of products, affordable prices, convenience and trust.

Some of the many things to look forward to during the celebrations include the following;-

  1. Jumia Express: Enjoy very fast delivery when you shop Jumia Express. Here Customers get their order products within 24 hours in Kampala.
  2. Insurance: Customers can choose an insurance option for theft and damage of the products they have ordered for, starting from as low as 5,000 Ugx
  3. Additional Assortment: With the introduction of Jumia Global on the platform, customers now have an additional 500,000 products from which to order for.
  4. Mind-blowing discounts: All product categories will be marked down.
  5. Daily Flash sales and treasure Hunts: Get ready for daily flash sales and treasure hunts exclusive to the Jumia app. Imagine buying a Samsung Galaxy S10e for 1,899,000 Ugx.
  6. Discounts of up to 77% on 10,000+ products.

For this Anniversary celebration, Jumia has collaborated with its partners such as: Transtel, Reddington, Liberty Insurance, Samsung, MI, Nokia, BlueFlame and Skyworth. These partners will be headlining the anniversary sale, offering the very best prices on services and a wide assortment of products.

Editors Note: This is a Press Release

MTN Uganda reduces Mobile Money sending fees

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GURU8 Staff
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MTN Uganda has today slashed mobile money sending fees by more than half in a new promotion aimed at giving back to their customers.

MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer Wim Vanhelleputte said that the new offer that will run for eight weeks is in line with MTN’s commitment to driving financial inclusion in Uganda while delivering easier and more affordable services to its customers.

“MTN mobile money is an easy to use mobile money transfer service that is fast and reliable, with transactions being completed in seconds so we are happy to be offering our customers even more reason to use the service as we celebrate their continued patronage,” Vanhelleputte said at the launch.

Vanhelleputte said that MTN has over the years given back to the Ugandan communities and to her loyal customers and continues to do so with Joy. “We have built the largest and most robust network and continue to invest significantly to always delight our customers with great, affordable, efficient, safe and convenient offers.”

“MTN Uganda is passionate about enabling greater connection between people. By giving back to our customers through this half price promotion, we will be enabling people to do more in their relationships by further providing the wide and crucial financial services at affordable rates,” Vanhelleputte explained.

MTN Mobile Money, the first and largest mobile money service in Uganda has been at the forefront of financial inclusion in Uganda since it was first launched several years ago.

MTN mobile money currently enjoys the ‘lion’s’ share of Mobile Money market with over 8.8 million mobile money subscribers. Since its inception, the service has seen over 30 trillion shillings in transactions.

Facts about the Promo:

  • The promo offer applies to only sending money from MTN to MTN numbers
  • To send money, customers dial *165*1#
  • Below is the table showing the old and new transaction fees:

Credit: MTN Uganda

APRM and Cryptosavannah To Cooperate on Promoting Innovation and 4th Industrial Revolution In Africa

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Brian Code
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The APRM and CryptoSavannah on May 23rd entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on promoting innovation and the 4th Industrial Revolution in Africa, through collaboration on various engagements including, The Africa 4.0 Initiative and the Africa Blockchain Conference, among others.  

The Africa Peer Review Mechanism considers innovation as an important component and are interested in working together on common projects with a view to using innovation to support the work of good governance, transparency and accountability in Africa.  

APRM was represented by the CEO, Prof. Eddy Maloka who said he was keen to work with progressive initiatives and innovation that could support the work of good governance in Africa. CryptoSavannah which was represented by the CEO, Mr. Kwame Rugunda as well as Mr. Edmond Macheli, who thanked APRM for their support and applauded their commitment to use modern technology to support the work of good governance in Africa. Mr. Rugunda also extended an invitation to APRM to Uganda in July for the Africa Blockchain Conference, whose theme Africa 4.0 will focus on preparing Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution. 

 
Following the signing of the MoU, the APRM invited CryptoSavannah to their next meeting in June in Zanzibar for further engagement on the use of innovation to enhance the work of good governance, transparency and accountability in Africa. 

On the 3rd and 4th July 2019, CryptoSavannah, the Blockchain Association of Uganda, Africa 2.0 Foundation and Ubuntu Coin working in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance will host the 2nd edition of the Africa Blockchain Conference, at the Kampala Serena Conference Center.


The conference theme “Africa 4.0:  Preparing Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution” will focus on what the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is, what opportunities it presents, what threats it poses and what Africa must do to leverage 4IR for its development. Alongside the conference, will run the “Africa 4.0 Tech Expo,” an experiential journey showcasing the leading technology innovations and applications in Africa. The Conference and Tech Expo will host 3,000 people, comprising the public and private sector, experts and leaders from global technology companies, entrepreneurs, innovators, youth and government representatives. Topics to be discussed include: (i) Africa’s readiness for the 4th Industrial Revolution, (ii) Fintech, payment systems and digital financial services, (iii) The future of work and education, (iv) SDGs and technology for impact. 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), also known as Industry 4.0, is a new chapter in human development, that is enabled by extraordinary technology advances, and is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another.

These technology advances including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Drones and Robotics, among others are merging the physical, digital and biological spheres in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of 4th Industrial Revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value, and even what it means to be human.

Absa Group Migrates Subsidiaries’ Digital Channels & Data Centre from UK to South Africa

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Boses Muhinda
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Absa Group Limited today announced another successful migration project following on from the completion of the core banking system migration of six subsidiaries (Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius and Seychelles) in April 2019. The latest project was undertaken during 18-19 May 2019 and it unlocks further benefits, including upgraded infrastructure and new customer interfaces in some instances.

Absa has now migrated its digital channels and its account origination applications used by ten African subsidiaries — Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Seychelles, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and National Bank of Commerce in Tanzania (NBC) — from the Barclays PLC data centre in the United Kingdom to Absa’s data centre in South Africa.

The latest migration project unlocks a number of benefits for Absa, and ultimately for customers, including:

  • Upgraded infrastructure will result in a more stable and scalable environment for our applications
  • Enhanced monitoring of infrastructure and applications
  • Mobile banking has a new user interface and the application has been revamped for Uganda, NBC and Mozambique
  • The project transfers further knowledge from Barclays PLC team to local teams

“These projects were large and complex undertakings that required meticulous planning by highly skilled teams,” said Paul O’Flaherty, Chief Executive: Engineering Services at Absa Group Limited. “We are proud to have executed them successfully, as part of our broader separation programme which will be completed in the next year.”

Jumia listed on the New York Stock Exchange

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Boses Muhinda
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Jumia Technologies AG (“Jumia”) (NYSE:JMIA), the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, has officially announced its listing on the New York Stock Exchange. This listing is the result of a team success, and all the Jumia employees across Africa rang the “ bell” at the same time in each country and in New York, this listing being the result of a team success.

Founded in 2012, Jumia started a mission to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa, by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers. Jumia further empowers businesses to grow, by using its platform to reach and serve consumers across the continent. Jumia is currently active in 14 African countries with more than 81,000 active sellers transacting online with millions of consumers. The e-commerce platform directly employs more than 5,000 team members in Africa.

“This achievement has been made possible thanks to the hard work of our teams, the trust of our consumers, as well as the commitment of our sellers and partners. All stakeholders deserve credit for this milestone, and we are just at the beginning of a long and great journey. We are going to continue to focus on our mission and to work even harder to help consumers, sellers, partners and all stakeholders benefit from this technological revolution.”said Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, co-founders and co-chief executives.

Windows 7 Goes EOL Next Year – How To Get Ready

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Boses Muhinda
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People usually say that only every second version of Windows is any good. This is not true, of course, but there is a bit of truth behind this saying – those who have used Windows Millennium, Windows Vista, and Windows 8.1 will probably say that there’s more than a bit. Windows users routinely skip some versions of Microsoft’s operating system, continuing to use the previous one until a new one appears – or the old OS loses official support. This has happened to Windows XP, released in 2001, that was officially supported by the developer until 2014 (and there are still computers running it to this day), and this is happening to Windows 7, losing support on January 14, 2020, almost a decade after its initial release. Considering its market share of more than 33% today, it is likely that many users will continue to browse the web, play online casino games, work, and watch movies on computers running Windows 7. Here are a few things to do in preparation of official support running dry for Windows 7.

What does EOL mean exactly?

EOL or “End of Life” means that Microsoft will stop releasing updates and security patches for this version of the operating system. Also, official help and support for problems related to Windows 7 will also end. This doesn’t mean that Windows 7 will stop working on January 14th, of course, but with the lack of updates and patches, computers running Windows 7 will be much more exposed to malicious users, hacker attacks, and such, than ever before.

Microsoft will continue to offer security updates for Windows 7 after January 2020 but these updates will only be available to corporate users and will cost money – support for Windows 7 Enterprise will cost $25 per device per year for the first year, continuing to grow each year until 2023.

Malware protection and regular backups

One of the most important things to do when the support for Windows 7 officially ends is to start backing up your documents and personal files on a regular basis. This is important not only if you plan to continue to use Windows 7 but also if you plan to upgrade to another version of Windows or switch to a completely different operating system.

If you plan to stick to Windows 7 after its EOL, it would be wise if you’d invest in a security software suite. Ideally, it should be an integrated antivirus-antimalware- antispyware and internet security suite to keep you protected even after official support for Windows 7 ends.

Switching to Windows 10 or another operating system

For most of the newer computers still running Windows 7 upgrading to Windows 10 won’t be a problem – Microsoft’s current operating system version has surprisingly low system requirements (it runs on a PC with a 1GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a graphics card that supports DirectX 9). Many home users made use of Microsoft’s free upgrade offer in 2016 – the promotion has ended, though, so the only option remains to pay for a Windows 10 license.

Another option would be switching to Linux. This might sound scary to some – back in the day, Linux was indeed far from user-friendly, but today, installing and using it has become much easier. The best part is that Linux is a stable and robust operating system with many options for beautiful user interfaces and many freeware alternatives to software that costs money on Windows. It takes some getting used to but it’s worth it nonetheless. There are many lightweight Linux distributions that were built to run on older hardware – so even if switching to Windows 10 is not an option, Linux is still a great alternative to consider.

Google Plans to Take OS Upgrades Out Of The Hands of Phone Manufacturers

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Boses Muhinda
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Android is the leading mobile operating system in today’s smartphone world. The market share of the Google-backed mobile OS exceeded 86% by the end of 2018, leaving under 14% for iOS, Apple’s own mobile operating system, and virtually pushing every other contender out of the market. Google lets phone manufacturers heavily customize the operating system they install on their handsets, and also leaves the updates to them – and this has led to some issues on the global smartphone market, namely the heavy fragmentation of Android versions across active handsets. While mobile apps ranging from Facebook and Accuweather to the Betway online sports betting app or even Google’s own apps and services are updated pretty much automatically through the Play Store, a service present on almost all Android-powered handsets, the operating system’s updates are deployed by the manufacturers themselves. And they often delay these updates for quite some time – and for some handsets, perfectly capable to run an updated version of the OS, they don’t even release them (for example, the Samsung Galaxy S5 – Samsung’s flagship for 2014, could run Android 7 without problems but it’s stuck at Android 6, with no official update to be seen).

As of the end of last year, less than 1% of the active smartphones around the world were running Android 9.0 Pie – and the next version of Google’s mobile OS is already on its way. A little over 21% of all smartphones were running Android 8.0 or 8.1 (Oreo), and over 28% of them were running Nougat (7.0 or 7.1). This means that half of all the active smartphones today are running Android 6 or older, down to Android 4 (KitKat). This means that half of all Android users’ handsets lack the latest security updates – and this exposes them to a variety of threats.

Until now, only the smartphones running Android One (a stock Android with no customization and no bloatware) and Android Go (a lightweight version of Android) were getting updates directly from Google. This may change in the near future, as Google has reportedly introduced a new feature in the latest version of the Play Store (14.5.52). According to 9to5Google, the code of this new version of the Play Store adds the possibility to initiate system updates directly from the platform. The code discovered by the website suggests that soon, smartphone owners will be able to initiate operating system updates from the Play Store directly (right now, system updates have to be initiated from the phone’s “Settings”). While this doesn’t mean that these updates will come directly from Google (except, of course, for Pixel devices and smartphones running Android One) but it might suggest that the deployment of updates will become more handy – and more user-friendly. And maybe one day, system updates will be delivered to users much faster and easier, greatly reducing the heavy fragmentation of Android across the world.

What Are the Best Practices for Software Development Lifecycle

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Brian Code
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By definition, software development lifecycle (SDLC) is a systematic, iterative and structured way of developing applications. The steps involved in the SDLC include research, planning analysis, design, building, testing, deploying and maintaining the system.

The advantage of having the software development lifecycle is to develop software that meet or even surpass the expectations of the clients. When the order is adhered to, chances are that there would be minimal gaffes in the software build.

Having an SDLC saves you the pain of starting to build software from scratch. It ensures you are well aware of the processes involved even before you begin developing code.

The other benefit of having an SDLC together is that you get to plan ahead and define your development goals ahead of time.

To examine the best practice in Software Development Lifecycle, we shall observe the seven phases of SDLC. These are: Planning, Analysis, Development, Testing, Documentation, Deployment and Maintenance.

So, what are the best Practices for SDLC

Planning: Being the first step of an intricate process, Planning is a key step in determining your objectives. You should leverage this stage to plan the project requirements at this stage. These requirements will act as your Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

Analysis: Requirements analysis is the next stage in System Development Lifecycle. Best practice demands that you conduct a complete feasibility study with the aim of ensuring all requirements for the project are available.

The requirements may range from the goals to be achieved, the technical assets as well as a team of developers to write the code and conduct tests.

 Also, the metrics to define the scope of project success should be defined at this stage.

Development:  This is where the developers jump in. At the onset, the developers have to be aware of the nature of task they are undertaking to do.

The development task could range from a normal software upgrade, addition of a new feature or even the creation of new software altogether.

At this stage, a project manager or the software engineer should clearly define the nature of the product they want to be developed. This way, developers get to have a clear picture of the deliverables to expect.

Testing: The next stage after developing code is the testing phase. Based on your pre-determined Key Performance Indicators, the code should be tested to determine whether it performs as intended.

Similarly, testing should be able to eliminate bugs in the code, and also ensure that the code performs according to the standards stipulated in the planning stage.

Documentation: The next phase of the SDLC is the documentation. Here you should endeavour to note down all the software changes you perform.

The logic behind this best practice of documenting all the key changes in software code is that it helps you to identify all the specific areas that potentially portend problems.

With accurate documentation, you stand a better chance of having an easy testing phase due to having a clear area of focus.

Maintenance: This is the face that is considered to be the end of software development. However, SDLC is an iterative process.

Once the software passes the tests it is passed up to the IT department to keep it running smoothly. This stage is the maintenance where the anomalies are identified and suggested for coding.

Conclusion

SDLC is by principle an iterative process. As such, these best practice guidelines are sure to help you in determining what to do and how to go about it.

With Opera’s new browser, your cryptocurrency wallet is now much closer

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Davis Kawalya
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Opera’s long-awaited web-browser, Reborn 3, which features an integrated cryptocurrency wallet is officially launching.

According to the announcement, the cryptocurrency wallet in the Opera computer browser syncs with the cryptocurrency wallet in the Opera browser for Android. Opera says that this means wallet keys never leave the users’ smartphone.

In principle, it sounds like a two-factor authentication process. When a user needs to identify themselves or sign a transaction on the blockchain, they will get a notification on their phone. Unlocking the phone with a fingerprint will then confirm said transaction.

Opera first teased of this functionality back in June last year when it added a cryptocurrency wallet to its Android-based web-browser. It made the news somewhat more official in August 2018 when it announced that this wallet would eventually reach desktop browsers.

By September last year, Opera was testing the wallet with a select group of beta testers.

“Previously this was available only in developer or beta and now all of our users will get access to the cryptocurrency wallet,” an Opera spokesperson told Hard Fork.

Users will also be able to browse blockchain applications by typing their addresses directly into the URL bar, Opera says. There is also a built in virtual private network (VPN) that Opera claims is designed to obscure and protect user data from prying eyes.

With Windows 10 you can now pull out your USB without ‘safely removing’

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Davis Kawalya
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We all know that one person who annoyingly reminds you to use “Safely Remove Hardware” before pulling the USB drive out of the slot. They shouldn’t bother you anymore. Microsoft has introduced a new policy that allows you to remove the device without using the Safely Remove Hardware process – as long as you’re not writing data to it.

To be sure, you could actually do this even back when Windows 7 was around – but the OS was set to enable ‘Better performance’ by default for USB drives, instead of ‘Quick removal.’ So you couldn’t just yank out your hardware while it was plugged in; you’d have to manually change this USB management setting before doing so.

The new policy, which was part of the October 2018 update (Windows 10 version 1809), which is now rolling out to all users. Here’s what Microsoft says on its blog:

“This policy manages storage operations in a manner that keeps the device ready to remove at any time. You can remove the device without using the Safely Remove Hardware process. However, to do this, Windows cannot cache disk write operations. This may degrade system performance.”

While the quick removal policy will be the default for all hardware, you can choose “Better Performance” policy for improved system performance. However, if you choose this mode, you’ll have to follow the Safely Remove Hardware process before ejecting the device. Here’s how you can enable it:

  • Go to Start Menu > Disk Management.
  • Select your disk, right click on it, and go to Properties > Policies.
  • Select Better Performance option to enable it.

Now, “Safely Remove Hardware” will be one of those things only 90s kids will remember. Go update your Windows version if you haven’t.

Source Credit: The Next Web

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