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Here Is What Is Coming On And Going Off Netflix in September

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Steven Nuwagira
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Saturday this weekend not only means chilling but it is also a month beginner, which means Netflix is gifting us with its “start-of-the-month” movie dump.
With just days to the final weekend of August, it’s time to start saying goodbye to another assortment of content on Netflix.

Like has been the norm, the biggest streaming service on the planet will be dumping some shows and movies as licenses run out and new content takes its place. Last month saw the dumping of one of my personal favorites, the animation “Sausage Party.” At the moment, it is deleted from Netflix forever.

This weekend shall see a purge on several other movies that will be deleted from Netflix to provide space for other content. Among the films lined up for entry is reknown horror film, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” that was released in 2006.

Originally debuted in 1974, the American horror film followed a group of friends who unfortunately stumble across a family of cannibals. One member of the family goes by the name ‘Leatherface’ and is a psychotic, chainsaw-wielding murderer who wears human skin as a mask.

And although the film was originally advertised as a true story, the events are completely fiction, but it was partly inspired by the real-life serial killer Ed Gein. Over the years the 1974 film has become a cult classic spawning many sequels including the one titled “The Beginning.”

Leaving September 1
1. 13 Going on 30
2. A Royal Night Out
3. Batman Begins
4. Casino
5. Dead Poets Society
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
7. Exporting Raymond
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9. Ghostbusters
10. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
11. Hotel for Dogs
12. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
13. It Might Get Loud
14. Joyful Noise
15. Just Friends
16. Lockup: County Jails: Collection 1
17. Man on Wire
18. Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
19. The Assets
20. The Bucket List
21. The Dark Knight
22. The Descent
23. The Descent: Part 2

Leaving September 2
24. Outsourced
25. Waffle Street

Making arrivals this week

Wednesday, August 29
1. Inequality for All

Friday, August 31
2. Inside the Criminal Mind
3. Ozark: Season 2
4. Paradise PD
5. The Comedy Lineup: Part 2
6. The Laws of Thermodynamics
7. Ultimate Beastmaster: Survival of the Fittest
8. Undercover Law

Saturday, September 1
9. Unforgiven
10. 10,000 B.C.
11. Another Cinderella Story
12. Assassins
13. August Rush
14. Bruce Almighty
15. Delirium
16. Fair Game
17. Groundhog Day
18. King Kong
19. La Catedral del Mar*
20. Martian Child
21. Monkey Twins*
22. Mr. Sunshine*
23. Nacho Libre
24. Pearl Harbor
25. Scarface
26. Sisters*
27. Spider-Man 3
28. Stephanie
29. Summer Catch
30. Sydney White
31. The Ant Bully
32. The Breakfast Club
33. The Cider House Rules
34. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
35. The Keeping Hours
36. The River Wild
37. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
38. Two Weeks Notice

Sunday, September 2
39. Lilo & Stitch
40. The Emperor’s New Groove
41. Maynard
42. Quantico: Season 3

UMEME Releases Half Year Results, Posts Dividend Pay-out of Ushs20.6 billion

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GURU8 Staff
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Umeme Limited has today announced a Ushs12.7 dividend pay-out per ordinary share to all its shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2018. A top official said the total interim dividend pay-out of Ushs20.6 billion was based on the stellar performance of the company over the period of January to June 2018.

The dividend subject to deduction of withholding tax, where applicable, will be paid on or about 11 January 2019 to shareholders in the books of the company at the close of business on 20 December 2018.

Commenting on the results, Umeme Managing Director, Mr. Selestino Babungi said the sector was on a steady growth after the demand by industrial consumers grew by 8.6%, up from the 7.5% registered in the same period the previous year.

“In simple terms, the sector is growing. Maximum demand grew just slightly under 600MW. The main drivers are the large industrial customers who are registering high annual growth rates of up to 13%,” Babungi explained.

He noted that the industrial demand for electricity was in line the GDP growth, which is projected to grow at 6% in the 2018/2019 financial, up from 3.9% in 2017, adding that GDP growth goes hand-in-hand with electricity demand.

Babungi pointed out that the setting up of National Cement Company and the new Hima Cement plant, the two new cement plants in Tororo and the expansion of Tororo Cement Industries, all of which were fully commissioned, boosted the industrial sales.

“Existing industrial consumers like Coca-Cola and Roofings have also boosted their production. The Buy Uganda, Build Uganda drive is helping a lot. The South Sudan and DR Congo markets have also reopened. Commercial use of electricity is fundamental. Industrial use is essential in up taking the increasing generation capacity,” he explained.

The giant utility also registered progress in the energy loss reduction targets in the six months of 2018 to 16.7% compared to 17.5% for the same period in 2017.
“We focused the half-year loss-reduction efforts on commercial losses and are in dialogue with the Electricity Regulatory Authority on specific approvals required for technical loss reduction investments,” Babungi said.

He disclosed that for these efforts, delegations from Nigeria and Mozambique were expected to visit the utility to benchmark on how they are doing this when the regional utilities are struggling to tame their losses figures.

The company has also maintained an average collection rate of 99.2% over the last three years, while the revenue collection rate for the period under review stood at 102.8%, attributed to the rollout of prepaid metering, recoveries of past unpaid bills, timely payment by industrial customers, government agencies and provision of payment systems available 24 hours per day.

During the first half of 2018, the company added up to 82,373 customers to the grid, increasing our total customers to a record 1,207,664. The firm targets to add a total of 200,000 new customers to the grid by end of 2018. Customers on prepaid metering increased to 76.3% of the customer base. Prepaid revenue from these customers represents 24% of the total revenue.

The Full report from of Review of the Results for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2018 can be viewed or downloaded here

Custom Algorithms and Google Natural Language

By
Olena Domanska
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In the modern world, most companies rely on data solutions to drive their operations and that often means using synchronized data analytics systems. Technology not only helps corporations to make more informed decisions, but also to make them faster than before. On average, statistics show that businesses generate up to 2.5 quintillion bytes per day of data, which is why most of them apply Google’s organic language processing algorithms to decode and process information for more precise conclusions.    ​

What problem does the organic language processing system really solve?  

 ​To start, it’s a technology that helps computers to assess natural human language and generate accurate results that are quantifiable. This methodology can be applied to extract data from large amounts of text so as to perform faster analysis, this in turn helps corporations detect and comprehend new business opportunities and strategies hidden in the data they are receiving.    ​

Furthermore, language processing is a powerful tool for analyzing and understanding opinions written by customers via social media chats about their product/service. It can offer real-time assistance to companies seeking to reduce their customer relations taskload, and also enhance efficiency.   ​

In a recent study, comparing Google’s Cloud Natural Language API and a CoreValue opinion analysis algorithm, custom-built by the research team, it was found that Sentiment Analysis was the most crucial element for measuring user’s opinions.    ​

The algorithm system by Google is a pre-programmed computer learning API that gives operators access to various functions such as: syntax assessment, human-machine interaction, Google-driven sentiment analysis, and entity recognition. Moreover, the Cloud Organic Language sentiment checker is an open tool where users can simply call the API and get an estimate value. It operates as a floating point module between -1 and 1, showing whether the whole text string is positive or not and this translates the opinions of customers online.  

​Assessment of sentiment analysis network through supervised machine-learning procedures

Google put great effort into developing its language algorithms by following a certain online research protocol, which may have included:  ​

I) Collecting a large amount of labeled data from multiple data sources, for instance, social media comments, tweets, databases and online publications. Developers could also have ensured that their data was properly backed up and ready for processing.    ​

II) Cleaning the data. This task primarily involves functions such as removing stop words and tokenizing the string. It requires high level processing infrastructure to analyze the collected data, and further re-process it with new incoming data.   ​

III) The next step involved constructing a document-term matrix or DTM from available input documents.    ​

IV) Finally, the developers tested several algorithms to find out which one best suited their plans for an effective language processor. These results were then validated to confirm their accuracy.    ​

One of the key benefits of using Google’s language algorithm API is that you don’t have to be a statistician, plus there’s no need to collect the large amounts of data needed for this type of analysis. The program also supports all their search features in a variety of languages, and has a greater granularity measurement. On the other hand, some businesses prefer custom approaches rather than shelf algorithms due to cost reductions, improved efficiency, full customization options, and accurate insights they are provided.

ICT Innovations win big at the Young Achievers Awards 2018

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Pius Enywaru
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Tech-related innovations were the highlight of Saturday night as the won big at the Young Achievers Awards 2018 that took place at the Kampala Serena Hotel in the country’s capital. The Young Achievers Awards recognizes and celebrates outstanding youth in the Ugandan Community that have excelled in various realms such as the Arts, Entrepreneurship, Media and Journalism, Philanthropy, Innovation, Sports among others.

The biggest win of the night went to Phillis Kyomuhendo, the Co-founder of mSCAN, a technology that allows rural pregnant women to get ultrasound scans at low costs using a mobile phone, tablet or computer. The mScan is a portable ultrasound scanner made of a smartphone and a probe for pregnant women in rural areas.

Matibabu the world’s first non-invasive test device for mass malaria screening that eliminates all infection risks won the Innovation and ICT category of the night. Championed By Brian Gitta, the device is aimed at better detecting malaria not just in Uganda, but across sub-Saharan Africa, where caused by malaria each year occur.

Jean Onyati, Founder & CEO, Akellobanker a service aimed Redefining access to inclusive credit services for farmers and traders​ by use ​of ​financial and non financial data to underwrite credit to the financially excluded communities, took home the Farming and Agro-Processing category award.

The Young Achievers Awards founded in 2009 is an initiative of Reach A Hand Uganda that rewards excellence, hard work and innovations of youth and entrepreneurs in Uganda. Over 100 have been rewarded with this accolade including the Life Time Achievement Award that has been accepted by H.E Yoweri K. Museveni, H.E Paul Kagume, the late Dr. James Mulwana, Sister Rachelle Fassera, Prof Senteza Kajubi, Noelina Kareeba, and Ali Mufuruki.

The Awards were graced by Deputy President of Kenya, HE William Samoei Ruto who was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Here is a Full list of Winners;

The full list of winners:

Innovations and ICT – Brian Gitta, Founder, Matibabu

Farming and Agro-Processing – Jean Onyait, Founder Akellobanker

Business – Nataliey Bitature, Co-Founder Musana Carts

Social Entrepreneurship – Andrew Musoke, Gifted Hands Network

Fashion – Anita Beryl, Founder Beryl Qouture

Film and Photography – Richard Mulindwa, Movie Producer, Writer and Director

Performing Arts – Eddy Kenzo, Big Talent Ent

Journalism – Raymond Mujuni, Investigative Journalist, NBS TV

Outstanding Sports Personality – Lady Cranes

Life Time Achievement Award – William Ruto, Deputy President, Republic of Kenya

Overall Younger Achiever – Phyllis Kyomuhendo, Co-founder mSCAN

5 Key Features that You Should Look Out For On The Itel P32

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Solomon Obwot
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Itel Mobile is on the road of cementing its’ brand among the household players across the continent in the smartphone arena. Their new entrant device itel P32 will help continue to earn them more customers and good reputation thus pursue its ascension as a  serious player, for starters this phone comes in with unrivalled price tag of 330.000UGX and a huge battery of 4000mAh which can take you 3 days on one charge. We have had the first impression and more in-depth review of the itel P32 already. This article covers a few features that make the phone stands out from the others.  

Flamboyant Slim design.

At just 8.8mm thickness, the sleek slim design of P32 repudiates its extraordinary price and makes it look too good for it. Don’t let the price tag riddle you, the slender beauty from itel comes with a 5.5 inch 18:9 full-screen display with some decent bezels and good image quality to play with. It comes in four different colours of champagne Gold, Rose Gold, Black and Cobalt Blue.

Looking for something to supplement your calm lifestyle and doesn’t want to break the bank for it ?, the P32 is a good option with the multi-functional fingerprint sensor it kinda blends in without trying too much.

New Android Go makes the phone runs faster

Android Go edition is one of the most exciting features of itel P32 so far. Imagine with RAM of 1GB and Onboard storage of 8GB the device actually performs significantly faster than most average budget smartphones thanks to the optimised performance of Android Go.

The new OS has reimagined apps designed to use less power and storage yet, still keeping most features of their full counterparts. We are really blessed to witness such an amazing technology being implemented on an entry-level phone like P32 let alone the fact it’s very much in the affordable smartphone window.  

A battery that keeps going beyond normal

The phone parades a humongous 4000mAh battery capacity which undoubtedly outstrips the higher end phones in terms of battery life and keeps you busy watching the videos or glued to your games.

My recent observation and experiences with the phone entails this little device as a monster and an utter power saving one , the phone took me a full 3 days on one charge fulfilling all my annoying social media addictions, a bunch of chat apps opened and the games all running and still took me the whole nine yards. This can be your best travel companion in case you’re going for a long journey and need to satisfy your online addiction and stay afloat with the online world.

Two back cameras are better than one

In the past recent years, we have witnessed more and more flagship phones include two rear cameras in their devices ultimately making it a trend of the moment. Itel P32 tassels the big boys with such a spec as well, the two back cameras also come with a dual soft LED light which allows you to take pictures in low light conditions making it a bonus for the excellent photo quality you’re going to get.

The front camera of P32 features a 5MP sensor and 85-degree wide angle that allows you to take decent selfies that can fetch for you some notable likes on your facebook photos.

Unbeatable price tag

The expansive battery life of P32 will appeal to many but this device stands out from other big battey players in the market. For just 330,000UGx it offers for you what a lot more than what other phones provide at a much higher price. The unmatched performance with Android Go edition and fly sleek style is just an addition to this slender phone.  

How To Unlock Netflix’s Hidden Categories For a Better Streaming Experience

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Steven Nuwagira
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Netflix has always had a master list of hidden categories that go far beyond the usual Action, Drama and Science Fiction. First discovered by the blog What’s On Netflix, they are accessible by anyone as long as you follow a laid out procedure.
This secret, is a better way to browse through the heaps of ordinary titles on the streaming service to get to what you’re really looking for out there.

Like YouTube, Netflix categorizes content basing on your viewer history and this was reiterated by their spokesperson while talking to mashable.com;
“We categorize our content into thousands of sub-genres to help match the right content to the right member based on their viewing history,” Marlee Tart, the Netflix spokesperson said.

However, even then, searching “Korean TV Shows” brings up the same list that appears at the category URL, and searching “Classic War Movies” doesn’t bring up any results.
As such, while some of these categories don’t even come up in a Netflix search, some categories appear to be only used for suggestion purposes.

The spokesperson didn’t share with the website the exact number of genres they use to curate their movies and TV shows, but she said that it changes often.
Those categories that appear hidden can therefore be unlocked with this simple trick.

To access the hidden categories, one just has to simply type specific URLs into a browser.

Each URL has the format:
http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/###

Where the “###” is, you replace with a code that relates to that particular Netflix category you’re looking for.
For instance 43048 is the code for Action Thrillers, 11881 is for Adult Animations and 3761 for African Movies.

You can check out the complete list below.

Netflix category codes:

Action & Adventure: 1365
Action Comedies: 43040
Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1568
Action Thrillers: 43048
Adult Animation: 11881
Adventures: 7442
African Movies: 3761
Alien Sci-Fi: 3327
Animal Tales: 5507
Anime: 7424
Anime Action: 2653
Anime Comedies: 9302
Anime Dramas: 452
Anime Fantasy: 11146
Anime Features: 3063
Anime Horror: 10695
Anime Sci-Fi: 2729
Anime Series: 6721
Art House Movies: 29764
Asian Action Movies: 77232
Australian Movies: 5230
B-Horror Movies: 8195
Baseball Movies: 12339
Basketball Movies: 12762
Belgian Movies: 262
Biographical Documentaries: 3652
Biographical Dramas: 3179
Boxing Movies: 12443
British Movies: 10757
British TV Shows: 52117
Campy Movies: 1252
Children & Family Movies: 783
Chinese Movies: 3960
Classic Action & Adventure: 46576
Classic Comedies: 31694
Classic Dramas: 29809
Classic Foreign Movies: 32473
Classic Movies: 31574
Classic Musicals: 32392
Classic Romantic Movies: 31273
Classic Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 47147
Classic Thrillers: 46588
Classic TV Shows: 46553
Classic War Movies: 48744
Classic Westerns: 47465
Comedies: 6548
Comic Book and Superhero Movies: 10118
Country & Western/Folk: 1105
Courtroom Dramas: 2748
Creature Features: 6895
Crime Action & Adventure: 9584
Crime Documentaries: 9875
Crime Dramas: 6889
Crime Thrillers: 10499
Crime TV Shows: 26146
Cult Comedies: 9434
Cult Horror Movies: 10944
Cult Movies: 7627
Cult Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 4734
Cult TV Shows: 74652
Dark Comedies: 869
Deep Sea Horror Movies: 45028
Disney: 67673
Disney Musicals: 59433
Documentaries: 6839
Dramas: 5763
Dramas based on Books: 4961
Dramas based on real life: 3653
Dutch Movies: 10606
Eastern European Movies: 5254
Education for Kids: 10659
Epics: 52858
Experimental Movies: 11079
Faith & Spirituality: 26835
Faith & Spirituality Movies: 52804
Family Features: 51056
Fantasy Movies: 9744
Film Noir: 7687
Food & Travel TV: 72436
Football Movies: 12803
Foreign Action & Adventure: 11828
Foreign Comedies: 4426
Foreign Documentaries: 5161
Foreign Dramas: 2150
Foreign Gay & Lesbian Movies: 8243
Foreign Horror Movies: 8654
Foreign Movies: 7462
Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 6485
Foreign Thrillers: 10306
French Movies: 58807
Gangster Movies: 31851
Gay & Lesbian Dramas: 500
German Movies: 58886
Greek Movies: 61115
Historical Documentaries: 5349
Horror Comedy: 89585
Horror Movies: 8711
Independent Action & Adventure: 11804
Independent Comedies: 4195
Independent Dramas: 384
Independent Movies: 7077
Independent Thrillers: 3269
Indian Movies: 10463
Irish Movies: 58750
Italian Movies: 8221
Japanese Movies: 10398
Jazz & Easy Listening: 10271
Kids Faith & Spirituality: 751423
Kids Music: 52843
Kids’ TV: 27346
Korean Movies: 5685
Korean TV Shows: 67879
Late Night Comedies: 1402
Latin American Movies: 1613
Latin Music: 10741
Martial Arts Movies: 8985
Martial Arts, Boxing & Wrestling: 6695
Middle Eastern Movies: 5875
Military Action & Adventure: 2125
Military Documentaries: 4006
Military Dramas: 11
Military TV Shows: 25804
Miniseries: 4814
Mockumentaries: 26
Monster Movies: 947
Movies based on children’s books: 10056
Movies for ages 0 to 2: 6796
Movies for ages 2 to 4: 6218
Movies for ages 5 to 7: 5455
Movies for ages 8 to 10: 561
Movies for ages 11 to 12: 6962
Music & Concert Documentaries: 90361
Music: 1701
Musicals: 13335
Mysteries: 9994
New Zealand Movies: 63782
Period Pieces: 12123
Political Comedies: 2700
Political Documentaries: 7018
Political Dramas: 6616
Political Thrillers: 10504
Psychological Thrillers: 5505
Quirky Romance: 36103
Reality TV: 9833
Religious Documentaries: 10005
Rock & Pop Concerts: 3278
Romantic Comedies: 5475
Romantic Dramas: 1255
Romantic Favorites: 502675
Romantic Foreign Movies: 7153
Romantic Independent Movies: 9916
Romantic Movies: 8883
Russian: 11567
Satanic Stories: 6998
Satires: 4922
Scandinavian Movies: 9292
Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1492
Sci-Fi Adventure: 6926
Sci-Fi Dramas: 3916
Sci-Fi Horror Movies: 1694
Sci-Fi Thrillers: 11014
Science & Nature Documentaries: 2595
Science & Nature TV: 52780
Screwball Comedies: 9702
Showbiz Dramas: 5012
Showbiz Musicals: 13573
Silent Movies: 53310
Slapstick Comedies: 10256
Slasher and Serial Killer Movies: 8646
Soccer Movies: 12549
Social & Cultural Documentaries: 3675
Social Issue Dramas: 3947
Southeast Asian Movies: 9196
Spanish Movies: 58741
Spiritual Documentaries: 2760
Sports & Fitness: 9327
Sports Comedies: 5286
Sports Documentaries: 180
Sports Dramas: 7243
Sports Movies: 4370
Spy Action & Adventure: 10702
Spy Thrillers: 9147
Stage Musicals: 55774
Stand-up Comedy: 11559
Steamy Romantic Movies: 35800
Steamy Thrillers: 972
Supernatural Horror Movies: 42023
Supernatural Thrillers: 11140
Tearjerkers: 6384
Teen Comedies: 3519
Teen Dramas: 9299
Teen Screams: 52147
Teen TV Shows: 60951
Thrillers: 8933
Travel & Adventure Documentaries: 1159
TV Action & Adventure: 10673
TV Cartoons: 11177
TV Comedies: 10375
TV Documentaries: 10105
TV Dramas: 11714
TV Horror: 83059
TV Mysteries: 4366
TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 1372
TV Shows: 83
Urban & Dance Concerts: 9472
Vampire Horror Movies: 75804
Werewolf Horror Movies: 75930
Westerns: 7700
World Music Concerts: 2856
Zombie Horror Movies: 75405

Backups from WhatsApp To Stop Counting Towards Your Google Drive storage

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Steven Nuwagira
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WhatsApp users world wide have a reason to smile after the messaging app reached a major understanding with a fellow multinational and technology powerhouse Google Inc.
Starting November this year, you won’t need to sacrifice valuable Google Drive storage space to back up your messages.

As has been the norm, any WhatsApp data that was backed up onto Google’s Drive counted toward the space you had available in the cloud. But WhatsApp, now a part of Mark Zuckerburg’s Facebook, cut a deal with Google to make those backups completely free, even while staying inside your personal account.
Critics, while applauding the move, asserted and clearly so, that it is going to be a handy way to keep tabs on all of your messages if you lose or break a phone that you use regularly for messaging.

WhatsApp backups will stop counting towards your Google Drive storage

Important to note is that WhatsApp is a little different from other texting apps that store messages on their servers since it requires users to back up their messages to another company’s cloud service to sync chats between phones. Apple users have their messages stored in iCloud, while their Android counterparts have always used the Google Drive.

However, the development comes with some notices. As result of that November update, any WhatsApp backups that haven’t been updated for more than a year will be wiped out.
And as usual, the company recommends connecting your phone to Wi-Fi when doing any backups, since “backup files can vary in size and consume mobile data, causing additional charges.”

What’s remaining is that WhatsApp users can still set up their account to automatically back up any chats to the cloud or their device’s local storage, or they can do it manually by going into the app’s “settings” tab.

Here Are Answers To All Your Questions About MoMoPay

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GURU8 Staff
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An Example of MoMoPay Poster Showing a Merchant Code (Source: Hotel & Restaurant Expo)

After MTN Uganda launched MoMoPay in Uganda, some have been curious to find about MTN’s service and we have compiled the commonest questions together with their answers

What is MTN MoMoPay?

This is a service that enables customers to pay for goods and service using MTN Mobile Money (MTN MoMo). A customer should simply dial *165*3# and enter the 6-digit merchant code on display at the Merchant premises.

MTN MoMoPay can be used any MTN Mobile Money registered customer at a registered merchant premise e.g. a shop (duuka), supermarket, pharmacy, salon.

What is the difference between MTN MoMopay and the current sending of mobile money?

A customer is charged when they send Mobile Money while paying for goods and services using MTN MoMoPay is free for the customer.

How do I use the MTN MoMoPay service?
When paying for goods or services, simply dial *165*3# and then enter the Merchant Code, followed by the amount. Enter your MTN Mobile Money PIN to confirm the payment. You can also use the MyMTN App. Go to the Mobile Money section, select MoMoPay and either enter the 6-digit code or scan the QR code and follow the steps.

How much does it cost to use MTN MoMoPay?
All payments you make using MTN MoMoPay are free.

How long will it take for the MoMoPay merchant to receive payments through MTN MoMoPay?

MTN MoMoPay payments are received immediately and both the customer and the merchant are notified via SMS with details of the transaction.

Who can use MTN MoMoPay?

MTN MoMoPay is available to all MTN Mobile Money (MTN MoMo) customers and can be used at different MTN MoMoPay registered locations including shops, kiosks, market vendors, restaurants, clinics, salons, bars, supermarkets, pharmacies, hotels, cafes, petrol stations and more.

What are some of the many benefits of using MTN MoMoPay

  • Using MTN MoMoPay is free for the customer.
  • MTN MoMoPay enables cashless transactions for increased security.
  • Pay any amount without worrying about change e.g. UGX 10,500, UGX 20,900, UGX 30,999 etc.
  • Customers can buy airtime from the merchant.
  • Customers will be able to pay for their utilities like UMEME and NWSC at an MTN MoMoPay location (Coming soon)

Source: MTN Uganda

MTN Launches ‘MomoPay’ To Enable Cashless Payments

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Boses Muhinda
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After shopping at Masters Supermarket, Ntinda, Elsa Muzzolini - General Manager Mobile Financial Services at MTN Uganda confirms her bill before paying using MoMoPay.

MTN Uganda, in a bid to further Uganda’s cashless economy has today introduced to customers a payments solution, MoMoPay. MoMoPay allows customers to pay for goods and services at no extra costs. Retailers like supermarkets, wholesale traders, shop keepers, pharmacies, restaurants and bars among others are now merchants that accept payments using MoMoPay. For customers, they will be making payments for the goods and services using MoMoPay at no extra cost – like sending withdrawal fees.

“When we introduced MTN Mobile Money, it revolutionized money transactions in the country. However, there is still one problem we need to solve. That is reducing cash transactions by taking out withdrawal charges, which makes it quite costly. It is the better way to pay,” explains Christopher Ssali – Senior Manager Mobile Financial Services Products – MTN Uganda

For several months now, MTN Uganda has been recruiting merchants like supermarkets, garages, shops and restaurants among others. There are now in excess of 25,000 merchants that customers can use to receive payments. Upon a merchant being approved, they receive a special merchant code to indicate that they accept MoMoPay. For a customer to make a payment, they will dial *165*3# or use the MyMTNApp, enter the merchant code and pay the exact amount for the goods they have purchased.

“Currently, when customers want to make payments using mobile money, they will be asked to add withdrawal fees to the amount. With MoMoPay, the customer pays the exact amount for the goods purchased, providing that incentive not to move around with cash,” Christopher Ssali added.

MTN Mobile Money, which currently has over 8.8 million customers, has transacted over Ugx30trillion since inception in 2008. What still exists are the cash transactions that put customer and merchants at risk, when moving the money.

“The risks of carrying money by both customer and merchant are high, unlike MoMoPay. The merchant will receive payment directly into their mobile money account and they will be able to use it for several other features like making salary payments, transferring it to their bank account, purchase airtime for customers – and earn a commission, among others,” said Elsa Muzzolini, the General Manager Mobile Financial Services at MTN Uganda.

Merchants will be charged 1% on each transaction for an individual and 2% on a business merchant payment.

“The benefits for the merchant are many. They can earn commission for selling airtime. There will be improved financial control because they will avoid cash shortages and safety and security of the funds received, at the premises and for the merchant’s employees. Furthermore, merchants can even pay their suppliers with MoMoPay. For instance, a hardware shop may want to re-stock cement. Using MoMoPay, they will transfer funds directly to the account of their supplier and the cement will be delivered,” Muzzolini explains.

MoMoPay is the latest addition to Mobile Money’s arsenal of tools that helps combat the pain experienced by customers when making transactions. Over the next months, MTN will be looking to recruit merchants and where the MoMoPay will be displayed means payments are now acceptable.

 

The Itel P32 Review: Slender Pocket Size, Dual Rear Camera and Mega Battery Rule

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Solomon Obwot
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My first experience with Itel mobile phones stretches back to last December when I got for myself the uncommon Itel P51 phone as a Christmas gift from a friend, being a heavy user I was somehow disappointed with the specs and its performance which forced me to relentlessly serve it out. In the wake of last month when the news of a new brand of P series hit the market with the P32 model, well my face lit up with excitement since better things come in newer packages I immediately rushed and got myself a piece.

Luckily for me, itel P32 ticked off most of the boxes when it comes to a decent low budget phone requirements for this year. These include the secure fingerprint scanner, an 18:9 IPS Full-screen display, 5.5. Inch screen and a good battery life. Since some people might argue otherwise, let’s first have a look at some positives and what you may not like about this device.

Display and Design

Itel P32 has a sleek slim light design which ultimately fits at the palm of your hands with smooth round edges and perfectly attractive slender finish. What catches your eyes first is the 5.5 Inch screen and the full body hard plastic cover won’t easily slip from your hands when holding. The 18:9 aspect ratio allows you to view more content without necessarily getting a bigger screen-size phone.

Like most luxurious premium phones, P32 can be unlocked instantly and easily with the multi-functional fingerprint sensor. The arrangement of Power and Volume buttons at the right side of the phone makes it easy to control and those with smaller hands can comfortably carry the 5.5-inch screen phone without any hiccups.

The display is bright even at the lowest brightness level it still hit your eyes strongly especially at night but the industry adaptive settings feature makes the user experience more pleasing. Other great features incorporated to make life easy includes the lock screen clean up, App freeze, storage manager and power saving among others.

Camera


This generation has been blessed with many fancy things thanks to the advancement in technology and in the smartphone conversation, camera quality is one of the discussions you won’t escape when it comes to comparing phone specs and performances.

In this department, itel P32 brings forth an exceptional experience at an unrivalled price. Though it is not at par with the industry standard the colour depths and exposure makes a good showing of the photos. Both the front and back cameras shoot at 2560 * 1920 pixels with some cool emoji elements and filters tones( Black and White and Blue options among others). The white balance exposure isn’t that great and makes you focus for a long time to get a clear shot.

There are 2 rear cameras (5MP and one with a 0.3 MP sensor), the front-facing camera has a 5MP sensor with 85-degree wide angle and the selfie photos looks pretty impressive. I won’t be wrong to say the camera quality can satisfy your photo needs unless you’re a photogenic and needs more likes on your Instagram photos then you can throw in more money for a bigger budget phone.

Battery

This slender beauty of a phone is even a beast when you compare to high-end phones that cost a liver and an arm to buy. The phone has a huge 4000mAh battery which has comfortably taken me straight 72 hours plus on one charge, I last charged on Saturday night until today yet am constantly connected to the internet though with a little phone activity but the battery life is something to be proud of. While some competitors boast of similar such battery size, such longevity is one of the profound smartphone memories some of us will live to tell.

Itel P32 Performance

In the words of great Ned Stark, “he who passes the sentence should swing the sword”, we urge you to remember it P32 demands a respectable package given its puny price. The Quad core 1.3GHZ processor is backed up by 8GB Internal storage and 1GB RAM. What really makes the performance of this phone stands out from other low budget phones I have used is the optimised Android Go version of the Android 8.1 Oreo. Google has done a tremendous job with this copy of Android and it’s a game changer.

In case you are unfamiliar with it, this is Google’s operating systems that have been optimised to work with devices of low powered processors, a small amount of RAM and storage and it mobile has struck a partnership deal with Google to feature it in P32.  The Go edition is remarkable and I can confirm my Temple run test has gone smoothly without any drawback.

What to like

  • Brilliant 18:9 IPS display
  • Humongous 4000mAh Battery
  • Decent Front-facing camera with 85-degree wide angle
  • Optimized performance without phone hang up

What not to like

  • One Speaker for audio output
  • 3G only
  • Camera components won’t satisfy your photo needs
  • Low phone storage

In Conclusion….

Itel P32 houses a number of modern smartphone features like fingerprint and big battery under one roof at an affordable low price budget, however, it counterbalances with some low elements like camera quality. The phone will take for you a nice shot but please do not expect it to rival the big boys in the block.

The performance has been okay so far maybe it will depreciate with time but I don’t expect it to with Google’s Go edition OS anyway if you are student on a tight budget or a business owner supplying phones to your workers, this is one of the best phones in the market you can go with and won’t break a sweat over its unmatched style and performance. 

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