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Konga Back-To-School Goes Live Today
As the Nigerian educational sector braces for another academic session, Konga, Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant, reaffirms its commitment to improving education in Nigeria as it kicks off its much-anticipated Back-to-School campaign today, Monday, August 19th, 2024.
Running until Friday, September 30th, 2024, the campaign promises to deliver unbeatable deals and discounts of up to 80% on a wide array of products tailored to meet the needs of everyone involved in the educational sector—parents, students, teachers, and institutions.
Kunle Ajani, Head of Marketing at Konga Group, expressed the company’s commitment to supporting the educational sector.
“At Konga, we understand the challenges that parents, students, and educators face as they brace for another academic year. Our goal is to make the back-to-school season as seamless and affordable as possible. With up to 80% discounts, we are confident that everyone will find what they need to make this academic year successful.”
Konga’s Back-to-School campaign features a series of carefully curated packages designed to meet the specific needs of different educational stages: Pre-School Deals, Primary School Deals, Secondary School Deals, Teacher Deals, and Educational Institution Deals.
Pre-School Deals: This package caters to the needs of the youngest learners. Understanding the foundational importance of early childhood education, Konga has assembled a comprehensive selection of products specifically designed to meet the needs of preschoolers. These include diapers, wipes, baby food, toys, art supplies, clothing, lunch boxes, and educational playsets to stimulate early development.
Primary School Deals: For pupils in primary school, Konga offers an array of products that cater to their growing academic and extracurricular needs. The primary school deals include school bags, lunch boxes, cutlery sets, water bottles, stationery sets, sports equipment, tablets and learning devices, clothing, and durable footwear.
Secondary School Deals: These students face increasing academic pressures and need the right tools to succeed. Konga’s secondary school deals feature backpacks, scientific calculators, geometry sets, dictionaries, textbooks, sports equipment, clothing, laptops and tablets, and other essential school supplies.
Tertiary Deals: This caters to undergraduates in universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. Konga has put together deals that cater to their academic and lifestyle needs: laptops, desktops, tablets, stylish fashion, groceries, beauty, health and personal care items.
Teachers’ Deals: Konga recognizes the invaluable role of teachers in shaping students’ futures. To that end, it has curated a special package for educators. The Teacher’s Deal includes discounts on elegant and professional fashion items, gadgets and accessories, stationery and classroom supplies, ergonomic chairs, beauty and health products, phones and tablets, and groceries.
Educational Institutions Deals: Konga understands the importance of a conducive learning environment. The campaign extends to educational institutions with special deals on classroom chairs and desks; teaching aids like visual aids and projectors, printers, scanners, air conditioners, water dispensers, UPS, cleaning supplies to maintain hygiene, and smart security and surveillance gadgets to enhance school safety for students and staff.
Konga’s back-to-school campaign stands out for its assurance of best-in-market prices due to exclusive partnerships with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Apple, Samsung, HP, Lenovo, Starlink, L’Oreal, Haier Thermocool, LG, Nestle. Additionally, customers can access Konga Corporate or enjoy the benefit of purchasing in bulk from Konga.
Konga’s Back-to-School campaign not only offers incredible discounts but also reinforces the company’s commitment to supporting education in Nigeria. By providing high-quality products at affordable prices, Konga is helping ease the financial burden on parents and educators, while also ensuring that students have the tools they need to excel in their studies.
Don’t miss out on these mouthwatering deals—visit www.konga today and get ready for a successful academic year ahead!
Telecom
MTN, Accenture Conclude OpenRAN Trial as It Eyes Network Shift
MTN Group and Accenture have concluded a proof-of-concept OpenRAN trial that the two companies co-developed.
According to a statement by Accenture on Wednesday, trials of the solution were conducted on MTN’s network in South Africa and Nigeria.
“An initial trial phase exploring OpenRAN solutions was conducted in MTN South Africa’s lab, prior to the live site deployment,” said Nitesh Singh, communication, media and technology leader at Accenture.
“This project provided us with an opportunity to share our experience with MTN through the Rakuten communications platform, and to jointly create the next-generation network that will set new standards for future mobile communications in South Africa and across the continent.”
OpenRAN standards are developed by two main industry bodies, the O-RAN Alliance and the Telecom Infra Project
Operators around the world are experimenting with OpenRAN architectures as these would help decouple the components in the parts of the network connecting a user’s device to the nearest tower, preventing vendor lock-in and potentially reducing costs.
OpenRAN standards are developed by two main industry bodies, the O-RAN Alliance and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
The O-RAN Alliance was founded by five companies – AT&T, Orange, NTT Docomo, China Mobile and Deutsche Telekom – and has the most comprehensive body of OpenRAN standards available.
Telecom Infra Project members include operators as well as service providers, technology partners, systems integrators and other stakeholders, including Intel and Facebook.
OpenRAN technology has seen significant boosts in investment in the US following allegations by US officials that Chinese radio equipment manufacturer Huawei places backdoors and spyware into its networking kit, allegations the company has strenuously denied.
The US and EU have subsequently banned Huawei equipment from mobile networks in the two regions, exacerbating the need for open standards in the access network.
“MTN is committed to exploring innovative technological solutions to reduce the costs and deliver greater value to our customers. We are confident that in time, OpenRAN holds the potential to allow us to lower the total cost of ownership … and unlock the benefits of cloud-native deployments with greater flexibility and scalability,” said Amith Maharaj, technology executive for MTN Group
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Starlink Boosts Traffic for Rural Nigerian Cell Sites 45 Percent – AMN
Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has said that it has connected more than 100 rural base stations in Nigeria to Starlink’s LEO satellite network, which has resulted in a 45% boost in traffic on those sites.
AMN and SpaceX signed a commercial deal in July 2023 under which Starlink would provide satellite backhaul connectivity for AMN’s remote base stations across Africa.
The first AMN base station in Nigeria was fitted with a Starlink terminal in April this year in the rural village of Yebu.
Since then, over 100 base stations in other villages have been connected to Starlink, and AMN said in a statement it expects to double that number before the end of the year.
AMN said that traffic has increased by approximately 45% across all sites using Starlink backhaul, and that some sites are processing more than 25,000 voice minutes per day.
AMN also partly credited the traffic boost at those sites to its software-defined AMN Radio Node (ARN) technology, which enables the base stations to support up to five simultaneous carriers in either 2G+3G or 2G+4G configurations.
The combination of software-defined ARNs and LEO satellite backhaul enables AMN to boost base station capacity remotely with no change to the existing hardware on the site, AMN said.
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SeerBit, Zoho Partner to Simplify Payments for African Businesses
SeerBit, Africa’s trusted payment solutions provider has announced a strategic partnership with Zoho, a global technology company that provides cloud-based business software, to unlock growth for businesses across Africa.
To scale their offerings and drive growth, businesses need to effortlessly manage and receive payments from their customers in Africa.
Consequently, SeerBit noted that the partnership marks a significant advancement in simplifying financial transactions for businesses in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and other African countries who are utilizing Zoho Books.
Zoho Books is a comprehensive cloud-based accounting software that helps businesses take care of their finance, perform core accounting functions, and day-to-day book-keeping.
This key integration leverages SeerBit’s robust payment infrastructure to empower users of Zoho Books with seamless and secure payment solutions to help businesses collect payments online from their customers.
Furthermore, this partnership will enable businesses to enhance customer experience and drive growth through relevant payment options such as card, mobile money and bank transfer.
Founder & CEO of SeerBit, Omoniyi Kolade, expressed delight with the recent partnership, stating: “Our collaboration with Zoho represents a significant step in our mission to simplify payment processes for businesses in Nigeria. Of critical importance to us is ensuring that we empower businesses to achieve their primary goals – satisfying the needs of customers without the hassles of payment complexities.
“This epitomises our shared commitment to innovation and customer-centricity. We are shaping the landscape for payment processing for SaaS platforms within the African business space, while providing businesses with the tools they need to thrive in today’s dynamic digital landscape.”
Equally significant, the strategic partnership between SeerBit and Zoho ensures the availability of reliable payment solutions integrated with essential business tools and software. This collaboration empowers users to scale their enterprises efficiently at the speed of commerce and technology.
SeerBit is a Pan-African payment solutions provider that makes it easier for businesses and financial service providers to make and accept payments from their customers across Africa. Users have the advantage of enjoying flexible features to fit any business with a single integration.
The company is building a unified payment ecosystem that removes the complexity and fragmentation of the digital payment process in Africa, enabling businesses to seamlessly accept multiple payment methods and streamline online and offline transactions.
With 55+ apps in nearly every major business category, from customer experience and employee experience to enterprise collaboration, custom solutions, and business intelligence, Zoho Corporation is one of the world’s most prolific technology companies.
Headquartered in Chennai, India, Zoho is privately held and profitable with more than 15,000 employees. Zoho respects user privacy and does not have an ad-revenue model in any part of its business, including its free products. The company owns and operates its data centers, ensuring complete oversight of customer data, privacy, and security.
More than 100 million users around the world, across hundreds of thousands of companies, rely on Zoho everyday to run their businesses, including Zoho itself.
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