Yorubas in Medicine,Science and Technology

Na my twin be this. He's the BabaHafusa to Ileke's life. 

His profile is impressive. 

Thanks oga. 

lmaoooo   Ko to be yen abeg. All I said was the ngga is fine as f. 

You want my enemies (ajanaku lol) to come and tell me that I'll be heartbroken by Mr. Sexy over there? 

Mark Zuckerberg commends Jobberman founders as Internet.org Free Basics launches in Nigeria






Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Facebook and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to less developed countries by increasing efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models around the provision of Internet access.

The app delivering these services is named Free Basics.

Free Basics and Internet.org has been controversial in several countries such as India, however, many still argue that the benefits outweigh the net neutrality issues.

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Mamalette Founder, Anike Lawal, is Proof that Women are Ready to Disrupt the Tech Ecosystem


Mamalette provides tools and resources that help Nigerian mothers and mothers-to-be connect with others going through similar experiences. Founded by Anike Lawal, Mamalette launched in late 2013 and since then has become the go-to community for Nigerian mothers. Over 70,000 mothers and mothers-to-be look to Mamalette as a home to discover and connect with information that can help shape and improve their lives. Taking the community offline, Mamalette is organizing a motherhood expo – Mamalette Live which will hold on the 14th of November 2015.

Techpoint spent an afternoon with the industrious founder to discuss the journey so far and what is to come.

So how has the journey been so far?

I didn’t expect it to be easy though… you know I’ve had the good days, the ups and downs but I think the reason I’m still sticking to it is because I believe in it and I believe that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel while maybe a lot of people can’t. I have some family members who probably think “what’s she doing?’’ and I remember one of my cousins asking me “When are you doing to get a real job?”. I can see the vision of where I want to take Mamalette to. I’m not there yet and that’s why I’m still sticking to it.

What are the future plans?

What are my future plans… to dominate, to take over Africa. I want every single woman once she becomes a mother and is pregnant or is even thinking of getting pregnant, the first thing she thinks about is Mamalette and Mamalette for information, Mamalette as a guide to help her through her journey; because a lot of people just assume that when you get married and you have sex you should know how to cope with everything else that comes but really it doesn’t work that way. You know a lot of women find it very strange because different things are happening to you and to your body and you have all the symptoms and then the baby comes and every baby is actually different. Oh you might feel your first child and second child should be the same but it is totally different. So you have questions and you have concerns and a lot of mothers are modern you know we have tools that our parents did not have – so many apps you can use, you can just Google stuff. So basically when you have a mother or mother in law telling you outdated stuff you kind of question it and want to know what other women like you are going through. That’s what Mamalette is – to create that community where women feel they are not alone especially new ones. So that’s the aim – to dominate and take over.

CEO & Founder of Quickteller

Perhaps the most popular of them all, Quickteller by Interswitch is a money transfer and bill payment platform. It charges ₦100 per transaction. There is also the Verve World app, which is an extension of Quickteller that enables cardless ATM withdrawals.


Quickteller Partners Blackberry To Integrate Payments With BBM

With this partnership, BBM users with a Nigerian bank account can make a request for money, airtime and payment for services from one of their BBM contacts. The Quickteller Mini App enables this in a secure and user-friendly way. This service is as easy as sharing a photo or file while chatting with a contact on BBM. You simply select the attachment option, choose Quickteller, enter the amount and make a request. The recipient of the message simply taps it and enters their account details. The money is credited to the recipient’s bank account instantly.