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Jumia’s #1 Competitor is now OPay

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If OPay wins intra-city logistics, it will be in a good position to win any ecommerce sub-sector it enters. Jiji and Jumia could be imperiled because logistics is Nigeria’s ecommerce weak point. Konga has a weak moat via its physical stores. Experts expect OPay to activate its ecommerce engines once it has finalized logistics dominance. All the elemental modules are already built up – and just being rolled out in phases.

I refer you to my piece in November 2017 on Opera, the parent of OPay. It now wants to become the “leading payment, ecommerce and other partners” by itself.

Opera’s strategy is brilliant for the firm, but it will put it in the crosshairs of many local companies. As more Africans use Opera, most local companies can experience erosion in their brands. Yet, it is also possible that Opera can move in the path of aggregation where it can make it easier to find leading payment, ecommerce and other partners through its browser. But no matter what happens, I do expect massive dislocation as Opera becomes a platform with commercial activities happening at the level of browser. It will be very interesting: Opera needs a business model to make money.

The Fascinating Opera Browser, Becoming Africa’s Internet

Medcera – The World’s Only Location-Agnostic EMR/EHR, Liked by UN

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Medcera is a web-based EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) system with patient portal. It provides physicians and medical professionals with EMR/EHR and medical practice management technology that includes charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, medical billing, lab, etc and a personal health record for patients. It is the world’s first location-agnostic EMR/EHR which means once you have a health record in Medcera, approved health professionals can access it from any other clinic or health institution. Yes, one and we mean ONE Health Record across all clinics. All Medcera systems run on the cloud with no requirement for any installation; it is supported by bank-level security.

The United Nations field office likes MedceraWe invite you to come onboard and remove all those frictions you experience in your healthcare management. Our technology is world-class. And with partnerships with BeepTool, we are now unbounded and unconstrained to serve health institutions anywhere. Simply, with BeepTool satellite connectivity, even your rural clinics can be live. This partnership will drive our push into rural communities as we work to help Africans organize their health records.

Snapshot of Medcera site

We have a Help Manual now to support users in our ecosystem. Our engineers are always available to assist in case there is a need. 

Sign-up as a doctor, connect partner (lab, imaging, insurer, pharmacy) or patient. Our current service is FREE unless you want customization of some features for your practice.

FleetPartners is Solving Shuttle Logistics Problems for Nigerian Companies

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Logistics has always been a problem for many companies, especially for heavy traffic state like Lagos. Workers often find it tough to be punctual at work and at the same time, be productive after the hustle and bustle to commute to work.

Some big companies have tried to reduce the stress their employees go through to commute to work by providing an easier means of transportation along some specific routes. However, not all fingers are equal. While the big brands can afford it, some find it as a big task to accomplish.

It’s not their fault though, because some  companies are even run on loan from banks. So, finding a possible means of transportation for their employees to commute to work easily may not be cost-effective. For a company to stand the test of time, it has to be cost-effective. Being cost-effective is one of the catalysts for building a debt-free company.

However, I see many companies still struggle in this area. In fact, some companies don’t cut out the unnecessary cost which tends to pile up debts on them. There are many ways to accomplish a goal without striking. This means that companies can acquire some services without having to pay over the odds for them.

Finding a lasting solution to the logistics and transportation of staff should not cost your company a great fortune.

But the question is – ”how do you cut out the cost in a country with economic problems like Nigeria especially in the area of logistics?”

A leading corporate car sharing and lease company, FleetPartners Leasing Limited has made this possible for companies to provide the easiest means of movement for their Staff. Meaning, you can invest the time you would spend worrying about logistics on other areas of your business.

The award winning company has included staff-bus sharing to its corporate car sharing service. This service allows people with executive vehicles like Prado, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Toyota Corolla of latest versions to become Fleetpartners’ assets partners. This gives them the opportunity of turning their vehicles to assets instead of a liability and make more revenue.

Here are the reasons why your company should consider using FleetPartners Leasing Limited: 

  • FleetPartners specialises in vehicle leasing and corporate car sharing.
  • Their vehicles are strategically placed close to the point of use.
  • It provides a cost-effective model that ensures no ownership risk to the client.
  • No need to pay for idle time.
  • You have more time to focus on your business.
  • You save more money and stay debt free.
  • It has an economic and affordable monthly payment package.
  • Company’s idle vehicles are turned into a profit-making venture.

Due to the increase in demand, FleetPartners Leasing Limited is expanding and offering many companies the opportunity to join as partners and make additional revenue. The opportunity is available for all companies nationwide.

According to the CEO, Mr. Samuel Ajiboyede, ”This staff bus sharing service will allow organizations to book seats for their number of staff accurately. This would save them more money that could be channeled on recruitment or other departments of the company.”

He further emphasized that, ”Our staff-bus sharing service is a product of research which identified one of the challenges some companies, especially the small ones face in terms of managing transportation for their staff. What we have done is to provide a service that meets that need. This service is available for medium and big companies that do not want to handle the day-to-day hustle of managing vehicles and drivers.”

FleetPartners Leasing Limited also offers other services such as driver management, fuelling, insurance and tracking. 

Indeed, FleetPartners is on a mission to turn around positively car rental services in Nigeria.

For more information, visit the website here: http://fleetpartners.ng/

My Portfolio Startup, BeepTool, Unveils Products To Connect Rural Nigeria Via Satellites

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Our vision in BeepTool is to connect every village in Nigeria to the world wide web. From rural health clinic to farming communities, we have the BeepTool satellite to make that connectivity happen. And our most affordable smartphones and tablets will empower people to go digital. These tablets and phones are engineered to turn GSM devices into satellite nodes so that you can go online, affordably, via satellites even when GSM operators like MTN and Glo are not present. Yes, we turn GSM phones through proprietary apps to work on our satellite systems.

The BeepTool solution is an innovative rural satellite connectivity network that enables robust, low-cost satellite services for a large number of users throughout Africa. The BeepTool custom and proprietary satellite Wi-Fi hotspots terminals loaded with the BeepTool Satellite firmware and the  BeepTool Satellite app beaming data connectivity wifi to more than 100 devices at the same time within the radius. The BeepTool proprietary satellite Wi-Fi hotspots terminals are built with speciation payload that can connect to any GEO and LEO Satellites network on KU, KA and S-band.

Your village, schools, health centers, etc need to be online irrespective of the location in Nigeria. Yes, with the telehealth system, you can have a “doctor link” in a room in your company, your church, your mosque, or your village where workers, members, villagers, etc can go in and consult with expert medical professionals from around the world in real time. Lafiya telehealth will transform our communities. Lafiya interfaces with Medcera – the world’s only location-agnostic electronic health record system with modules for doctors, labs, imaging centers, insurance, patients, etc.

BeepTool infrastructure is security-hardened and we cover many industries including logistics, agriculture, healthcare, financial services, defence/law enforcement, and more. Our proprietary software which makes GSM phones to “function like satellite phones” using our BeepTool firmware is reducing costs of connectivity for law enforcement and other players at scale. Our cost model is multiples lower because we have solved many challenges at new protocol layers.

The pricing is fully optimized to help the excluded, unconnected, unbanked, and underserved rural and remote low-income Nigerians and  Africans to the move of digital economy. We have worked hard to make this happen and today, we are taking orders.

Email sales@beeptool.com for your orders.

Telehealth system connected via BeepTool
BeepTool use cases

 

Oyi 1 smartphone

 

Ndubuisi Ekekwe Takes Equity And Joins BeepTool Board (Photos)

Replicating biNu’s datafree Business Model with MTN, Glo, Airtel, and 9Mobile in Nigeria

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bINu makes it possible for customers to browse websites data-free. In other words, when you visit a website, you can browse even when you do not have mobile (data) credits. BiNu is a pioneer in this business model and has just partnered with MTN in South Africa to open the web for many people, across industrial sectors and business categories, from banking to SMEs.

MTN and #datafree pioneer biNu  … announced a partnership that will enable mobile subscribers in South Africa to access websites and apps #datafree.

Rather than using their own mobile data to visit and interact with sites or apps, mobile subscribers in South Africa can now have their data paid for by participating digital content and application owners, thanks to biNu’s pioneering reverse billing model.

MTN is now offering biNu’s platform to its enterprise client base. By zero-rating their digital touchpoints, organisations will be able to expand their reach, increase engagement – and lower communication costs by moving customer engagement online from call centres and shops/branches. A large number of enterprises are also using this technology to enhance their digital training value proposition to staff members.

Because many African customers cannot afford data, digital companies continue to struggle to move experiences online. If you are looking for a business model to run in Nigeria, what biNu is doing is a great one. It is simply an orchestration where you use algorithm to predict how much it could cost you to serve your clients, and how much the telcos will charge you. Some telcos already offer this service to banks in Nigeria via reverse billing where banks send cheques, paying for their customers’ mobile data bills while visiting their websites.

I expect entrepreneurs to move in this line in coming months in Nigeria; it is already maturing in South Africa.

This trajectory supports my thesis that we will reach broadband parity by 2022 where internet usage in Nigeria will become readily affordable and then open massive opportunities for digital (online) companies.

In today’s videocast, I make a case that Africa will enter the era of affordable broadband internet in 2022. That will be the year we will begin a new dawn of immersive connectivity where you can eat and surf all you can. Industry players will take off the Internet meter and then focus on service, experience and quality. From satellite broadband vendors to the MNCs with balloons and drones, the sector will become very competitive and service will drive growth. This has happened in the past – every decade, Africa experiences a major industrial transformation. We saw that in banking and voice telephony. 2020s, starting at 2022, will be the decade of immersive connectivity.