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Get This Book FREE When You Join My Webinar; Forget The Unauthorized Ones Sold in Bookstores

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Free for all Mini-MBA edition 2 participants

My book – Africa’s Sankofa Innovation – can be found in some Ghanaian bookstores. (Sankofa is a word from a Ghanaian language.) The problem, though, is that the copies are not authorized by yours truly. Possibly, the person bought a copy from Amazon and ran to the printing press. Nothing new here; respecting IP rights remain one of our challenges, from software to books.

But the piracy has brought some good comments. People bought and then wrote me. Read this one – “Oh you Authored that great book” (LinkedIn) Amazon is not really working well in Africa when it comes to physical books at the moment due to the shipping challenges.

For a limited time, we are giving full access to the eBook on Tekedia, my blog, if you join my webinar. The fee is fair (I demand that for people to respect my time) at $15 or N5,000.

REGISTER here .

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Tecno Mobile Should Unveil Tecno Finance in Partnership With Ecobank, UBA, Paylater or PiggyVest

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In 2017, I noted that Tecno, the popular smartphone brand in Africa, should invest in iROKOtv, the Nigerian online video-on-demand pioneer. Of course, Tecno had gone to invest in an alternative asset class in the entertainment sector. The core element of my recommendation was based on the need to build a platform around the Tecno brand.

We propose for Tecno to buy iROKOtv and use the product to deepen its capabilities in Africa and beyond. Our core idea is that Tecno needs to open a unit to be dubbed Tecno TV. It will be one place for anyone in Africa to access television, delivering unified TV experience. This ecosystem will meet the needs for TV shows, movies and broadcasting contents, across the continent. It will be TV and movie content-ready. Through the iROKOtv brand, it will close partnerships with leading local content providers.

Today, I will try another one: Tecno should unveil Tecno Finance in partnership with Ecobank or United Bank for Africa (UBA). I have chosen these banks because of their footprints across Africa. Through the banking institutions Tecno users will have special features for online banking and other credit related features like spending goals, rewards redeemable for Tecno products, and more. Paylater and PiggyVest (formerly PiggyBank) would have been better options except that they do not have Africa-wide footprints like the banks.

Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plan to start issuing this spring a joint credit card paired with new iPhone features that will help users manage their money.

The card will be rolled out to employees for testing in the next few weeks and officially launch later this year, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies hope to lure cardholders by offering them extra features on Apple’s Wallet app, which will let them set spending goals, track their rewards and manage their balances, the people said.

Possibly, the desire for those special features could stimulate customers to go for Tecno phone brands. Yes, there is a nudge element possibility therein because through Tecno Finance, Tecno could finance phones for customers as the credit system builds and its relationship evolves with financial institutions. Tecno needs to build a moat as competitors like Oppo come into town.

The Perception Demand Construct is a construct where you work on things which are not really evident to be in demand. Yet you go ahead to create that product. The demand may not be existing but you are confident you can stimulate it. Yes, you do believe that your product can elicit demand and grow the sector when launched. This is different from existing demand which could be met via starting a web hosting company or selling light bulbs where you know people actually need those services.

Tecno Mobile Should Buy iROKOtv

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At the moment, Tecno is just a commodious product, which doesn’t have any special relationship with its users bar pricing, meaning that it could lose them at any time, once it can no longer compete on pricing.

To remain relevant in the foreseeable future, it needs to build a platform, which finance presents an attractive option, just like video streaming services would do. It’s left for Tecno to act now, before it is nokiaed!

Vote with honor, decency and values – Make your VOTE a fuel for Nigeria’s Economic Spaceship

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Always remember – today is the only day you are the BOSS. After today, you have no power on or over these men and women until they return in four years time. You are like the company secretary who just interviewed a man for the position of a CEO. Yes, the CEO was just an applicant, and the secretary was the boss!

But wait, CEO is hired, and he has started work. Then, suddenly, he becomes the lord and the overall boss. That is what it is – politicians are under your mercies today. But tomorrow, like the secretary who loses that ephemeral power as soon as the CEO resumes, they will become unbounded.

For Nigeria to reach the mountaintop, or depart from the solid bounds of this earth into a promised future, deep into the planetary ecclesiastical domain of abundance, your VOTE is a critical fuel for that economic spaceship.

Vote with honor, decency and values.#NigeriaDecides2019.

Inaugural Address by Ndubuisi Ekekwe, President, LinkedIn Nation

Why You Should Invest in Data Protection

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Many of us like to think that we know a lot about computers. After all, we spend many hours throughout the day working with computers for our careers or in our daily life. However, there is a clear distinction between knowing how to use a computer and how a computer works. In most cases, knowing how to use a computer will meet most of our daily needs. Computers are designed to have robust hardware and efficient software. However, once we encounter a problem with our computer, such as a virus, then we are now at the mercy of the computer’s architecture. In situations like this, our skills may not be enough to debug the many issues that can arise. Problems that could threaten the integrity of your computer’s security may require a cloud backup or erasure coding. If these methods sound unfamiliar to you, then it may be time to hire a professional.

There are many available IT services that offer data protection programs. A good company like ASA Computers data center consulting will help reduce operating and management costs. Many data protection companies specialize in a range of storage operations for dealing with large amounts of data. Many of us generate large amounts of data by sending large emails, saving complex files, and many other activities that create a lot of data.

Data protection services are increasing in demand due to a growing number of cyber-crimes related to stealing or corrupting personal information, such as data breaches. Although the technology behind computer security has advanced, this does not make them impenetrable to events involving hacking, phishing, or other cyber-crimes. Data protection programs use special processes to recover computers from data corruption, data loss, or other malicious attacks.

One of the ways this is accomplished is through a process known as encryption. During the encryption process, data is scrambled around using a mathematical formula. This makes the data more secure and harder to access. Many data protection services use detailed reporting, where they archive large amounts of data into specially formatted files. These files can hold more data than a standard computer’s hard drive, and therefore are very useful for backing up large files.

Many services allocate data to an entity known as the cloud, which consists of a network of servers dedicated to storing data. Most companies will offer several cloud services to choose from. Regularly backing up files is necessary for maintaining device performance. Computer and other electronics will slow down over time if the hard drive is near full.

Having too many complex programs open at once can also comprise device performance. Computers use Read Access Memory or RAM to process information in real time and read it into memory. If a computer ever slows down dramatically, it’s most likely that the computer’s RAM is near full capacity and cannot handle any more. Repeating this will hurt the device’s hardware. Data protection services can restore a computer to peak performance by customizing the infrastructure.

Data can get erased or lost for several reasons. Sometimes the data cannot be retrieved through a device’s time machine. This is where data protection services come in. They will combine a series of processes and technologies to recover data. This usually involves a real-time failover or near time recovery. The company will mirror the original state of the computer to recover most to all the lost data. The three categories include hot, warm, and cold sites. As the names may imply, each technique varies in how involved the process is. More computational complex services may be more expensive.

Data protection services can be used by individuals or businesses. Their services can also serve as a learning tool. Computer architecture is a complex subject, but having a thorough understanding is a useful skill for working with your computer.

Understanding the basics of computer architecture goes beyond data protection. There are many elements that make up a computer. Many of these elements can be modified to meet more demanding needs. For example, the hard disk a computer is responsible for how much data the computer can store. This can be switched out for a hard disk that offers more space. Data protection services can offer more suggestions about how to optimize storage space.

Tekedia Webinar Update – Week-Long Webinar Replay and Q/A Plan

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We have updated the post where we announced the Tekedia Business Innovation Webinar which comes up next month. Registration remains ongoing at N5,000 (or $15).

Dates: Friday March 22 2019 (repeat, Saturday March 23, 2019)
Venue: Online.
Time: Time: 10am – 12noon (Webinar); 2.00pm-4.00pm (Questions/Answers). All time Lagos (Nigeria) time
Speaker: Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe, Chairman, Fasmicro Group
Who Should Attend? Everybody
Why You Should Attend: This webinar will provide tools to make this 2019 the best business-readiness year ever for you.
Register: There are two ways to register (you need to pay to value my time); please email tekedia@fasmicro.com after payment to set up your account:
  • Use Paypal and pay $15 here

  • Pay into any of the Nigerian bank accounts (N5,000) listed here.

To accommodate those that cannot make the event specifically on the noted days, the webinar will be replayed (on-demand) over a week now. Also, we have explained the structure for the Question & Answer section. We do hope this structure will enable more people to participate.

  • The webinar will be available for a week so that people can watch it later when they have time. So, if you cannot make the noted dates/times, do not worry – you can easily watch the contents when you have time.
  • Every participant has access to the exclusive section of Tekedia. We will have a page for this event which our team will send you a link later. You can post your questions via the Comment section or you can email us. All questions will receive answers – depending on the questions, we can also answer via posts in the Tekedia exclusive section which every participant has access.
  • To ensure we can be effective during the live Q/A, we want everyone to post Questions within the breaks as noted, using the Comment section on the link to be sent later.
  • All contents will be available for those that cannot make the event live.