On June 7 2017, I will speak at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. My talk will offer a vision into the future of Africa through agriculture technology. If we double farm productivity, we will reduce poverty in Africa by at least 30% since 65% of working Africans are employed in agriculture. Thanks OCP Africa and European Commission for the invitation.
The federal government of Nigeria has inaugurated an implementation committee for a new university that will focus specifically on ICT. The proposed ICT University of Nigeria will leverage the Digital Bridge Institute infrastructure across the six geo-political zones of the country.
Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, Barrister Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, noted that ICT University has become desirable as Nigeria does not have the requisite talent for its growing ICT sector.
Members of the committee are Prof Julius Okojie, Dr. Amina Sambi-Magaji, Prof. Ibikunle Tijani, Wole Oyeniran,Dr. Henry Nkemadu, Eng. Kazeem Raji, Dr. Joshua Atah, Abdulhakeem Ajijola, Liz Donaholu, Hakeem Adeniji Adele, Dr. Suleiman Mohammed,Olaniyan Mathew, Ayoola Oke, Chris Uwaje, Prof. Olusegun Okunnu, Prof. Aderounmu Adesaola, Kabir Usman, Tajudeen Kareem, Dr. Suleiman Garba and Prof. Patience Akpan-Obong.
The committee will submit its full report in six weeks.
The management of GTBank Nigeria has unveiled GTWorld, a mobile banking app that is strategically designed to cater to all that’s important to customers easily and seamlessly.
Unveiling the app at the banks’ corporate headquarter in Lagos, the Managing Director of GTBank, Mr. Segun Agbaje noted that the app was launched in tandem with the ever changing banking ecosystem, where banking services are given to the customer how they want it and not how the bank wants it.
Built on the back of the bank’s customer-centric digital strategy, GTWorld features biometric authentication, such as facial recognition and fingerprint, which recognizes a customer and adapts to how and when they want to bank. The Mobile banking app also features a seamless switch to GAPS Lite, the online banking platform for small businesses which offers a flexible and secure channel to make payments and collections anywhere in the world.
With the rapid growth of Smartphone penetration in Nigeria, there has been a steady increase in the adoption of mobile banking solutions. Smartphone users are however very conscious about the security and efficiency and convenience of such applications; and on those three fronts, the GTWorld app excels remarkably. the mobile banking App offers customers access to more than 90 percent of the Bank’s services on their Smartphones, guarantees further security through biometric authentication and ensures convenience through the Quick feature, which enables a user to perform transactions without signing in, among others.
GTWorld empowers customers, like never before, to make payments and access in-branch services swiftly and seamlessly, without going to a branch. Some of the App’s, amongst several others. When switched to GAPS-Lite, the app offers small business owners access to real-time monitoring of all transactions and the ability to make bulk and single transfers on the go to any account in the world.
Gtbank has consistently played a leading role in Africa’s banking industry. The GTBank brand is regarded by industry watchers as one of the best run financial institutions across its subsidiary countries and serves as a role model within the financial services industry due to its bias for world class corporate governance standards, excellent services, quality and innovation.
• Login and complete your transactions using your face, fingerprint or a 4-digit PIN.
• Check your account balance; transfer money within your accounts and buy airtime; all without having to sign in.
• Turn your contacts into a beneficiary list; send money to someone using just their mobile number.
• Apply for loans and set savings target right from your phone.
• Send your Account Statements to your email or to an embassy of your choice.
Manage your Accounts:
• Set up a new account and view your account balance(s).
• View transaction history and search transactions
• Fx Transfers to all Banks
• Confirm and manage your cheques.
Payment and Bills
• Pay bills
• Transfer money to GTBank accounts and all other banks.
• Buy airtime and data for self and third party.
• Schedule and manage standing orders
This is a GTBank centric app and also for its localized customers. It does nothing to bring a fusion of all customers across Africa. GTBank has not solved the missing digital financial product problem in Africa.
In this videocast, I discuss why Donald Trump is a world-class customer experience strategist who will do everything to satisfy his customers (his political base). When he does this (to his base voter segment), he understands that they are big enough to deliver a win. Every other person, not in that base, will not understand him, and he does not care. But people in the segment applaud him. He is fanatical in his relationship with his customers (the Trump voters) and can throw the world under the bus (like exiting the Paris Climate Agreement) to make them happy. You need someone like Donald Trump in your executive management with instincts to know what your customers want. He is a deal and you must work to understand his mind.
