So Google has partnered with Infinix again to make another Android One Device – this time the Infinix Note 5.
A lot of Infinix Fans are happy about the device because it will offer updates and bring a little more smartness, per the partnership with Google. (more…)
MTN Ghana Limited has partnered One Smart Star Ghana Limited to launch Star Phone Service, a global service, allowing companies and institutions to keep all communications links in one place.
This is aimed at making communications with signed-up businesses and institutions easier for users and clients as solutions to customers having to deal with several phone numbers when the need arises.
Launching the service, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications, in a speech read on her behalf said she was proud that the country was the first country to launch the service in the West Africa sub-region.
She said it was welcoming to have a one-stop mobile application platform that would host multiple numbers of an organisation and integrates all their available communication channels thus voice phone, website, email, social media platforms, SMS, location navigation, and fax.
She said to drive the use of Information Communication Technology in business, investment was needed to build, develop, strengthen and make it accessible, adding that, “We welcome One Smart International into Ghana’s technology solutions industry…”
The Star Phone Service according to Mrs Ameley Ampofo, the Acting Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Ghana, is a unique dial code and app that allows customers to contact businesses just by single dial or tap without having to deal with the lengthy 10 digits.
She said MTN’s commitment to lead in the delivery of a bold new digital world to customers, was urging them, to continuously provide distinct customer experience to brighten the lives of customers.
Mrs Ameley Ampofo noted: “We continue to invest in our network and infrastructure to ensure that customers live in this digital age enjoying all the benefits available to them without restrictions.”
“This year alone, MTN is investing more than 144 million US dollars to expand the network. Our focus on building a solid and robust network is driven by our desire to deliver a uniquely distinct customer experience,” she added.
Mr David Sussan, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of One Smart Star International, said the services were being made available to some selected national security services for free as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.
He said the services were currently being used by a fleet of international companies and institutions in 80 countries.
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He said the application was available for free download on Google play store – with app name, ‘Star Phone’ – where users could easily access and start communicating with various institutions and companies.
Mr Cornelius Kakraba, the CEO of One Smart Star Ghana, said the company so far has more than 70 companies which have signed up in the country.
To download the Star Phone App, click here
TECNO has just unveiled the TECNO Spark 2 at events at Accra and Kumasi.
For a lot of people looking to get into the smartphone game (first-time smartphone users), this phone will make a very good entry-level device.
This device which is the second version of the TECNO SPARK series fuses the computing ability of a high-end smartphone with the top-of-the-line user experience of the latest Google Android™ Oreo™ System (Go edition).
If compared to last year’s TECNO Spark, the new TECNO Spark 2 offers more in terms of features and design. The TECNO Spark/Spark plus flaunted a 13MP high-sensitivity camera which helps users get better imaging results anytime, anywhere and in any type of lighting condition and on the brightness aspect.
According to TECNO, the new Spark 2 showcases a display that is 12.5% brighter than any regular smartphone.
| Display | 6.0 ” HD Full Display |
| RAM and Storage | 1GB RAM; 16GB internal storage |
| Processor | 1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor |
| Camera | 13MP Auto-Focus primary camera with Ring flash 8MP front camera with dual flash |
| Security | Fingerprint Scanner, Face Scanner (Face ID) |
| Battery | 3500 mAh |
| Operating System | Runs Android 8.1 Oreo (Go Edition) |
| Network | Supports 4G networks |
6” full display with high screen-to-body ratio brings you a greater fun into your view. It displays a fabulous world with enhanced clarity and brightness.
The full-display device produces an immersive experience when you stream videos, read books, and capture images on the phone.
Life is full of surprises. Turn on your camera, recording each of your selfies via 8MP front camera, and using the built-in filters to beautify the expression of the mood.
Then mark your life via 13 MP rear bright camera. Whether it’s recording yourself or your life, what might happen only once in life is turned into pictures that are always there with SPARK 2.
With its unique intelligent flash system, SPARK 2 gives you breathtaking photo experiences. The newly upgraded mix flash 2.0, with dual front flash, screen flash and rear ring flash, SPARK 2 will be there, day or night helping you make the perfect shooting.
Put an SLR camera in your pocket. The camera uses precise 3D facial detection and bokeh effect to the artistic portrait shots. Portrait mode blurs things that are not part of the main story you want to convey.
The camera captures more light through an F/2.0 aperture and the back flash illuminates in low light to produce soft light with the night mode.
The SPARK 2 lets you have a crisp, clear, and vibrant photos at night and dark conditions.
SPARK 2 collects 128 recognition points on your face and can identify you immediately. Access your phone via the face unlock securely and speedily. It reads your face and identifies who you are. This careful design delivers speed and power, for any time and anywhere.
The operating system has been upgraded to the latest Android™ 8.1. Every aspect of the system has been improved to make your life simpler and more efficient.
One-step temperature reduction giving you better mobile experience. Spark 2 with 1GB RAM runs the Android™ 8.1 (Go edition)
| Store | Price | Contact |
| Mfidie Shop (Nationwide Delivery) | GHS 460 | 0546090871 |
| Jumia Ghana (Nationwide Delivery) | GHS 480 | 0544991140 |
The new TECNO SPARK 2 is available in four great colours. These are Bordeaux Red, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold and City Blue.
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | NO |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Status | Launched: 2018, June Available. Released 2018, June |
| Dimensions | – 159.8 x 76.8 x 8.5 mm – Weight: – g |
| Keyboard | Touchscreen |
| Colours | Bordeaux Red, Midnight Black and Champagne Gold colours |
| Cover | Plastic |
| Type | HD+ capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours |
| Size | 6.0 inches, 1440 x 720 pixels (~320 ppi density) 18:9 body ratio |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 16GB |
| OS | Android 8.1 Oreo (Go Edition) with HiOS v3.3.0 |
| Processors | – Quad-core 1.3 GHz CPU – MediaTek MT6580 chipset – Mali GPU |
| RAM | 2GB or 1GB RAM version |
| Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| Audio port | 3.5mm jack |
| 2G | YES |
| 3G | YES |
| 4G | NO |
| WIFI | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | Version 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR |
| GPS | A-GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC | NO |
| USB | microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| Primary | – Single 13 MP Camera, phase detection autofocus, LED flash – FEATURES: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| Secondary | 8 MP Camera (incorporates Face ID unlock system) |
| Capacity | Non-removable 3500 mAh battery |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Java | No |
| Miscellaneous | – MP4/H.264 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player – Document viewer – Photo/video editor |
When it comes to what phones are going to be released next, no consumer wants to be taken by surprise, but that’s what phone manufacturers want.
Afterall, if you already know about what’s coming, you wouldn’t be so much interested in it when it finally comes.
Well, we have some fresh news on an upcoming TECNO Phone, code named: TECNO CF7. We first spotted the new phone on popular testing site Geekbench under the name: “TECNO MOBILE LIMITED TECNO CF7.
That particular name has only been tested twice on Geekbench, all within the last 5 days. And from the results above, it appears TECNO may well be done with production and are tweaking the software of the new phone.
For example, The June 11, 2018 test gives the phone a single core score of 673 and a multi-core score of 1851 while the June 12, 2018 test gives results of a slightly higher performance – 683 for single core and 1921 for multi-core.
If TECNO is indeed testing the software on the phone, then it means they may be preparing to launch the phone soon.
So what does the detailed Geekbench score say about the phone? Well, not much but enough to give us a clue to what phone it might be.
The first thing you would notice is that this new phone would run Android 8.1.0. Well, we don’t expect this to be “pure Android” as TECNO is definitely going to skin it with their “HiOS”.
As the phone is yet to be released, it is again safe to assume that the results from Geekbench may not be a 100%, but they shouldn’t differ much from the final product we should see.
At the performance side, there is the MediaTek MT6739WW Processor clocking @ 1.50 GHz and a meagre 2GB of ram.
Then comes the name of the Phone.
TECNO has mainly the Camon, Phantom and Spark series, along with some other phones which do not form so much of a series. This year, there has already been three Camon Phone – The Camon CM, The Camon X and the Camon X Pro. The Phantom phones as we have become accustomed to will drop somewhere during the last quarter of the year, so that leaves us with Spark.
Apart from the analysis on TECNO’s series, the specs also point to the path of a Spark phone. 2GB Ram and 4 cores with a 1.5 GHz processor, sure, a Tecno Spark.
United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited, in line with its strategy to drive the experience of “banking without boundaries” to its customers through digital innovation, has launched a new Mobile Banking application (formerly known as U-Mobile) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code *822# at the Bank’s Head Office in Accra on 12th June, 2018. The two lifestyle products have been updated to bring a whole new banking experience to customers of the Pan African Bank.
The new Mobile Banking App and USSD channels have been created with banking features that enable customers to operate a mini branch on their mobile devices, thus making banking more convenient, easy and accessible for all category of customers.
UBA customers can register for these services to transfer money, buy airtime, check account balances, pay bills, transfer funds and conduct mobile money transfers amongst other functions with the new Mobile Banking App and USSD.
“As a bank, co-creating with our customers remains part of our focus. Over the period, we have been informed by the taste and lifestyle of our customers and as such provided these two new solutions -Mobile Banking App and *822# to enhance their banking relationship with us and give our customers greater value”. We live in an age and time where people want a hustle-free way of banking, so we decided to introduce more features in our Mobile Banking App, which gives our customers greater value.” Said Abiola Bawuah – MD/CEO.
With *822#, UBA Ghana advances in an industry trend which hopes to extend banking services to the less tech savvy customers, and customers who may not have the taste for internet banking, as well as the financially excluded persons” he continued.
United Bank for Africa (Ghana) new Mobile Banking App demonstrates the Bank’s aim to provide unparalleled experience across all its channels It is in line with the bank’s vision to dominate Africa’s digital banking space. It comes with biometric log-in and facial recognition features for secure and personalized access. The application is now available for download on Apple Store and Google Play.
The launch of these products demonstrates our culture of service excellence, strengthening the affinity with our existing customers while reinforcing the UBA brand as one to be associated with by the entire banking public.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said that it is working tirelessly this month to stop fraud-related activities in the country’s payment systems.
The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Maxwell Opoku-Afari, told Accra-based Citi FM that they are engaging the banks and telcos in order to implement the said measures.
Mr Opoku-Afari assured that “the Payment Systems Department of the BoG is regularly engaging banks and telcos that are operating E-Payments and Mobile Money transactions to try to work within guidelines and framework to ensure the safety of consumers.”
“As we use this platform in this ecosystem to drive financial inclusion we also have the protection and the stability of the financial system in mind so that whatever we do is geared towards protecting the consumer,”
He explained that the launch of the mobile interoperability platform brings the country’s payment system under a new area which requires the needed legislation to protect consumers.
He assured the general public that the Bank of God will always protect people in the payment ecosystem to enhance confidence in the financial sector.
He was of the view that the need to protect and enhance confidence in the payment systems will also encourage government’s aim of achieving financial inclusion.
Source: Pulse Ghana
Over the last days, one issue that has come up in the comments section of NABCO related posts on Mfidie.com is that of how to change an Interview date.
As there was no way of doing that, at the time, we continually maintained that “there is currently no way to change the interview date once booked”.
It was a big deal to change the interview date for a lot of people (and it is still a big deal). One particularly worried visitor posted a question asking whether interviews would be carried out on weekends.
Well, we have the answer to that. We can confirm via the NABCO Website (see screenshot below) that interviews would not be carried out on weekends and holidays. (more…)
The Bank of Ghana will revoke the license of any financial technology company that fails to comply with regulatory requirements outlined in the new payment systems and services bill.
The FinTechs are expected to be compliant at a time where electronic payment systems are increasing significantly.
This caution is also contained in the Bank of Ghana’s 2017 Payment systems report.
The Bank of Ghana explains that the decision to withdraw the licenses is necessary following the potential risks such FinTechs may pose to the financial sector when left unregulated.
Currently, there are seventy-one (71) FinTechs operating in Ghana.
According to the central bank, a FinTech may be deemed qualified to sustain its operations if it complies with three broad directives including; tech, security and controls, governance arrangements as well as principles of consumer protection.
For tech, security and controls, a FinTech is expected to possess a tested technology system which is equipped with fraud monitoring and detection tools; a valid third-party certification from a reputable certification authority in line with relevant standards determined by the Bank of Ghana.
Also, complying with governance arrangements means that the FinTech is required to have a board of directors with a minimum of five members, at least three of whom, including the chief executive officer, shall be resident in the country.
Again, the company must disclose to the Bank of Ghana details of its external auditors and any relation to the directors, key management personnel or shareholders.
Meanwhile, fin techs are expected to be transparent and disclose to their customers, clear, sufficient and timely information on the fundamental benefits, risks and terms of any product or service offered in an objective and accessible form.
Already twenty-one (21) banks are in partnerships with the FinTechs for the provision of services.
The Payment Systems and Services Bill is currently before cabinet. It is expected to be forwarded to Parliament and subsequently passed into law.
After their merger last year, Airtel and Tigo are slowly integrating their network and services slowly to give their subscribers a seamless experience.
AirtelTigo is currently undergoing a network upgrade to combine their network assets (that’s between the old Airtel and the old TiGO).
A statement from the telco read: “The network upgrade is to combine network assets between former Airtel and Tigo to become one big network to provide customers with wider coverage, fast internet experience and superior voice quality.” (more…)
If you have any issues or problems with your NABCO Application, we are here to help with solutions that work for a lot of people.
Most of the problems that a lot of people are facing are due to mostly negligence and mistakes on behalf of the individual applying. However, the good thing is that such problems can be solved.
Firstly, if you have any problems, don’t panic. As at the time of writing this, there is more than 9 days to book interviews, so technically, there is more time to get everything done and ready.
Below, I’m going to share the most common problems and solutions to them. (more…)