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Ghanaians who wish to buy prepaid credit from ECG will no longer need to visit a local vendor or join any long queues.

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, at the first-ever Townhall meeting in Kumasi has revealed plans to make the purchase of ECG credit easy.

According to the Vice President, there will soon be a mobile app for prepaid transactions so there will be no need to sleep in darkness when your credit runs out in the middle of the night.

The new ECG app will make it very easy to buy credit any time of the day.

He added: “Even if it is 2 am and you have run out of units, you [just] pick up your mobile phone, put in the digits and the meter will come on and all of it would go,”

The ECG App is expected to be launched on February 18th 2020, although it is not yet clear if it will be compatible with all the current prepaid metres at launch.

Dr Bawumia emphasized that the new ECG app is a game-changing move that would revolutionise purchasing of ECG prepaid units forever.

“Not only will customers be able to buy for themselves, [but] you will also be able to buy units for someone else.”, he said.

We at Mfidie.com can’t wait to see this App and of course review it.

The Consumer Electronic Show is known for all kinds of bizarre concepts and 2020 was no different. Regardless of the fact that we won’t actually use all these devices, it is nice to see what companies have been up to and what life could be in an alternate universe. The main highlights of this year’s show were focused on smart home integration, cars and TV’s.

Samsung’s selfie type is something of a cool feature or gimmick depending on how you look at it. It allows you to type on a flat surface by using the selfie camera to track movements of your hand and transfer it to a standard Qwerty keyboard.

As at now, it works only in English with more languages promised if it’s a hit. Samsung also released Ballie robot shaped like a ball, which connects all the smart devices you have in your home, a potential fitness assistant, scheduler, and remote control for mobile devices. In addition, they released a number of 8K TV’s and a TV without a bezel and rotating smart TV called Sero. Sero can also show content for streaming apps like Youtube and social media sites like TikTok and Instagram by rotating into a phone like the design.

Mercedes unveiled a concept car that looked like a sneak peek into the world of Avatar. The car has scales which are bionic flaps which can communicate information to the driver about the surrounding environment. The front and rear axles of the car can be driven in the same or opposite direction allowing the car to move sideways like a crab in addition to forward or backward motion.

Sony also revealed an electric car which has no intentions of selling to the general public. They decided to furnish the car with all the different technology they have made so far and then contacted an automobile company to do the rest so instead of rearview mirrors it has cameras, radar systems for self-driving, computer systems with its own UI.

Too bad it won’t be released, it had a really nice design. They also announced the PS5 which future proof techs such as 3D audio sound, haptic triggers, 8k support and ultra-high-speed SSD for quick loading times.

LG also brought the heat to CES with their home use technology. Proactive Customer Care service which is an IA powered solution to connect all the smart devices. By using machine learning, it provides personalized solutions, learns habits and offers maintenance tips.

They also showed a fridge which can show its contents when you knock, an oven which can show cooking status without opening the door and give you tips while you cook. They also displayed 8 new TV’s which have an 8k resolution and have an AI processor which can enhance particular scenes and faces to improve the viewing experience. The was a wine cellar on show which could adjust the temperature for every single wine bottle and also had the knock to see through feature. In my opinion it’s just a bragging right and a pretty good one at that.

CES 2020 showed us a glimpse for the decade and it looks exciting to say the least.

As part of efforts to widen the educational scholarship net, Ghana’s Scholarship Secretariat is seeking to roll out an online scholarship scheme in March 2020.

This is where a number of applicants will be exposed to various scholarships online.

This was revealed by the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang.

He said applicants will be taken through an online aptitude test in other to qualify for the scholarships.

He was speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA) conference in Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region.

“As we speak now, we are still in the 2019/2020 academic year and we will open the 2020/2021 academic process in March by which time we would have engaged all stakeholders and explained all the processes to them against September 2020/2021 academic year. What it means is that any applicant will not have to write to us again, you go online. And very soon we will be announcing the online portals. You go online, you register online which is going to ask for a lot of information from you which includes your academic transcripts, biodata, and other information. You go online, you apply online and a number will be generated which will be very unique to the applicant”.

“There is also what we call the scholarship number, with this scholarship number; because the word is a scholarship and we want to increase transparency and meritocracy, you go through an online aptitude test. As soon as your online application is successful you will receive an SMS or email saying your application is successful and that you have been processed to the next stage which is the aptitude test stage. And as soon as you pass the aptitude test you will receive a notification which will direct you to proceed to the district you selected when you were doing your application to appear before the District Scholarship Review Committee. And that is where there will be a timeline of 7 days to process your application,” he said.

According to Kingsley Agyemang, the Secretariat initially had just one computer and a printer adding that the state of affairs at the Secretariat under President Nana Akufo-Addo has improved.

“By kind courtesy of the President, a lot of interventions have come in. Now each office has a computer and printer and the President last year introduced what we call decentralization of scholarship where all students irrespective of their background had funding to study,” Kinglsey Agyamang explained.

He added that the process benefited over 32,000 students across the various districts.

MTN Ghana has launched its new smartphone dubbed iPRO Amber 5s and iPRO Amber 5s pro into the market. The smartphone which was launched 7 months ago,  according to the company has seen 15,000 pieces already sold.

This was made possible with a partnership with McFrim. The new MTN iPRO Amber 5s comes with a 3G internet connection speed whiles the iPRO Amber 5s Pro has a 4G internet connection speed. The device has pre-installed apps to give users an exciting experience.

With an amount of GHS 255. 00 and GHS 275.00 respectively, one can be able to purchase the iPRO Amber 5s and iPRO Amber 5s Pro.

Noel Ganson, on behalf of the CMO of MTN Ghana, said,  This new device also comes with a special reward from MTN to their customers who will make a purchase. Both devices come with free 1GB and 800MB data for six months and a free YouTube streaming for one hour every day.

He said, “Our vision to lead the delivery of a bold new digital world is in many ways made apparent through partnerships that lead to the introduction of devices such as the IPRO Amber 5S/5S Pro. Today’s launch marks another step towards the advancement of this vision, one that will make the customer’s life a whole lot brighter.”

CEO of MicFrim, Michael Frimpong, also said that MTN SMART which was launched in April 2019 came with some negative issue reactions from their customers. Thus, this new smartphone was specially designed to address the previous issues raised by the customers.

MTN iPRO Amber 5s and iPRO Amber 5s Pro come with an already installed MTN App, 1+16 internal memory, and MTK processors that give customers a fast speed browsing experience. He added.

He finished by thanking MTN and Stanbic Bank for their support and also urged customers to purchase the new smartphones for better device usage.