Winners Emerge In FCMB-Sponsored “Secure Lagos Hackathon”

Winners have emerged in the Secure Lagos Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State Education Trust Fund (LSETF) and sponsored by leading lender First City Monument Bank (FCMB).

The Hackathon was designed to encourage creation of technology-based solutions to help secure the lives and properties of Lagosians, improve the operations of security and safety agencies, as well as provide employment opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship amongst youths in the state.

The 3-day event which began on Friday, May and ended Sunday, May 20 saw applications received from over 200 techies with innovative ideas.

After 3 days of discipline, diligence and hard work, with 10 teams battling to take home the prize money, Team LSFlow emerged the winners of the Grand Prize of N2,000,000 courtesy FCMB. The second prize was won by Team Abo Eko, who took home N1,000,000.

FCMB has re-iterated its commitment to the development of Nigeria’s Techspace Ecosystem, even as it continues to support its customers to fulfil their aspirations. According to the Team Lead, Techspace Ecosystem Business of FCMB, Babajide Asegbeloyin “Tech businesses have unique needs, especially at startup and incubation stage. FCMB provides bespoke support at the different stages of the journey and we are very passionate about providing the right solutions to the tech ecosystem. Our mandate is to be the preferred and go-to financial institution for the tech ecosystem.”

See pictures from the 3-Day Secure Lagos Hackathon below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In line with this mandate, FCMB is also proud to be the Gold sponsor of another tech gathering, Techpoint Inspired. Arguably the largest tech conference in Nigeria attracting over 5000 attendees with more than 30 speakers. Coming up on the May 29 2018, the 2018 Techpoint Inspired event themed, “The Future is Now” brings together innovators, CTOs, CIOs, Engineers, Developers, Designers, and tech enthusiasts to explore the new trends in the tech space that will shape Nigeria’s future in the years ahead. It serves as a launching pad for emerging tech offerings, partnerships and start-ups. Click here to register.

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BuyPower Online Payment In Nigeria : The Steps

BuyPower online payment service lets you purchase electricity units (tokens) instantaneously anywhere, anytime in Nigeria by making use of your internet-enabled smart phone or computer. It saves you from queuing and time wasting whenever you want to recharge your pre-paid meter in Nigeria.

You can start making use of the service by visiting www.buypower.ng or by making use of buypower app for Android. Internet connection is needed for you to be able to make use of the service.

The interesting part of it is that, you can buy electricity units for your loved ones at buypower.ng i.e if the prepaid meter is not registered in your name, you can still make payment to get the token to be recharged on the pre-paid meter. All you need to have handy, is the pre-paid meter number.

How To Buy PrePaid Meter Units Online In Nigeria At BuyPower.Ng

• Type the url buypower.ng in a browser [ Laptop, phone, Tablet or Desktop ]

• If you do not have an account on the platform click on the “register button” on the home page and enter your details on the next page.

• If you have an account on the platform click on the “login button” on the home page and enter your login details.

• Once you login through any of the methods mentioned above, you would be taken to the order page.

• On the Order page, Enter your Meter Number, the Amount you want to purchase, and select the payment method.

• You would be taken to a confirmation page to check that the meter no and other details are valid.

• You would need to check that you accept the terms and conditions in order to proceed.

• Once you click confirm, you would be redirected to the payment gateway to enter your payment details.

• If payment is successful, you would be taken back to buypower.ng where your token would be generated and displayed. It will also be sent to you via sms and email.

• Enter the token on your prepaid meter as required. Once recharged, the units purchased will be added to the available units on the prepaid meter.

That’s all.

How Much In Naira Is Electricity Units Per KWh in Nigeria?

As at 19th of May 2018, when I purchased units before publishing this blog post, I purchased the units at buypower.ng @ 29.81 N/KWh.

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BuyPower.Ng Lets You Buy Units For Your PrePaid Meter Online in Nigeria

In the midst of our busy schedules, it’s not always convenient to dash out of the house or office to the nearest PHCN office in Nigeria to pay electricity bill.

If you are short of cash, you will have to go to the nearest ATM to get cash before heading to the PHCN office. On getting to the PHCN office, you might even meet a long queue of people waiting to buy electricity units (tokens).

If you go there on a weekend and somehow, it doesn’t get to your turn before close of business, you might be told to come back on Monday, which means you will have to stay in darkness till that monday.

Guess what?

You no longer have to go through all these stress. Now, you can buy electricity units online in Nigeria at buypower.ng website or by making use of buypower apps.

Hence, if you want to recharge your prepaid meter in Nigeria, you can easily do that at your convenience by making use of your computer or smartphone – that has internet access.

All you have to do is to visit www.buypower.ng on your web browser, enter your phone number to register, login to your buypower account after registration, enter the meter number you want to recharge, enter the amount you want to pay, select payment method and pay.

Once your payment is successful, the token which you will load on your prepaid meter will be displayed for you. It will also be sent to the phone number you used for registration. If you provided your email address during registration, the token will also be emailed to you. You can as well click on the “transactions” tab when signed into buypower.ng to view all your purchased electricity tokens.

It’s so easy!

BuyPower.ng partners include : Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Kaduna Electric, Jos Electricity Distribution company etc

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Glo Go Russia Promo Lets You Qualify For A Draw To Travel To Russia From Nigeria Free

From 16th May to 8th July, 2018, you can qualify for a draw to travel to Russia from Nigeria if you participate in the Glo “GO RUSSIA PROMO”. Twenty two (22) lucky Glo customers will emerge winners of the free all-expense paid trip to Russia for three nights & four days, between June and July, 2018.

To participate and win, simply SMS “GO” to 240 and use N3,000 on voice calls OR N5,000 on voice calls and Data (within the promo period) to qualify for the lucky draw. The more you use, the higher your chances of increasing your entries into the promo draws. Every incremental N500 usage is an additional entry to the draw.

The “Go Russia Promo” is opened to all Glo customers nationwide and is available to both prepaid and postpaid users. The promo will run from 16th May to 8th July, 2018.

What are the terms and conditions?

• Customer should have a valid passport.
• The prizes will not be transferable for prepaid customers but Postpaid winner’s prize is transferable.
• The Russian Embassy reserves the rights to issue or reject Visas to winners. Glo and the winner(s) are bound by the decision of the Embassy. In case of rejection of VISA, the prize is void.
• Winners have up to 7 working days to confirm their eligibility by way of passports. The prize offers will expire if the customer cannot meet the requirements.
• All contestants can check their winnings ON Glo website/Glo Café.

How will I know if I’ve won?

Winners will be contacted by Glo Customer Care via telephone calls ONLY. Please beware of scammers and fraudsters and report any suspicious messages to the nearest Glo office.

Kindly note that the winning prize is an all-expense paid trip to Russia. It cannot be converted to cash.

SMS “GO” to 240 now to indicate interest in the promo. SMS to the Glo Russia promo Short code 240 is free.

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FoskaayAYEP Season 1: How To Get N100,000 To Kick Start Your Idea or Expand Biz on Foskaay

Foskaay has announced the launch of FoskaayAYEP season 1 to financially empower African youths to birth their viable ideas and also support existing businesses to acquire new tech tools to enhance their productivity.

This maiden edition is out to select the best viable idea or business of foskaay forum members. It will go through rounds of voting from the members and the wining idea or business expansion request will win One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000).

Click here now to get started, if you are interested.

 

Who is Foskaay?

Foskaay is a distinct African focused 100% free to use forum built to empower African youths to earn online legitimately. Some of the focus area of the platform are;

1) Share ads earning with African youths (Active members earn weekly up to N10,000 cash+ airtime via ongoing 25Weeks of Cash and Cards Giveaway)

2) Sponsor viable ideas/biz voted for by Foskaay members under FoskaayAYEP

3) Support members that run NGO across Africa to reach the less privileged

4) Create a common platform to have one voice for African youths

5) Encourage African youths to embrace African cultural heritage which includes allowing members to post on the forum using their native language (Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Pidgin etc.); connect with other youths to collaborate, innovate and execute ideas that will impact Africa as one continent positively.

What is FoskaayAYEP?

It means Foskaay African Youths Empowerment Platform, a section of Foskaay handling sponsorship of viable ideas or business expantion support for African youths.

How To Win N100,000 from FoskaayAYEP Season1?

One of Foskaay forum members will emerge winner of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) to kick start an idea or expand his/her business.

To submit your ideas for members to vote, you need to become a member too and interestingly its 100% free to join, participate and win. No kobo charged on Foskaay forum even to win weekly as an active member.

Thus, if you are interested in getting started, go to : http://foskaay.com/ayep/season-1-win-n100000-cash/

Hurry up and submit your idea/biz for sponsorship today before submission closes.

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Nigeria Drivers License : Requirements and How Much it Cost Me

I walked in to Nigeria Federal Road Safety Commission capture centre in Benue state today, (4th of May, 2018) and I was able to get my temporary Nigeria drivers license without much delay.

On getting there, the officer on duty asked me for my driving school certificate, learner’s permit and my birth certificate. I presented the docs to him as requested.

Thereafter, he gave me the Nigeria drivers license application form to fill. I filled it as required and handed it over to him. No big deal in the form though. You will be required to enter your full name, your height, blood group, date of birth, state, local govt, mother maiden name, phone number of next of kin etc You will also have to indicate the number of years you want to apply for; 3 or 5 years.

After filling the form, the officer gave me an account number to go and pay into at Access bank.  I went to access bank with a print-out of the drivers license form with the details I provided and made a deposit of N10,450 into the bank account, for 5 years validity. The bank will need your drivers license application id which is on the application form. So, ensure you have the form with you when you go to the bank for payment. I left the bank with a stamped teller and a payment acknowledge slip printed on a plain paper.

I proceeded to the VIO office where I obtained the VIO test certificate for N1,000.  From there, I went to the eye clinic for my eye test. I paid N500 for that and I was issued the eye test certificate.

I went back to the FRSC capture centre with photocopies of my certificates and payment slip. I submitted the drivers license application form, learner’s permit, bank teller & print out plus photocopies of my driving school certificate, VIO test certificate, eye test certificate & birth certificate.

After waiting for some minutes, I was invited to the capture room and right there, my photo, fingerprint and signature were captured.

Within few minutes, I was issued my temporary Nigeria driver’s license, which I was told will be valid for just two months. The office told me that the permanent Nigeria drivers license will be ready before it expires else, I will have to come back to the office so they can extend the validity of the temporary driver’s license.

That’s all.

Nigeria Drivers License Requirements

 

How Much Does It Costs To Get Nigeria Drivers License?

Well, for those interested in the price, here is breakdown of how much it cost me to get the new Nigeria driver’s license :

• Driving School certificate : N8,000
• VIO test certificate : N1,000
• Eye Test Certificate : N500
• Driver’s License Payment : N10,450 (for 5 years)

I also paid N1,500 to someone in the office, who signed the application form. I guess she is Board of Internal revenue officer.

Kindly note that it took me almost two months to get the driving school certificate after registration. I went to the driving school with the learner’s permit which was issued to me at the FRSC office.  I obtained the driving school certificate in 2017. So, you can enroll in FRSC accredited driving schools in Nigeria asap and process your drivers license later.

NB : The price for 3 years Nigeria drivers license is N6,350

I hope this helps.

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