Oluniyi D.Ajao
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Zenith Bank Visa Cards
Zenith Bank is now issuing Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards in Nigeria. Visa is fast gaining acceptance in Nigeria.
Continue reading...Problems with credit/debit cards issued in Nigeria
Friday, March 21, 2008
On the 15th of October 2004, Ecobank Nigeria Plc made history when it launched the first ever internationally accepted credit card in Nigeria – the Ecobank MasterCard. With the launch of the Ecobank MasterCard, Ecobank availed Nigerians the benefits and privileges of a convenient international payment card for online and offline financial transactions. The challenges [...]
Continue reading...Interswitch Nigeria: Lower your Webpay entry fees
Sunday, February 17, 2008
What is InterSwitch about? According to their website: InterSwitch Limited is an electronic transaction switching and payment processing company with a business footprint that covers the provision of shared, integrated message broker solutions for financial transactions, e-commerce, telecoms value-added services and e-billing in the Nigerian environment. Most of the local debit/ATM cards issued in Nigeria are linked [...]
Continue reading...Etranzact Cardholders can use their cards in Ghana and Nigeria
Thursday, February 14, 2008
A news item on Vanguard’s website indicates that Nigerian-issued Etranzact cards can be used on Etranzact-linked ATMs in Ghana and vice-versa: A very big one is the possibility of Nigerian and Ghanaian eTranzact cardholders to withdraw cash from any ATM in Nigeria and Ghana and have their accounts debited accordingly. This service is designed for all [...]
Continue reading...E-Zwich: Ghana’s National Payment Platform/ATM network
Friday, February 1, 2008
Something new is coming to town this April 2008. E-zwich. What is E-Zwich? E-Zwich is the brand name for the National Switch, under the new Universal Electronic Payments (UEPS) technology which would ensure that all commercial banks, rural banks and savings and loans institutions in Ghana implemented a common payment platform and biometric Smartcard. To make this [...]
Continue reading...Why Paypal features in Africa are limited
Saturday, September 29, 2007
A few years ago, there was no single country on the African continent where one could send/receive money online via Paypal. Not one. Then there was South Africa. A few countries were added, as most were later covered. Even now, all the African countries can only send – they cannot receive money via Paypal. Any enquiry [...]
Continue reading...Paypal Malaysia, Philippines, Brazil users offered more withdrawal options
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Paypal users in 26 countries can now withdraw their funds to their credit, debit or prepaid cards – so long the cards are branded Mastercard or Visa. New today, PayPal now offers account balance withdrawals to Visa-branded credit, debit, or prepaid cards in 26 international markets. This feature greatly improves the utility of PayPal [...]
Continue reading...Is a common African e-commerce platform possible?
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
This blog post is a direct response to Erik Hersman’s blog post: The problem with e-commerce and online payments in Africa. Erik Hersman, a fellow African blogger, shared his thoughts about the need for an African e-payment system. He starts with a lamentation that is indeed true: A lack of true online payment options is crippling African [...]
Continue reading...Ghana: Mastercard coming to town
Saturday, August 25, 2007
The game is about to change. VISA has dominated the credit, debit and ATM card scene in Ghana’s banking industry for several years now. As of today 25th August 2007, the following banks issue Visa cards in Ghana: Barclays bank: Visa Electron cards CAL Bank: Visa Electron cards EcoBank Ghana: Visa Gold credit cards, Visa Classic debit cards, [...]
Continue reading...Challenges with Doing Business On the Internet from Nigeria
Sunday, August 12, 2007
I came across an article at NigeriaGalleria.com just now, that not only highlights some of the challenges of doing business online from Nigeria, but also offers some solid advice on going around the challenges. It’s titled: “Obstacles to Conducting Internet Business in Nigeria“. These obstacles vary from the poor electricity supply in Nigeria, to the lack [...]
Continue reading...Alertpay Debit Mastercards
Monday, July 16, 2007
Alertpay has announced that it would soon be launching debit mastercards for its users, very soon. In a recent newsletter sent out on 11th Jult 2007, Alertpay wrote: Keep an eye out for: More purchasing flexibility online and offline when we release in the next few weeks the AlertPay Debit MasterCards. (stay tuned for more) AlertPay is a [...]
Continue reading...e-gold going down?
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
BusinessWeek recently published an article putting e-gold in the spotlight, after its offices was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents, in the USA. Read on...
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- Justin: Fair enough, might just get an unlocked modem and only buy the card from MTN, so I can switch between provider when I travel between countries. Thx....
- Peprah-Amankona: I praying unceasingly to see the veryday glo will start operating in order increase the keen competition in the communication industry.i am a gradua...
- Oluniyi David Ajao: If it wasn't locked, they wouldn't sell it at the subsidized rate they're doing....
- Justin: Hi David, do you have any idea if buying the bundled kit would mean that the Huawei modem is locked only to MTN Ghana? Thanks, Justin...
- Nurudeen Abubakar: Why is it that you dont publicize ur employment? abi its too hot ne? at least allow other members who r on neutral ground to be employed! haba!, abi n...
- chi: I have all da channels working and i think multi tv is just coooool...@cher well i bought mine at A&C mall..b'cos i got a dish i pay 180 ghana c...
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Friday, April 25, 2008
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