Did you know Jumia Phones could be just the next Amazon in Africa?Everything you need to know about Jumia Group Africa

If you have not heard about Jumia phones in Africa then you have not been spending a lot of time on the world wide web. This may be through Facebook or even when looking for a job online you may have bumped into Jumia somewhere online.
Jumia was previously known as the Africa Internet Group which is a company founded in 2012 by Jeremy Hodara and Sacha Poignonnec. Jumia has about 1000-3000 employees working to improve the platform. Jumia platform is tailored for the needs of the African continent aiming at some of the challenges that Africa is currently facing like poor infrastructure, bad traffic and poor choice of goods available to the millions of people on the African content. With the fast penetration of the internet in Africa with many people starting to get online Jumia has managed to tap into the e-Commerce scene in Africa just like Amazon in the United States.
Jumia is an online platform for shopping just like Amazon.com offering delivery of goods bought online to the customers in a station near them. It has improved the way people do shopping in Africa and me being in Kenya I have personally bought my mobile phone from Jumia.
The website has some pretty cool offers like Jumia Black Friday, Mobile Weeks and Jumia Home Makeover which run from time to time with millions of sales every day and deliveries done round the clock within Africa. Jumia has successfully sunk its teeth in 11 African countries and growing steadily. The website has undergone a massive structural change with more services added to the platform. The website now offers goods and services in the following categories.

1. Classifieds
2. Commercial Delivery
3. E-Commerce
4. E-Commerce Platforms 
5. Fashion Food and Beverage 
6. Food Delivery Hospitality
7.  Hotel Information Services
8. Internet 
9. Marketplace
10. Online Portals
11.  Real Estate
12.  Recruiting
13. Restaurants
14.  Retail
15. Search Engine 
16. Shopping 
17. Travel
18. Travel Accommodations 


Jumia also has a little something for web developers in the form of the Jumia Affiliate Program which is an affiliate program for Jumia.I have written an in-depth article on how to make money on jumia as an affiliate.

Google Planning to Ban Cryptocurrency Adverts

The tech giant Google is planning to ban cryptocurrecny related adverts from its platform. Google is updating its financial services ads related content on their platforms. The crackdown also applies to Wallets, Initial Coin Offerings and ads on trading advice.Google is planning to roll out this update in June 2018 following Facebook's ban that was also announced early this year. The two companies feel that they have seen too many ads related to cryptocurrencies that may cause consumer harm.
Even though cryptocurrency ,market has generated a lot  of wealth for many people this field still remains vastly uncontrolled. This is a major concern as it may lead to very high profile scams.This news came as Google released its annual trust and safety ads report.
Google has come to this conclusion after taking down more than 3.2 billion ads that violated their policies.
It is understandable why google may want to make the ads space safer for its users as Google's parent company Alphabet gets 84% of its earnings from advertising.

US Secretary of State Fired by Trump after Visit to Kenya!!

Photo Courtesy Standard Digital: Rex Tillerson in Kenya

The U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been ousted by the U.S President Donald Trump. The President plans on replacing Tillerson with the CIA Director Mike Pompeo.Trump asked him to step aside. This cut short his visit to Kenya as he had to return to Washington DC immediately to address more "pressing matters". The tension between the president and his top diplomat has been growing for the past few months and reached breaking point last week when he finally asked Tillerson to step aside amid on going delicate negotiations  with North Korea. This signifies a major change to the President's national security team at such a crucial time.

The reason for his firing still remains unclear. According to the spokesperson for the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson had no idea why he was fired.
The Director of the Criminal Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo will replace Rex Tillerson while the current deputy Director of the CIA ,Gina Haspel will succeed Mike Pompeo as Director of the CIA making her the first female to ever head the CIA since it was formed.
However the Trump nominees will still have to go through the Senate for confirmation.Tillerson felt that he was left out of the loop when President Trump aggreed to meet North Korea Leader .He had insisted on a diplomatic approach on the nuclear stand off between the U.S and North Korea.Pompeo, who had developed a good rapport with the President of the US as the Director of the CIA has long been rumoured as Tillerson's replacement. Trump's latest move confirms this rumour.Tillersons removal had been wildly anticipated and even had a nickname "Rexit".This rumor had been made even stronger in November 2017 when NBC news reported that Tillerson had called Trump a "moron".

Android Users more loyal compared to iOs users , study shows. Details inside

The Consumer Intelligence Research Partners  has recently studied that android users tend to be more loyal to the platform than iOs users.

 The reports indicate a steady rise in android users since 2016 with the numbers at their peak right now.
The study looked at US customers who stayed with their operating systems after upgrading their phones in 2017 to either Android or iOs.  91% stayed loyal to Android while 86% remained loyal to iOs. 

Due to the availability of only two popular mobile phone operating systems users are inclined to chose either Android or iOs and invest their storage
and applications.

In other news Apple is planning to change their Logos for the iPhone ,iPad and the iPod. They are to all have different logos for each different device.

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Governors Warned by Senate over defiance

The Senate Public Accounts has warned governors over defiance. The senate is charged with the responsibility of ensuring governors respond to county matters.
Speaking on behalf of the committee , the chairman, Moses Kajwang' insisted that the team is mandated to ensure accountability of public resources. He also said that they are inviting governors and if they do not appear they will be summoned. He further added that they will be working with Director of Public Prosecutions, Police and Ethics and the Anti-Coreuption Commissions.
The commitee is committed to ensuring that governors are accountable and that all Kenyans develop from the funds in the county.
He further added that the committee is going to expand from just financial audits to include performance audits.
The plan is dubbed Senate Machinani. Its core objective being to check accuracy of reports from the 47 counties in Kenya. They are also planning to hold public and joint meetings with County Assemblies budget committied.

Magambo , Meru University VC Finally Sent on Terminal Leave

Prof Jeff Magambo

Acting Vc Charity Gichuki

The Education Minister Amina Mohammed has finally sent Prof Japheth Magambo on a terminal leave after visiting the school today (6th March 2018).The acting Vice Chancellor of Meru University of Science and Technology is now Prof Charity Gichuki .The cabinet secretary also ordered the re-opening of the instituition in a week's time on a maximum.
The new acting Vice Chancellor was Prof Jeff Magambo's deputy in charge of Finace and Administration in the university. Meru University has been closed for close to four weeks now following student's unrest over hiked school fees.
The death of the Students Associaion of Meru University's Secretary General Evance Njoroge fuelled the student's strike even further leading to complete chaos in the nearby village of Nchiru along Meru Maua road with the police in cat and mouse games with the irated students and a few members of the community.The student leader is was shot dead by a police officer on February 27th. Some of the students who were arrested have been arraigned in Kirindine court. The students of Meru University have also been on the frontline to help give their fallen hero a proper send off by contributing to his burial using paybill 530100 Account Name Njoroge.