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The Y’ello Box is bringing 24/7 electricity to
Nigeria via your mobile phone
In a world first, Nigeria is pioneering
a new solar electricity service and it is
already transforming lives.
The Y’ello Box is a solar electricity
system that officially launched earlier
this year and allows families and
business owners to harness the power
of the sun cheaply and efficiently.
In homes, clinics, schools and
businesses across Nigeria, people
are running fans, charging phones,
watching TVs and lighting rooms,
all using affordable, reliable, clean
electricity. The Y’ello Box is already
powering the lives and businesses
of more than one hundred
thousand Nigerians.
Designed and operated by Lumos
Mobile Electricity Service, the Y’ello
Box provides electricity to customers
24 hours a day, which people pay for
using their MTN mobile phone.
Yuri Tsitrinbaum, CEO of the
Lumos Mobile Electricity Service
said: “People don’t have access to
the power they need. Fuel is very
expensive and other services are
unreliable. The Y’ello Box saves
customers money all while providing
better and more reliable electricity.
As Nigeria modernises, our demand
for power increases. It’s time we
did more to harness the power of
the sun. That is why the Y’ello Box
is changing so many lives. It is
affordable, it is reliable and
paying by mobile phone makes
it easy.
“Lumos is growing rapidly across
Nigeria, as we invest more money,
create business opportunities for
Nigerians and employ more and
more people. Equally important is
the fact that the service is
improving the everyday operations
of community centres like schools,
health clinics and religious
institutions,” added Tsitrinbaum. ¡
Kifiya and Mastercard partner to bring
digital payment solution to Ethiopia
Mastercard and digital service provider, Kifiya, have
partnered to introduce a simple, secure and convenient
digital solution that will ultimately allow citizens to pay for all
bills in one location in Ethiopia. The partnership will impact
millions of Ethiopian citizens living abroad, as well as those
living in the East African country.
This service offers a convenient, affordable, secure, simple
and digitally driven solution that enables families and friends
abroad to pay for bills using their debit cards, credit cards,
mobile wallets, or directly from their bank account from
anywhere in the world.
“We are excited about launching a modern and global remit
to-pay platform. We believe that such a service is the first of
its kind and hopefully will create a new class of remittance
solutions,” said Munir Duri, CEO of Kifiya Financial Technology.
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Making payments digital is a critical step in driving the
inclusive growth in Ethiopia, because of its ability to
financially empower even those who were previously
excluded through easy-to-access and use solutions. “Through
vital partnerships such as the one with Kifiya, Mastercard is
dedicated to introducing these kinds of digital solutions that
make a real difference in people’s lives,” concludes Bwakira. ¡
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REDAVIA opens new office in Ghana to
bring rental solar power to businesses
REDAVIA, a global market leader
of cost-effective rental solar power
for businesses and communities,
has opened its first office and legal
entity in Accra, the capital of Ghana,
to accommodate its growth plans
and leverage West Africa’s manifold
business opportunities. The office
opening marks the second milestone
following the seven-year contract
with the Regional Maritime University
in Ghana (RMU) that was announced
on 23 May, 2017.
REDAVIA’s decision to establish an
office and hire a local team in Ghana
is based on its vision and three-
pronged strategy for a long-term
involvement in the country. Firstly,
REDAVIA ensures pre-financing of
entire solar farms to make it both
affordable and predictable for
customers through monthly lease
payments. Secondly, it delivers
German-engineered technology at
the heart of its containerised, easy to
deploy solar farms. And last but not
least, REDAVIA, through its Academy,
ensures an ongoing knowledge
transfer around renewable solar
power to Ghanaian students and
professionals with the aim to equip
current and future generations with
all relevant know-how.
Erwin Spolders, CEO at REDAVIA
said, “Ghana is at the forefront of
a promising progression in Africa,
backed by the government’s ‘One
District One Factory’ vision to
accelerate growth and
sustainable development.”
The office in Accra’s Airport
Residential Area will supplement
REDAVIA’s headquarter in Munich and
branch offices in Tanzania and Kenya. ¡
Attivo Networks and Spectrami
deliver next-gen deception
technology to EMEA
Attivo Networks®, the leader in
deception for cybersecurity threat
detection has announced a strategic
distribution partnership with Spectrami,
the leading value-added distributor
in the region, to provide its next-
generation deception solutions across
Europe, Middle East and Africa.
With the dramatic increase in breaches,
the need for detecting inside-the-
network threats that have bypassed
perimeter security has grown swiftly.
In response, Attivo’s innovative
approach to cyberthreat detection
provides a comprehensive deception
platform that provides accurate, early
threat detection and accelerated cyber
incident response to attacks such as
inside-the-network BOTs and advanced
persistent threats (APTs) that have side-
stepped all other prevention systems.
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Traditional threat detection solutions
monitor network traffic and look for
suspicious attack behaviour based on
known signature patterns. Taking a
different approach, Attivo provides a
non-disruptive, scalable solution that
efficiently detects the presence of
attackers, identifies their intent and
provides intelligence to stop the attack.
The deception platform includes a
wide variety of deception techniques,
decoys and engagement servers, and is
designed for user networks, large data
centres, VMware and Amazon Web
Services (AWS) cloud and speciality
environments such as industrial control
system ICS-SCADA, point of sale (POS),
Internet of things (IOT) and medical
device networks.
“Targeted cyberattacks are increasing
at an alarming rate making it clear
Ray Kafity, Vice President, Middle East,
Turkey and Africa, at Attivo Networks
that a new approach to cybersecurity
is required”, said Ray Kafity, Vice
President, Middle East, Turkey and
Africa, at Attivo Networks. ¡
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