Digital Skills Community & Google Business Group (GBG) Abuja

 Hello All, I hope you and your family are doing great. Erica Hanson was nominated for CMX 2022 Community Industry Awards.   Please consider voting for her for the Developer Relations Community Professional Category https://cmxhub.com/awards/vote/ Voting is how we can make a positive change in our communities, and so we humbly solicit your SUPPORT and VOTE. Thank you. 🙏 https://cmxhub.com/awards/vote/ #EricaHanson #CMXHub #DeveloperCommunity #DeveloperStudentClubs #Google #Developer #Community

  Hello, I guess you are doing great with work and the family. OK, apologies for the plenty of grammar, you can hold the British responsible.😄 AnyWho! #eNaira @Central Bank of Nigeria I acknowledge and respect the challenge the lady spoke about the MNOs earlier considering Phone Numbers, I never saw it from that angle, but ultimately also, I believe the NIN-SIM card linkage has solved that problem she highlighted, maybe not all, but majorly. Two (2) categories of information are required for the initial onboarding, no matter how you flip the coin. (a) Means of Identification - National ID/NIN Slip, Driver's License, PVC, International Passport. Each of these has its respective and unique identifiers right. (b) Commercial Bank and Bank Account Number The combination of these two (2) items above, is a major step in the right direction. Both categories need to be TRUE before proceeding to the Next Stage. BVN can be verified and approved by the Banks, when they are eventually mapping

  eNaira “Nigeria has become the first country in Africa, and one of the first in the world to introduce a digital currency to her citizens, the adoption of the central bank digital currency and its underlying technology, called blockchain, can increase Nigeria’s gross domestic product by $29 billion over the next 10 years.” The International Monetary Fund projects GDP for Africa’s largest economy to be $480 billion in 2021. (Al Jazeera Media Network) Nigeria joins 14 other countries now in the pilot stages with their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), including China, Sweden, and South Korea, with a total of 81 countries in other stages of exploring CBDCs. (Tech Crunch) A CBDC is a virtual money backed and issued by a central bank. As cryptocurrencies and stable coins have become more popular, the world’s central banks have realized that they need to provide an alternative—or let the future of money pass them by. (Atlantic Council) CBDCs can simplify the implementation of mo

  Estimated People on Facebook and Instagram in Africa - Order by Users: 1. Egypt 48,500,000 2. Nigeria 33,000,000 3. South Africa 26,800,000 4. Algeria 25,800,000 5. Morocco 22,500,000 6. Kenya 12,000,000 7. Ghana 8,400,000 8. Tunisia 8,000,000 9. Ethiopia 7,400,000 10. Tanzania 6,300,000 11. Cote D'Ivoire 6,300,000 12. Libya 6,200,000 13. Cameroon 4,500,000 14. Congo, Dem. Rep. 4,300,000 15. Senegal 3,900,000 16. Uganda 2,900,000 17. Zambia 2,800,000 18. Madagascar 2,800,000 19. Angola 2,700,000 20. Mozambique 2,600,000 21. Guinea 2,300,000 22. Somalia 2,200,000 23. Mali 2,200,000 24. Burkina Faso 2,200,000 25. Benin 1,700,000 26. Zimbabwe 1,500,000 27. Botswana 1,100,000 28. Mauritius 976,000 29. Togo 962,200 30. Mauritania 948,000 31. Sierra Leone 928,900 32. Rwanda 927,100 33. Congo, Rep. 881,600 34. Namibia 867,000 35. Gabon 829,000 36. Liberia 715,800 37. Malawi 704,800 38. Burundi 703,100 39. Niger 633,800 40. Reunion (FR) 619,600 41. Chad 547,800 42. South Sudan 505,200

 People on Facebook and Instagram in Nigeria: Estimated Audience Size 31,200,000 - 32,900,000 Gender and Age Women 36.6% Men 63.4% Gender Breakdown for Ages (a) 18 - 24 (Women 11.5%, Men 16.4%) (b) 25 - 34 (Women 13.1%, Men 22.6%) (c) 35 - 44 (Women 5.5%, Men 12.1%) (d) 45 - 54 (Women 2.1%, Men 5.2%) (e) 55 - 64 (Women 1.3%, Men 2.6%) (f) 65+ (Women 3.1%, Men 4.5%) Top Cities - Lagos 29.76% - Abuja 6.61% - Ibadan 4.25% - Port Harcourt 4.11% - Kano 4.05% - Benin 3.99% - Kaduna 2.43% - Enugu 2.04% - Aba, Abia 1.99% - Warri 1.9% Top Pages - Guaranty Trust in Financial Service (12.76%) - Zenith Bank Plc in Financial Service (10.83%) - CGTN in Media/News Company (10.56%) - Legit.ng in News & Media Website (10.39%) - Emanuella in Comedian (9.84%) - MTN Nigeria in Telecommunication Company (9.57%) - YabaLeftOnline.com in News & Media Website (9.42%) - Pulse Nigeria in Media/News Company (9.01%) - AY COMEDIAN in Comedian (8.71%) - Jumia in Retail Company (8.7%) Thank you.

OTEDOLA is a combination of three (3) words OTE-(D)-OLA. Literal interpretation can use the analogy of “A (becomes) B” or “A (boomerangs) into B” The last word “OLA” is quite easy to interpret, it means wealth, fortune, riches, prosperous, opulent, well off, cash-rich, well-to-do, abundance, affluence, prosperity, success e.t.c. So, what actually turned into wealth and fortune? And what does “OTE” mean? According to (Forbes) in 2016, Femi Otedola was worth $1.8B, positioning him as Number #1011 richest in the world. Using CBN’s Foreign Exchange (FX) rate of N410 per USD ($) https://www.cbn.gov.ng/rates/exchratebycurrency.asp   This should be about 738 billion Nigerian Naira (NGN). A few days/hours ago, he invested about 4% of the fortune to acquire a 10% stake in First Bank of Nigeria with N30 billion worth of shares, making him the bank’s single largest shareholder following the crisis that rocked the Board of Directors recently (Vanguard). Well, he demands love and affection from the

  Ruth Porat SVP & CFO Alphabet and Google shared insights on: $3m grant to support 5K women entrepreneurs via the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF). $40m to the Google.org and; She ended with her dad’s wit, he always reinforced a critical message that “knowledge is a passport for life”. Click Here to watch the complete event (50 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJw_gOAnAtE   Thank you. #Google4Africa21 #RuthPorat #Google4Africa

  Mariam Abdullahi, Director of Platforms and Ecosystems, Google Africa shared the new innovation on street addressing via Plus Codes - addresses for everyone. Simple, free to use, open-source digital addressing, for the entire world Plus Codes are like street addresses for people or places that don’t have one. Instead of addresses with street names and numbers, Plus Codes are based on latitude and longitude and displayed as numbers and letters. With a Plus Code, people can receive deliveries, access emergency, and social services, or just help other people find them. Click here for more information https://maps.google.com/pluscodes   She also shared additional information on YouTube Shorts. YouTube Shorts is a way for anyone to connect with a new audience using just a smartphone and the Shorts camera in the YouTube app. YouTube’s Shorts creation tools make it easy to create short-form videos that are up to 60 seconds long with our multi-segment camera. Get started with YouTube Shorts

  Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google Inc. and its holding company, Alphabet Inc. unveiled the $1 billion investment in AFRICA. Click Here to Watch the complete event (50 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJw_gOAnAtE   Thank you. #Google4Africa21 #SundarPichai #GoogleCEO #AlphabetCEO #Google4AFRICA