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#UgamanTips: Top 10 Social Media Secrets to Success

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It’s with great inclination that I share with you 10 of my top Social Media secrets that will bring success to your personal brand and Business. Social Media is a tool which we all need to learn how we can maximize it and leverage on our businesses and brands. The following are my top 10 social media secrets; #UgamanTips #1 Social Media is not a trend. It’s a tool that facilitates communication just like a phone sms, Email but more efficiently.  #UgamanTips #2 Be Selective on which Social Media Platforms you adopt. Dont go for every platform because you will lose Consistence on all. #UgamanTips #3 Find The best Social Media Platform that works best for your Region and Industry. Various Platforms work best differently #UgamanTips #4 Traditional Marketing is not Dead; Even after adopting a Social Media Strategy, Traditional media is still Key in Business #UgamanTips #5 Factor in the Influencers in both your Region & Industry. Experts in different fiel...

International Airtime Top Up Just Made Communication Better

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Let’s introduce to you International Airtime Top Up™, a new international top up service locally used in Uganda since March 2015. The service allows consumers and businesses from Uganda to send airtime directly to prepaid mobile phone users in the East African Community and over 100 countries across 250 networks worldwide. There is no transfer fee to the user. Customers do not need to register to use the international top up service either, so just about anyone, anywhere, can make use of it. We believe it’s going to be a popular alternative for people who like sending small amounts of airtime (outward) from Uganda to family, friends and colleagues back home (e.g. if they're Rwandan, Burundian, Kenyan, Congolese, Sudanese, Tanzanian, Nigerian, Pakistani or Indian, for example) or for Ugandans who have loved ones living outside Uganda (e.g. son studying in USA, Turkey, France, China, South Africa or Malaysia). International Airtime Top Up™ is also convenient for to...

Mobile vs desktop orders - how Africa uses online food delivery

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Africa’s leading food delivery marketplace hellofood has released an infographic showing how the emerging mobile market impacts online food delivery in Africa.  Worldwide, mobile penetration is constantly on the rise. Particularly rapid growth can be observed in emerging markets such as many African countries. In 2014, the growth rate of mobile orders on hellofood reached 50% on the continent, facilitated by the increasingly affordable prices of smartphones ($40). This has a great impact on millions of people’s every-day lives.  Studies have shown that most Africans use their mobile phones predominantly to listen to music and interact with friends and relatives on social media. Taking pictures and browsing the web for information were also listed among the most common activities. But when it comes to mobile banking and payment, most users still seem slightly wary. This caution was also observed by the online food delivery service hellofood . However, last ...