2015 can simply be described as the beginning of the death of personal computers as we know them because Mac and all other PC brands experienced challenges with sales and they mostly reported losses.
Internet connection through mobile phones has now given many more Africans the opportunity to access lots of information that are relevant to their individual and business advancement as well as join social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. This helps them to keep abreast of goings on and contribute meaningfully to discussions, both in their immediate society as well as overseas.
It has also given Africans more awareness and consciousness of their immediate and remote environment. Care should, however, be taken in monitoring the use of mobile phones by students on the continent so they do not use these at the expense of their studies.
With the use of mobile telephony, Africa is now able to facilitate its population with better infrastructure and communication services to interact within and outside the continent. The improved market position and job opportunities created from that have supported the economic growth being witnessed in some parts of the continent at present.
With mobile telephones these days, it has become very easy to make contacts and speak with your family and friends as well as business contacts. Everyone is now just a phone call away! Aside from the simple banking activities that are carried out on the mobile phones (such as checking of bank balances), you can now make payments for utilities, such as electricity and water bills.
It is also possible for you to now open a bank account with your mobile phone in many of the banks. It is now possible for you to make payments for purchased items. With your mobile phone you can conduct other banking transactions such as transferring funds from your bank account to another person or organisation’s bank account without physically making a trip to the bank.
These transfers are not limited to transactions between accounts within one bank, but are also possible on transactions from bank accounts in one bank, to bank accounts in another bank. This has drastically reduced constant trips to banks and is a step in the right direction towards achieving a cashless society.
Quite a number of business deals are also initiated, discussed upon and sealed over the mobile phones today. Many business contacts doing business have never met in person, but goods and services are being exchanged between them with payments transferred to the beneficiaries via the mobile phones.
Some other functions that you can conveniently carry out with your mobile phone today include sending and receiving short messages, video recording, voice recording, time piece, alarm buzzer and — Finish Reading on the Punch Website
Sure, mobile has come to take over, any documents format can be open on the phone
It has already started, from seamless online banking to online shopping, paying bills, buying cinema tickers, booking hotels, mobile phones must have surely stolen some people’s job. I was very skeptical in the past about transactions made online, I thought of it as scam . But today I feel reluctant to move our and do business in the proper way. Things are changing and it’s getting bigger everyday
Mobile has taken over completely and the sooner we all realize that the better for us all. The strategy is simple – think mobile first!
Well, the students that found themselves in this telephony Era should be infinitely grateful to the inventors. They need to ask those who have gone before them during the library Era when you just need to get to the Library to do your research, assignment and all that.
Unfortunately, they (the students) of this Era don’t seem to value this. And I think this is why there’s been a continuous misuse of this opportunity. They use the Internet for the wrong reasons. This is quite sad, indeed.
Mobile phones is the fastest & affordable means to access all Vita information, it really helps
i can say mobile phones and internet is one of the best things to happen in this era. There is barely nothing you cant do with your mobile phone be it chatting, purshasing, sales, research etc. Holding a mobile phone is like having the world in your hands.
The budding business this days is mobile app development, this is because everything is going mobile, banks wants u to bank on d go, trade on the go, learn on the go, so it is here for a long long time
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