Privacy accreditation: GNSO calls for volunteers to develop policy

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The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council is seeking volunteers to serve on a Working Group (WG) to develop policy recommendations on issues relating to the accreditation of privacy and proxy service providers for domain name registrations.

ITRealms the Working Group is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of recommendations regarding issues identified during the recently-concluded negotiations for the new 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), including recommendations made by law enforcement and GNSO working groups.

Mostly expected to address by the WG are issues not covered during the negotiations and otherwise suited for a Policy Development Process (PDP); specifically, issues relating to the accreditation of privacy and proxy services.

Specific issues to be discussed to be addressed are detailed in the WG’s charter, even as interested parties could join the WG, to contact the GNSO secretariat at gnso.secretariat@icann.org.

ITRealms notes that in October 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Board initiated negotiations with the Registrars Stakeholder Group for a new form of RAA, and simultaneously requested an Issue Report from the GNSO on issues not covered by the negotiations and otherwise suited for a PDP.

The Final Issue Report was published in March 2012, and recommended that the GNSO commence its PDP as soon as possible after receiving a report that the negotiations were concluded.

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NCUC digital portal ready for launch

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What has been described as digital portal being built by the Non-Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in collaboration with the Florida-based  St. Thomas University Law Library.

Confirming this to ITRealms, Director, Law Library, St. Thomas University, Prof. Roy Balleste said the NCUC digital portal is a partnership between St. Thomas University Law Library and the NCUC.

This, he said, was created to position NCUC as a globally accessible, unique, research web portal for a wide array of documents. 

“To our knowledge, no other database exists of this kind within ICANN,” he asserted.

Balleste also revealed that at the moment, individual documents are accessible only by visiting individual locations and some of the items are not publicly cataloged for online accessibility.

But this portal, he said, has been designed for the benefit of the individual members.  

“I encourage you to explore the portal once it is launched, immediately after the ICANN Buenos Aires meeting,” Roy urged, stressing that he would soon be sending out a call for the collection of documents of any historical value to the constituency. 

Even as policy documents will be collected directly from website, which will be in a ‘beta’ mode until the meeting in London in June 2014.

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ICANN unveils WHOIS website beta

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Based on the outcome of the internet community recommendations, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has unveiled a trial version of its proposed WHOIS website.

ITRealms confirms that the beta version is to improve accountability and transparency that ICANN launched the first phase of a new "one-stop" online resource about the WHOIS directory service.

“This new information website provides a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of how to access existing WHOIS information on who has registered domain names. It also makes it easy to notify relevant parties of a data accuracy issue,” ICANN official disclosed to ITRealms.

In furtherance of ICANN bottom-up, members of the community are invited to view the beta site and provide comments via feedback forms, stressing that ICANN staff and the design team would consider all comments and suggestions as we continually improve the site.

ITRealms notes that before now, it was difficult to get a holistic understanding of WHOIS as information was highly distributed over many different websites.

“This new website, whois.icann.org, will be a centralized location for all WHOIS information, making it easier to learn about WHOIS, raise accuracy issues about WHOIS information and how to contribute to WHOIS policies,” official confided in ITRealms, just as ICANN expects to launch an integrated search function in January 2014 as part of the site's second phase.

The WHOIS directory service, ITRealms recalls, is an essential tool used by many people and organizations every day, who needs to know who is behind a website, domain name; could look it up via WHOIS directory information.

Hence, the network administrators, registry operators, domain name registrants, governments, law enforcement, consumer groups, and the international Internet community find it crucial.

So, in addition to identifying domain name holders, WHOIS data also allows network administrators and others to find and fix system problems and to maintain Internet stability.

“With it, they can determine the availability of domain names, combat spam or fraud, identify trademark infringement and enhance accountability of domain name registrants. WHOIS data is sometimes used to track down and identify registrants who may be posting illegal content or engaging in phishing scams,” ICANN stated.

Noteworthy, ITRealms gathered is that Affirmation of Commitments requires ICANN to "maintain timely, unrestricted and public access to accurate and complete WHOIS information...." which also calls for a review of WHOIS policy and its implementation every three years to assess its effectiveness in meeting legitimate needs of law enforcement and promoting consumer trust.

ITRealms learnt that this new website which is on trial version currently is the result of recommendations made by the last review panel.

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Technology giant, CWG warms up for Stock Exchange

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Opinion: 

On November 15, 2013, Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG) shall be the first company to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange following the launch of the new trading engine, X-Gen, which incidentally is the same engine that is used on the NASDAQ. The listing of the shares is expected to boost the market capitalisation of the NSE with about N14 billion, while CWG would be the highest capitalised security in the ICT sector of the exchange.

The NASDAQ and the NYSE have also recently witnessed a boom in Technology listings with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. Twitter has also recently revealed her listing plans. This seems to be the golden age of technology companies, as the stocks have done outstandingly well post listing. For instance, Google’s shares have gained a whopping 773% post listing while LinkedIn and Facebook have gained 160% and 29% respectively (as at October 04, 2013). Twitter seems set to follow in this trend with quarterly revenues up 105% to $139m from a year ago.

Here in Nigeria, CWG’s story has not been different. With seed capital of about N160,000 in 1992, CWG received a valuation of N6.97billion in 2009 from Vetiva Capital for her private placement. The issue was oversubscribed; with Private Equity firm Aureos Capital LLC taking up a major chunk, defying the gloomy atmosphere of the global economic downturn at that time. The valuation resulted in an increase in invested capital of 4,400 times, meaning that an initial investment of $1000 in 1992 would have yielded a whopping $4.4m within just 20 years. 

This achievement put the company in the bracket of the one of the best global value creators. CWG seems to be on track to repeat this feat on her listing, at a target share price of N5.48, almost doubling her private placement price of N3.40 in 2009 albeit in a very difficult environment characterised by significant slowdown in global economic growth.

It is therefore not surprising that that the Ministers of Finance, Trade and Investment and Communication Technology recently joined hands with the CEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to aggressively canvas for more Technology listing towards achieving the goal of the NSE to reach a market capitalisation of $1trillion within a decade.

CWG’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Austin Okere confidently declares that “our best is yet to come”, amidst comment from sceptics that all previous Technology listings on the Nigerian Stock Exchange have lost significant value. Hear him; “the value of the stock is affected by performance and perception of potential. The stock also reacts negatively to swings in revenue, preferring predictability in forecasts”. He continues “CWG has over the years built a large proportion of her turnover into annuities from deploying her own Intellectual Property (IP), to enable financial inclusiveness in Mobility, such as the recently announced Yello Diamond Account, which will bring banking services to over 55 million Mobile phone subscribers, and the MTN XaaS product, which will provide Financial services in the cloud for the over 1000 Microfinance banks and their customers on a pay as you use basis”. The product rides on cloud computing to bring competitive advantage to relatively smaller banks which would otherwise have been disenfranchised. According to him about 12 of the large banks in Nigeria run on the Finacle Core banking Application, which CWG jointly promotes in West Africa with the application developers, Infosys of India, processing over 60% of all financial transaction in Nigeria and used by the likes of FBN, UBA, Stanbic IBTC, Fidelity and FCMB amongst others.

CWG has taken advantage of her early mover status in the surge in ICT outsourcing demands to provide the service for the largest telecommunication company and the largest Downstream Company in the Oil & Gas sector in Nigeria. This further assures annuity income that smoothes revenue swings and brings predictability to income. According to Austin, about 80% of the company’s revenue is from repeat business, and new customers are more likely to be from referrals.

CWG is a strong player in the ATM business, providing and supporting over 30% of the country’s ATM installed base in conjunction with Wincor-Nixdorf of Germany, global leaders in the field.

Being a skills intensive business, CWG has set up an Academy to train brilliant youngsters to boost her talent pool. Currently, the CWG Academy trains over 200 graduates per year in Nigeria and Ghana, and is set to start in Uganda by mid next year. The company currently employs over 650 people, of which about 80% are engineers, with extra certifications in Cisco, Oracle, IBM and other Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) platforms. The Company is ISO 9001:2008 certified across all her operations.

The stellar performance of the Company has been rewarded by her peers and regulators with such awards as Top 50 Technology Business Companies in West Africa, ICT Solutions Provider of the year, ICT Company of the year, and the CEO as ICT Personality of the year 2012.

CWG has garnered a track record over the years as one of the most admired companies in Africa. In 2009, the Columbia Business School in New York published a case study on the Company and appointed Austin Okere as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), while in 2012, the Legatum Entrepreneurial Center of MIT Boston, published a video and written case study on the Computer Warehouse Group as well.

For the second year in a row, CWG was awarded the Most Outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Technology Company of the year in 2012. The company has continued to support her host communities by ingraining social responsibility as an integral part of her business model, with focus on the education sector.

In the quest to be the leading Pan African ICT Company, CWG has actualised her geographical expansion plans with operation in four African countries; Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Cameroon, and virtual operations in 17 other countries. The Company has 18 offices and support centres across Nigeria, including Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt.

The company seems well set to achieve her vision of being the number one IT Utility enabler in Africa by 2015.

* Success Nmerife, Head, Marketing Communications and Corporate Affairs
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Pix: Okere, GMD of CWG explaining a point to Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iwala

PACCI set to host confab’13 in Addis Ababa

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The Pan-Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) has advanced plans to host its 2013 international conference of the African Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Officials of PACCI confirmed to ITRealms that the event schedule for November 28th and 29th 2013, Addis Ababa.

ITRealms also recalls that in January 2012, at the 18th African Union (AU) Summit, themed Boosting Intra-Africa Trade agreed on fast-tracking the establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area (C-FTA) by 2017, even as it was recommended by the African Union Ministers of Trade meeting held in December 2011 that PACCI holds.

Between the AU Ministers of Trade at their 2010 meeting, tasking the African Union Commission (AUC), with assistance from the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), to undertake preparatory work that would support their proposal of a Continental FTA, three key papers on boosting intra-African trade was developed on “Issue paper on Boosting Intra-Africa Trade”, “Action Plan for Boosting Intra African Trade” and “Draft Framework, Roadmap and Architecture for Fast Tracking the C-FTA.”

The AU Trade Ministers officially endorsed these papers at their December 2011 Meeting.

The papers set out a plan to boost trade by at least 25-30% in the next 10 years and to establish the C-FTA by 2017.

The C-FTA will eliminate tariffs on substantially all originating trade between C-FTA member states. Along with measures to further reduce the cost of cross-border trade, it will not only help to increase intra-African trade, but also to improve Africa’s competitiveness in the global marketplace. Ministers have agreed to a number of provisions set out in the Draft Framework, Roadmap and Architecture for Fast Tracking the C-FTA.

The Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry is working with the African Trade Policy Center (ATPC) of the UNECA, the AUC, and other partners; National and Regional Chambers of Commerce (RCC), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Business Councils among others, to strengthen Africa’s capacity to advance the community’s economic well-being, and the general welfare and prosperity of African businesses.

This conference is being organized in Addis Ababa to consult a range of African business stakeholders on the role business can play in building domestic political support for the Continental Free Trade Area (C-FTA).

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Nnenna joins World Wide Web Foundation

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From last Friday, November 1, Ms Nnenna Nwakanma commenced work with the World Wide Web Foundation’s growing international network as Africa Regional Coordinator for the organization.

Reputed as an experienced technology and development professional, Nnenna, according to information available to ITRealms, would be based in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Nnenna, ITRealms reports will work to develop cutting-edge collaborations which will advance the aims and reach of the Web Foundation’s work across Africa, including the Alliance for Affordable Internet project and the Web We Want campaign for human rights on and through the Web.

ITRealms recalls that Nnenna is an experienced development professional has worked in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field on the continent over a decade.

“As well as leading a highly-regarded consultancy platform, Nnenna has in recent years co-founded The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, and served as a board member of the Open Source Initiative,” official statement from the foundation revealed.

She had worked closely with a range of civil society organisations, including  the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and has worked on the United Nation (UN) Africa Information Society Initiative.

Just penultimate week, she was invited to speak to over 2,000 participants from 111 countries at the opening ceremonies of the Internet Governance Forum in Bali on behalf of civil society.

Confirming this appointment, the chief executive officer (CEO), World Wide Web Foundation, Ms Anne Jellema, noted that securing someone with Nnenna’s background and talent is a real coup for her foundation.

“Nnenna will play a vital role in helping us to achieve our vision: an open Web which is a global public good and a basic right. We are delighted to welcome Nnenna onboard,” she said.

Reacting, Nnenna told ITRealms that the growing digital divide is a global issue that could only be tackled collaboratively.

“An open Web that is available, usable and valuable for everyone is crucial for Africa’s future. I look forward to working with the team at the World Wide Web Foundation to make affordable and open internet access a reality for all,” she said.

ITRealms recollects that Nnenna has lived in five different African countries, speaks English and French, as well as three other African languages.

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Pix: Nnenna Nwakanma

Controversy trails Steven Evans exit as Etisalat CEO

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The last may not have been heard over the recent resignation saga of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Steve Evans and the former Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Mr. Wael Ammar.

ITRealms reports that on one account, Messrs Evans and Ammar were said to have resigned due to the expiration of their five-year tenure. While on another account, there could be more than meets the eyes in the report and unceremonial exit of these two.

Also, ITRealms recalls that Steven Evans purportedly resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian subsidiary of Emirates Telecommunications Corporation operating as Etisalat Nigeria.

Investigations showed that Mr. Ammar may have exhausted his contract of five years, Mr. Evans is yet to coupled with the purported use of ‘resign’ by official of Etisalat to justify Evans exit from Nigeria.

On the other hand, some reports have it that the chief financial officer (CFO) Etisalat Nigeria is currently incharge whereas some indicated that the chief commercial officer, Matthew Willsher is in the acting capacity of the CEO.

Confirming the exit of Mr. Evans to ITRealms, the Director, Brand Communications at Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Enitan Deloye said “Yes, Steven resigned to join his family back in the United Kingdom.”

Although, Deloye did not give further details on the issue of who is in-charge after Evans resignation, he promised to revert to ITRealms with details.

Meanwhile, however, Bloomberg report that Evans resigned last month and returned home to the United Kingdom after leading the company for most of its five years in existence.

The Chief Commercial Officer, Matthew Willsher, was named in acting capacity for CEO in his place.

Willsher did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comments and Evans’ Etisalat e-mail bounced back, according to Bloomberg.

Abu Dhabi-based parent Etisalat didn’t immediately respond to calls and e-mails seeking comments.

Evans was appointed in December 2008, two months after Etisalat began full commercial operations in Nigeria, according to the company’s website.

Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the London-based BT Group Plc (BT/A)’s mobile unit.

Etisalat is the fourth largest mobile phone operator in Nigeria.

The company had 15.3 million subscribers as of June 2013, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission.

*Remmy Nweke with agency reports

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*Steven Evans (top) and Wael Ammar (down left)

Board politics force Lawson to step aside as Ecobank chairman

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Barely 61 days to his retirement, the Board of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), may have forced it's else while chairman, Kolapo Lawson to step aside, following reports of breach of corporate governance in the bank under his leadership.

“As the head of such a respected global institution, I must act when there is even the slightest perception that the interests of that institution might be at risk. I therefore step aside as Chairman of Ecobank Transnational,” he declared.

ITRealms confirmed that Lawson is due for retirement by December 31, 2013 and has handed over to André Siaka as interim chairman with immediate effect.

Official statement to this effect from Ecobank quoted Mr. Lawson as confirming that the last few months have seen huge pressure on the organisation, and on him personally over allegations of mismanagement leveled against him to the Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).

“These have culminated in allegations, which are untrue, made to the Nigerian SEC on issues of corporate governance. During this time, I led constructive discussions on the need for independent review of these allegations. The board has now taken the necessary decisions to appoint independent parties who, I am confident will investigate these allegations and review our corporate governance with the utmost professionalism. In order to give total credibility to these reviews, I have decided it would not be appropriate for me to be the person leading this process. The Board has assured me of its commitment to seeing these investigations through and I will continue to monitor this as an interested party,” he said.

Lawson also lamented that current media speculations cast over the institution, hence, he accepted to take the necessary steps to bring this to an end.

In his acceptance remarks on behalf of the Board, Mr. Siaka described Kolapo Lawson as a loyal servant of Ecobank for many years, who has played a major part in shaping the successful organization.

“His family is inseparable from Ecobank and Kolapo’s contribution to Ecobank is second to none: over twenty years, as a director of Ecobank Nigeria, of Ecobank Togo and of ETI, he has made a truly outstanding contribution to this great pan-African company. He has our very sincere thanks for all of his hard work and commitment, his leadership and his good company,” Siaka said.

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Revive Tech unveils online shop with customer-centric, loyalty scheme

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Starting from Friday, November 1, 2013, the Revive Technologies Limited is opening an online retail portal at www.revivetechnologies.org, with customer-centric focus on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) devices, says the Managing Director, Mr. Wale Thomas.

Confirming this to DigitalSENSE Business News, Monday at the firm’s office in Ikeja, Mr. Thomas said, the move is aimed at providing a more convenient and flexible alternative purchase channels for its growing customers, in line with the company's decision to drive the cashless economy policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from the online retail perspective.

He explained that online purchase option does not rule out the physical option, which consumers have to buy mobile and other IT devices from Revive retail outlets nationwide. Stressing that online purchase further helps various customers to pick their devices at much more affordable prices and convenient.

Mr. Thomas noted that Revive would be adding value to their teeming and prospective customers through delivering promptly and efficiently purchase at any part of the country with little or no additional cost.

Pointing out that Revive’s kind of online retail store is unique because it is not like every other online stores, but absolutely different from what already obtains because it has a round the clock online customer care service.

With experience in IT business spanning over 19 years, Mr. Thomas assured that the online purchase option was introduced to create flexibility, choices and convenience for numerous customers.

“It's in addition to the existing opportunity they have to walk into our physical retail outlets and make their purchase. ‎From wherever you are, you can log on to the internet, brose the various products on display and make purchase with your preferred payment option and the products will be delivered to you," he said.

Just as he disclosed to  DigitalSENSE Business News that purchased made from November 1 attracts an incentive of a Bluetooth ear-piece.

He explained that the Revive Technologies offers its sales with loyalty card which could be redeemed with IT devices of their choice based on their accumulated points.

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pix from the media launch, Thomas speaking

Soccket ball: Energizing the world by play

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Preamble:

RECENTLY, it was an exciting week for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) when he played host to a 25-year-old Nigerian, Ms Jessica Matthews, who invented a power-generating football tagged SOCCKET ball.

DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Unchartedplay, Ms Matthews, was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to present the ball, capable of generating a three-hour light from 30 minutes of play to President Jonathan, in addition to presentation of an energy-generating skipping rope to the President.

Jonathan applauds Jessica:

Congratulating Ms Matthews on her creative invention, Jonathan expressed excitement on Matthews ability to train as a psychologist and economist, and transform by developing herself in the field of other sciences.

He said Matthews invention is a proof of the quality of human resource existing in Nigeria.

The invention, he said, was useful as a major tool that could be used to mobilise young Nigerians and encourage them to think more deeply.

My inspiration:

In her remarks, Matthews said that sometimes power is lost and she wonder on what could be done to solve the situation.

“… I saw my cousins and everyone playing football, playing with everything not even with football alone. I say this is amazing and they can rival Messi. If we can take this kinetic that is generated here and use it to address the issues that we really have; kinetic energy is used for windmill, why not the ball?” she declared.

She said although the items were already on sale in New York, she had not started making them in Nigeria.

She, however, said when they would be made available for sale in Nigeria, the cost would be equivalent to what people pay for a solar inverter.

The mission of her company, she disclosed is to “Foster well-being by inspiring people to lead playful lives.”

Manufacturing locally and Harvard connection:

For the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Segun Aganga, the Federal Government was looking at the possibilities of manufacturing the items in Nigeria and how to make them cheaper for Nigerians.

“Jessica is a Nigerian, she studied at Harvard University, and she went to Business School and actually taught herself Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. So, she is an inspiration to every Nigerian especially our children in Nigerian universities. This is a product not only for Nigeria, but a product made in Nigeria by a Nigerian and for the world,” he said.

Emphasizing that additional thing is that the Soccket ball product is actually versatile, which entails that it is not just about the electricity, “You can use it to charge your mobile phones, for fans, so there are so many things for which it can be used.”

Explaining further, Ms Matthews who was accompanied by her father Mr. Matthew alongside some of her top management team, said that Soccket was born out of passion to harness the football skills among lovers of the game, since it has become a global phenomena, hence Soccket is a soccer ball that generates electricity as you play.

Cardinal points:

On the product development approach, she said that this is centred on three cardinal points, namely care, embrace and amplify. She explained that for care, UP want each project to have a positive impact on people and the environment, thus they strive to include all stakeholders in the development process to create practical products that are driven by the company’s mission.

So, because they want people of all race to embrace the product its development is driven by first-hand information receive from partnering Non-Government Organisation (NGO), which often are testimonials about positive experiences and then these are used as the starting point for potential solutions.

Equally to amplify the product, she pointed out that typical design interventions require users to adopt new behaviors for successful implementation, therefore, the team focus on creating products that amplify existing behavior.

Playing to dreams:

What began in May of 2011 as a dream saw Jessica O. Matthews and Julia Silverman founding Uncharted Play (UP); a new kind of social enterprise that has continued to show the world that doing good and doing good business need not be mutually exclusive.

According to Jessica, Uncharted Play dream began in 2008 when Matthews and Silverman met during their junior year at Harvard College. Both studying to be social scientists with no experience in engineering, but driven by passion, she worked with her partner on a number of class project to invent the SOCCKET, which today is reputed as an energy harnessing soccer ball.

Through this experience, both women realized that the world of play was truly uncharted territory when it came to tangibly addressing real issues facing the society. Though the future was uncertain, they knew that an enterprise grounded in sustainable, realistic solutions for happiness had an undeniable value.

DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that after graduating from college, Messrs Matthews and Silverman set up shop in New York City and established an enthusiastic team to further develop the founders core values. Hence, the SOCCKET constantly reiterated its position to truly meet the needs of the end user, and development on several other fun and functional products has already begun.

Playful lives:

With the Uncharted Play mission being to “Foster well-being by inspiring people to lead playful lives” banking on for-profit social enterprise dedicated to improving lives through play. She maintained that UP flagship product is the SOCCKET, an energy harnessing soccer ball.

One dreams as posited by the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Aganga, that soon than later, that Nigerians will began to feel the impact of this Nigerian-linked invention to not only bring energy to the people, but also save the world of demerits of current energy generation tactics, devoid of the kind of promise made Dr. Izuogu, a Nigerian who designed a car locally and 16 years later, the Federal Government could not facilitate grants for him to take the project beyond theorem.

*Remmy Nweke

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