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In October 2015 we brought you Nigerian financial services comparison startup TopCheck founded by Christian Wiesner Jose Figueiredo and Thomas Pilar on the Break Digit Show and so we are glad to bring you this news that Topcheck our darling financial services comparison site has been acquired by South Africa’s Silvertree Internet Holdings, for an undisclosed amount.

Topcheck a web startup launched in December 2014 started off as an online platform that allows users to compare insurance, and just like Thomas Pilar discussed when we had a chat on the show that other financial services will be added, it was not long before the platform started to add other services such as Loans, Broadband Internet, Travel & Life Insurance etc. Users can receive a tailored quote on their desired product online and directly contact the service provider with the most attractive conditions.

TopCheck has now been acquired by Silvertree, and will join Silvertree’s subsidiary Compare Africa Group (CAG) which offers online price comparison of goods and services across South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

Prior to the acquisition CAG was a competitor of Topcheck and we heard that the both sides are happy with the acquisition as they believed the acquisition will paves the way for creation of an Africa-wide price comparison multinational company.

“THE TOPCHECK TEAM IS EXCITED TO JOIN FORCES WITH COMPARE AFRICA GROUP. TOGETHER, WE ARE FORMING AFRICA’S BIGGEST LEADER IN PRICE COMPARISON,” SAID TOPCHECK CO-FOUNDER THOMAS PILAR.

“While our two companies had been competitors before, our strategies are completely in line: to be the number one online destination to acquire financial services in Africa. With TopCheck’s market position in Nigeria, and Silvertree’s wide reach throughout Africa, we look forward to further accelerating the company’s growth across the continent.”

more on http://www.africanstartups.tv/2017/02/08/topcheck-acquired-by-silvertree/

what should i tell you na

vitalisdiho:
Please....I don't have mb to watch the video.tell me

What is funny ladyF

ladyF:

Ladies and gentlemen, have always seen and heard people say they learnt this and that on the internet.

I decided to try my hands on video production with all available online tutorials after which i laid my hands on camera and start producing this amazing music video.

watch, worship and give your opinion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Kz8Jzf1hw&feature=youtu.be

Thank you

Must you always take everything for granted, someone is talking about what is paining her and here you are doing what

33bandit:
..nice movie sha. ive not seen any girl talking about her sexual escapades in this manner .not even one ..anyway .brother you can gist film eh

We are supposed to be giving her advise not laughing na, it is a difficult situation, hope she is not infatuated

OBTSubtle:


Be joyful no matter situation..

What are you luaghing whats funny inside

OBTSubtle:

Do you know of a good mechanic for it, so if she finally buys it,s he can contact the person

mayor2013:
You would enjoy it with a competent engineers not kazeems

Nawa for Mechanic o, the girl was so scared cos we like the look of the car seriously

mayor2013:
A very good car. Her mechanic doesn't have the technical know- how of fixing the ride that is why he is kicking against it

Thank you, have you seen someone who have used it well without bitter complain, because the mechanic just wash down the car, said its the worst set of car even hyundai is better

AntiWailer:
It is not a bad car at all

Mechanics condemns any car they know nothing about .

Hello.

My friend wants to buy ford edge 2010
But she said her Mechanic is advising her against it, is Ford Edge a good car.

Regards

I need Hyndai ix35

if you have one please contact me on redu54@gmail.com.

Regards

Honestly i was telling someone and they told me he might be under spiritual attack, i dont believe he is though, he is simply being careless, when the car had the accident, i had register the car for a comprehensive insurance with excess buy back, meaning insurance will repair the car or refund all the repair cost, okay i ask my brother to bring money so that we can repair the car and i will pay him back once insurance refund us but he said he has no money that only 80,000 remaining with him, how can 80,000 be remaining when in the uber account he has received over 700,000 naira, he doesnt buy anything in the house and that is inclusive of the table water we drink in the house, i buy food stuff, pay for all bills, so where did all the money go, my junior sister is still serving when Buhari didnt pay their Alawee she purposely refused to call me but called him to send money for her to feed, he refused when my sister was almost fainting, she put a call thru to me that she is empty and has been begging him to send at least 5k to her to feed till govt pays but he refused, i was so shock that he couldnt even afford to bail out his little sister with 5k, i had to send the money to my little sister, he hasnt given anyone in the family any money that we know of, where did all 700,000 go. my other brother which i also sponsor his education has warned that i do not spend a peny on him anymore, i wish he can change and also be like every other boy husstling in the street

Diplomaticbeing:
I say to you once more, I understand perfectly well your trials. At this juncture, you have to seek for an antidote of emotional/psychological blackmail, because he will soon resort to it. I, for one, I can't put up with any form of emotional blackmail because it do weaken me down to the bone marrow. Thus, the reason why if someone around me fails to be a source of positive energy to me, I cut contacts with such a person without wasting time. So, how best you handles emotional blackmail will either make your decision to keep him around a good of bad choice.

Meanwhile, your case is somehow different thou, you're a woman, so you shouldn't postpone your marriage plans - spending your hard earned money to cater for important needs you enumerated - just to fix him up first, no. If you we're to be a man I'd say, for blood sake, postpone your marriage plans and help him one more time to affix himself somewhere and from there start fending for himself.

By the way, doesn't he has unmarried friend(s) who're in a similar or better situation like/than him but ambitious? If he has, use a third party entity (this third party must be a family member who will not go out to tell the whole world the misunderstanding in your family) suggest to him to liaise with such a friend to share his (his friend) accommodation and its expenses. This method will be cheaper for you to use relocate him while at the same time he would be a co-owner and have pride there instead of a freeloader. Anything you can do to get him off closer to you and independent too, I suggest that you do. And since you can't afford leaving the car to him considering the financial burdens on your shoulder, make the sacrifice of helping him to relaunch his photography business, since he already has the equipments - this will also be less expensive for you to bear at this juncture. Don't leave him completely empty handed, because if you do, he may do an unthinkable thing to you.

I am always in support of reducing contacts when disagreement arises between siblings, but I will never supports burning the bridge. So, whatever decision you may conclude taking, make sure that you don't burn the bridge that holds both of you together. All in all givers never lack.

Believe you me, with diplomacy you will always overcome many life difficulties and people that brings negative energy to you without making them feel hurt.

He is 29 years old, i pray God help him

Richy4:
I just read about an adult taking an undue advantage of his younger sister.... What a lucky old boy...Assuming u are older than him, i would have said advice him and bear with him..

If you can pay a bill, so can he. he should find a house of his own.. pay for one year for it and wash your hands off him...
U are a good and functional ATM my dear.

Renting a house is not an option now as my wedding is coming early next year, so i think i will have to put up with him till then, i would have loved to leave the car for him totally but 2 things bothers me, 1) the fact that while he is making money on the car, he cannot even repair it, if anything is wrong with the car he will leave it like that until im tired of complaining then i will fix it myself, if i leave the car i use my hard earn money to buy for him, he will let it rust, secondly, since my weding plans came up my elder sister told me our house in the vilage is in a bad state that even coming for intro will be a serious embarrassment, so i am doing some renovation, at least the roof that has all gone bad so rain will not come and be chasing inlaws on the intro or trad day, putting that house together will cost me over a million naira, and on the other hand, my fiance just started work few years ago, he was living with his parent until our engagement, so renting a comfortable house plus doing all the wedding stuff is going to be difficult for him so i have to save some money to support where i can, so in literal meaning, i need all the money i can get to plan my life, knowing none of them will offer help

Diplomaticbeing:
@OP
I can relate to your story nay pains 100 percent, because I have been there and still in it. Sincerely, the worst thing that will ever happen to anyone is having sibling(s) who has sense of entitlement complex. And it gets worse when one is an altruistic type; since the sufferings of people closer to you will always automatically knock you down emotionally and physically, by extension you see yourself become self-enslave to them.

Citing your postulation, your brother is the extreme opportunist type, now you have to reciprocate his ill attitude by feigning apathetic towards him. Give him some distance by relocating him to another apartment far from where you live (even if it is a room) and stop discussing your conquests with him. Allow him to fend for himself. This is the easiest way to keep him in check and balance. But before you do that, either consider to leave your current car for him, if you can afford an alternative or you buy him a smaller one/help him get back to his photography business. Once you can do any of this, feign apathetic towards him I say.

If you fails to act now, believe you me, you will soon become his worst enemy. Because he will always expects you to satisfy his request whenever he made one. Such a person never want to hear a "I don't have" kind of reply. To them there's no way you can't have to give, so they always assumed that your inability to satisfy their request at anytime means you have become wicked towards them. In their myopic state, you're a supper human being, so should be living above lacks and difficulties. His type is also quick to taunt, chastise, disparage and judge you.

However, no matter the happenstances, never alienate yourself completely from him, because as the saying goes blood is thicker than water. Siblings will always disagree to agree.

Thanks for your response, my dad is late, he's been late since i was barely 2 years old, my mom an old woman in the village, she is hypertensive and has issues with bad reports, she will just faint or become sick. have told him this over and over again, even when we were buying the photography stuffs, i said it over and over again, he even came with his friends to beg that once this is done he will be able to stand on his own, after that it was excuse that i keep receiving, i do not know why God will allow me to be stress this way for the life of me, i work hard, too hard for my age to make a living but this people kept on pressing me down like a wild force :- my mates in the office are far better than me, they live a worthy life but here i am always spending money like i uproot them from the farm becaues of family[

PresVA:
I must commend you. .You're really a hardworking woman..

This is really somewhat tough, if we say you collect the car and let him go.. what becomes of him? He may become worse and cause nuisance to the society at large. .

You didn't mention your parents in your writeup? You guys need to call a family meeting to discuss his issue and advise him seriously. ..

After that, I will advise you settle him once and for all based on what he has interest to do... and let him know that would be the last time you're going to do anything concerning helping him.. he should start fending for himself henceforth. . If possible, rent a self contained for him, seems he enjoys so much comfort at your house, let him be totally independent and hustle like others. .. Once in a while, check up on him and see how far he's going. .

Before helping him this last time, make 'noise' about how the economy is affecting your profit at work.... money no dey as e dey before oo..if possible, delay helping him for a while and tell him no money.... Let him know you're struggling to survive too(even if you're not), don't just dish out money...

I wish you the best and hope your brother becomes productive. .

I graduated quite early and at 22 i already had an okay job, my education was miraculously funded with the little meaner jobs i was doing from house girl to sale's girl, typist etc.

So when i had a job, i decided to help my other siblings both younger and elder ones get qualitative education, for 4 years i work solely to pay their fees, i had no savings, so finally last year the last one standing graduated and i thought i was going to breath fresh air.

One came to stay with me, my immediate elder brother, after his NYSC he started job hunting and couldnt get any, he came to me to explain that he wants to go into photography, that he will use that to establish himself since there are no jobs coming forth, i went ahead to buy expensive photo camera, photo light, printers and all sort of photography stuff for him. weeks pass, months pass without him making any good out of the photography business, i keep on advising him and all.

But early this year when my car started having issues, i decided to change the car, when he saw that i wanted to buy a new car, he came to me to explain that the photography business is not moving, and that i should buy a car that will be accepted in Uber, so he can be driving the car for Uber transport at the weekends when i will not be using the car, initially the car i wanted to buy wasn't uber spec, i wanted to get Lexus 350 or Prius, but because of the way he pleaded with me, i decided to buy camry 2010 which was uber spec so he can use it.

After i got the car, i taught him how to drive and he started driving the car during the weekend, later he came to tell me he can be using the car in the afternoon when i am at work then he will drop me in the morning and pick me up in the evening. this was the hardest part, i couldnt bear not having a car to move around for lunch or client meetings in the afternoon, then he begged me that if i allow him use the car in the day, in 6 months he will make enough money to buy his own car and leave me alone.

So i agreed to allow him use the car in the afternoon, it was the toughest decision have made in my life, I could no longer go for lunch except with one of my colleagues, i had to hire other uber taxi for client meetings, i couldnt have my life like before, but the troubled part was the fact that my brother became arrogant, to even take me to work with my own car became so difficult, he will hurry me to do quick let him drop me else he is going to leave me at home, he doesnt come to pick me anymore from work, i remember the day i had to wait till 11.30pm in the office because the rain was falling and he said i should just find my way, life became so difficult but i was going to bear it for the next 6 months.

But unfortunately, 3 months after he didnt come home that night but that was not the first time he will sleep out so i thought it was his usual ways, i use public transport that day to work, in the office one of his friend called that he had accident and the police said i should come, i went there and the DPO told me why i had to leave my car for somene who is so irresponsible, that he was so drunk last night when he ran into another car, he could not deny that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, i had to start begging the police who refuse to listen to our plea.

He was taken to court where i was ask to bail him out with 50,000, i spend alot of money trying to bury the case, then I had to pay all sort of damages before taking the two cars (the one he hits and my own) to repair, while all of these lasted my head was banging and i was really stressed.

After all of these the car is still being fixed at the mechanic workshop, my brother has not seen anything wrong in all he has done, no sorry whatsoever, instead he came to challenge me to hurry the mechanic to finish up repairs on time so he can start work.

I was thinking that i will not give him the car anymore, but my sister was begging i let go.

What do you think i should do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia2AKHtXZ_s

African startup TV is proud to showcase House Of Usanga fashion collection, a contemporary African fashion label in Lagos.
In a one on one chat with the founder of house of Usanga, Mrs shummailte Usanga, she told us how she found love in fashion after she escorted her friend to a fashion design training school.
She said that prior to learning how to make clothes, she had a mini-mart where she sells groceries but she had no joy in doing so, it was just something she had to do to leave home, return in the evening like every other person.
She told me that it was her friend who had constantly pestered her to go to a fashion design school, where she discovered her talent.
The house wife come fashion designer said that she was so determined to succeed that she started making dresses 3 months into her fashion design training.
Walking through the showroom one can only imagine what our African fabrics could do, the clothes were glamorous than everything we saw online before approaching them for the interview.

The factory is a standard one with various design equipment, heat transfer, sewing machines, embellishment and accessories etc.
Mrs Usanga shares a love story of how her husband stood with her all through the time she wanted to go for the training, invested in her and gave her everything she needs to get started.
If you are a house wife searching for what to do or someone depressed and tired of your job, this episode will give you the necessary inspiration to be your own boss, Tune in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia2AKHtXZ_s

aprilwise:
Am budgeting 3 million nd with a well furnish two bedroom apartment to start with.

same with me, we budgeting 4 m for the trad n white wedding, we already got a car and house this January

I don't pity people like you, you probably left a good girl heart broken and devil decided to punish you with this, bear it till death man, she is not going to change, that's the real her. Didn't you notice all this before marriage?

Please send me details on my email redu54@gmail.com

Thanks and we'll done.

Girl can't believe your bro in law will still be hating after all you told me he did in details, God will continue to punish him, seems the suffering his sisters are getting in husband house is not enough

taryour:
Sharp Guy.
Op biko am intrested too, who no wan make am in this life, please share your success story here also o. Tell your inlaw to go back to sleep.

I know her personally, hope she will be happy to share her story, its quite inspirational, have asked her to write a book severaly

This week, we bring one of the newest startup in town to you, we understand the hassle of getting to work daily in Lagos, is it the race to get a bus or the market woman who just returned from her local shopping sitting close to you? so anytime we spot a transportation startup in the hood, we run after it so all of you will get to know.

Yes, Jekalo is set to give you that comfortable and stress free ride to and fro work daily, in his word Bolarinwa Motoni, the Founder and Lead Developer of Jekalo.com said the startup was founded to provide a cheaper and more comfortable transportation system for corporate professionals.

So we sat down for a one on one chat with Mr Motoni on this webisode of The Break Digit Show, tune in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BFMcjbfhH8

Sorry i used that kind of word to describe him, but i love him dearly, he knows it and even as i speak now my heart is beating for him, he just called and i told him i love him to the moon and back

Swissheart:
Talk to him about it!.....na serious matter oh.If u guys go out....study his mood and express your fears,do it maturely but with all seriousness. Let him understand how you feel.I won't advocate for premarital sex but then.....no body holy pass.Sis I kind of discovered you aren't thoroughly in love with dis guy....u just referred to him as 'dis one I am dating now'....hmmn it is well

thats not a good comment to make you know? that was not what i said

donholy28:
No man wants to fvck u? u need help

The song is the bomb wao

I welcome you to the month of September with this new inspiring worship song.

It just takes me into Gods presence, back to the throne room where i really belong, Thank you Jesus
Tune in - https://my.notjustok.com/track/32638/john-bassey-without-you

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My work is really hectic, i do not have time even to eat sef, now anytime the car develop issue, i do not even have time to go to his shop let alone stay there. that is the reason, and he keeps scaring me that if i take the car to another mechanic, they will remove things out of it and sell

Coldplay007:

OP is a clown..
You are busy forming chairman and asking mechanic to come and pick your car to repair for you...
So why are you crying? No be u dey form dangote?
You just start! That mechanic has opened a shop in your pocket

My rule is never to leave my car with a mechanic alone... I must be there while you are touching my car..

Are u in Lagos? If Yes call Gazzuzz..
Are U in UK? If yes, call Siena

I drive toyota avensis 2007.

And my mechanic is making life a living hell for me, when the car has issue, most times i cannot be repaired once, he will repair the first, bring it and the same thing will happen and he will do it again, sometimes it takes up to 3 to 4 times to get one issue resolved.

The one that happen now is so annoying, last week the car accelerator at some point will not move fast even if you press with all your power and finally it will stop. and then i will start it again.

My Mechanic came to pick it up, fix it and bring it for me on Sunday and on Monday the same thing happen.

Will i ever be able to get a good mechanic to help me out on a low budget. i am so tired, im even crying