Ruke1989:
seems they want to set up a data center to manage an e-learning center. The softwares there are windows server software to manage the intranet, firewall and antivirus software for security and the user guide on how to maintain the system. Some guide software should come with the firewall/network component. Can you give more detail about the project, the scope and size. Is it a university e-learning system, what is the expected number of users, you may need to visit the site to ascertain some other information. That will guide you on the number of access point needed. But it's actually a small project from the look of things. Just that you need to ascertain the number of networking component needed

It's for a secondary school. 31 computers to be setup on the network.

Ruke1989:
My company can help you with the supply.

At what cost?

Please Software experts in the house, kindly interpret the below contract BOQ.

Title: SERVER & LOCAL DATA/APPLICATION HOSTING

1. HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 File / Application Server Win 2019 DataCenter + Apps (a) Basic Programming, (b) Tutor software using and
maintenace of Computer, (c) Learning Management system (Computer ethics), (d ) Zinox E-Learning Book, (e) Other relevent learning
application). (Quantity is 1)

2.Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access) etc, (31 User CAL: Server + Workstations) $150/User (Quantity is 7)

3. EndPoint Protection Security + Windows Server. (Quantity is 31)

It will make sense if they can achieve this. Enough of the inconsistency.

Experts have continued to clamour for a single exchange rate in the country.

which of the normal MasterCard; The Naira MasterCard or the Dollar MasterCard?

udwise123:
I don't use or have a virtual dollar card .
Just the normal MasterCard

Okay. I am just hearing that now. What Customer Care told me when I inquired from them is that for now they have restricted there cards on International Trade Websites.

Ayemileto:



Actually, there's a $100 per day limit for dollar transactions on a Naira MasterCard.

It's CBN policy.

This means that those that already have the virtual dollar don't have issues. Applying for new cards is currently not available. So enjoy.

This was my conversation with them.
Note: I brought btc worth $1300 with my Alat MasterCard yesterday.

udwise123:
No monthly limit.
But I will chat them up now on Twitter to confirm.
I just bought BTC worth $1300 @388.66 for someone using my Alat card.

I contacted them after I read your comment and the attached screen shot is our conversation. All these is only pointing out that there is a new banking policy in place. Access Bank told me that their Naira Master/Visa Card is working but their new limit is now $1000 per month instead of $3000 and their exchange rate is $345 which is high comparing it to GT Bank & Zenith Bank exchange rate. Maybe before the end of this month, Nigerians will begin to understand & feel what is happening as regards to making payments on international websites with our debit cards.

AT what rate per dollar do they charge?

udwise123:
Alat by wema MasterCard is working perfectly for all online transaction.

Do you mind telling us which Nigerian Bank card you used?

Dwightventures:
Now, I've got more interesting discovery. Frustrated by this ongoing problem, I decided to waste a little money to buy the cheapest thing I could find on Aliexpress. I paid $2.80 on the item, used the cards that have refused to work on ebay/paypal and voila! So this is not bank matter but specific merchants (namely paypal). I'm deeply frustrated and confused with this development

Very Sad Experience. If this is the case, then what is the solution as regards to making online payments at a reasonable exchange rate? How reliable are some of these third parties that advertises on helping one buy things on Amazon, Aliexpress, etc and at what rate do they charge?
Honestly, going to bureau de change to buy dollar at the rate of N475 per dollar is not even an option for me.
Besides shopping, one has a lot of web & training services to pay for on some international websites.
Which way Nigeria?!

Dwightventures:
I'm happy people have finally made this thread because it seemed I was the only Nigerian doing online purchases for months. As far back as May (I think), First Bank charged me 412 to the dollar and I cried out on nairaland, not much response. Everything said here I've experienced. I'm waiting for midnight to try to pay for something I bought a week ago and that an "unpaid item" complaint has been launched against me. The sad part is these useless banks don't tell you anything and in my case I re-registered my cards, my paypal account and all, not knowing where the error was coming from. First, I was told there was now a $500 cap (1st Bank) and this July, I revived my Zenith Bank account dormant for many years and I was told their limit was $1,000. They were the ones who restricted my purchases first and after all the stress, I finally got one if them to tell me the limit was now $200. This country is a joke and unrecognized in the do comity of proper countries. Only South Africa is considered a country in Africa in the global financial and commerce family

I started experiencing this issue on Tuesday evening (28-July-2020)

Well, I still successfully used my GTB Naira Mastercard to pay a USA outfit @ N390/$1, as recently as on Monday - this week.

As of Today (being Friday 31-July-2020), Zenith Bank customer care informed me that the limit on their Naira Master/Visa Card per month is now $200 USD. But the customer care agent refused to tell me the exchange rate they're using as of today. She only said the exchange rate will be determined at the point of the transaction. This got me scared.

I think most of the banks now have $500 monthly limit on their cards.

I experienced same on my Zenithbank Card.

I already have a GT Bank Dollar Card, but the difference between N390 (online rate with Naira Master Card) and N475 (bureau de change rate) is much. especially when you order for things as frequent as possible.

Just get a dollar card and save your self the stress

Kindly shed more light on this if you're serious about it.

Several places to buy usd both online and bureau de change.

Hi Nairalander's,

I observed something recently while trying to use my GT Bank Naira Master Card on Aliexpress. Three days ago, I tried to help my younger sister make payment (of $156.79 USD) for her order on Aliexpress. But to my amazement, the payment wasn't successful. I contacted GT Bank customer service and was informed that their Naira Master Card has been restricted not to work on Trade websites like Aliexpress, Alibaba, Ebay, Amazon, etc.
I also reached out to a friend who knows about the recent development and he told me that some people were taking advantage of the GT Bank's online exchange rate of N390 to $1USD to enrich themselves.

Please anyone that has made payment on any International Trade Websites (within this week) using his or her Naira Master/Visa Card should kindly share his/her experience.

Below is also an email I received from Fluterwave on their Barter Virtual Dollar Card Service Interruption on the 29th on July 2020. This is a sign that there is going to be some international transactions restriction on all Nigerian Bank Cards.

Hey!

Earlier today, we experienced a service interruption that affected our virtual card service, and we'd like to apologize for any difficulties this has caused you. This issue affected card creation, withdrawal, spend, and the ability to fund.

This is what happened: An issuer went down without warning or notice, causing a sudden service disruption. Because we are not a bank, we work with and depend on issuers for certain card services.

In a few hours, we will complete the switch to a backup Issuer to restore the card services, and your card will be migrated to the new issuer. But don't panic, we will notify you as soon as we make the switch. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

Update 01:
All card services will be back 100% up and running.

Update 02:
Your card numbers will change and old cards will stop working completely.

Update 03:
If you use your card to pay for a subscription service, or if you have it linked to a recurring payment, you will have to unlink the card and link a new card.

Update 04:
There is always a very small possibility that the new card might not work where the old cards worked previously. This includes ad sites, web hosting sites, Paypal, some domain registration sites, and perhaps email marketing sites. Please contact us if you are affected by this issue.

Update 05:
There is also a slight possibility that you might experience inability to withdraw from the new card, incorrect card balances, inability to fund. Please contact us if you are affected by this issue.


We want to thank you once again for your patience; please know that we are all urgently working to get your cards back online and working as quickly as possible.

We’ll have updates for you soon.

___

With ❤️
The Barter Team at Flutterwave

igogossip:
Pls!!! I need a Company to Setup A Hotspot for me. I want to go into it commercially and create a hotspot for office workers. Need to know the details, like the pricing and other things needed.

Lets talk professionally on Zero Eight Zero Five Three One Eight Eight Nine Zero Seven for further clarifications on what you want to do.

I once executed a similar project sometimes in 2018. See attached image for a guide on what your hotspot users are likely going to be interested to pay for your hotspot services.

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duality:
Mikrotik now has more of Nigeria market

You can say that again. They have penetrated well (especially in the SME sector)

Reet on Paul Alen. You were part of something massive that really changed the world. History will not forget you in a hurry.

Jinyjagz:
I still have #40 with dem, I don't joke with my money

Like seriously

I have a problem with you being the only one commenting.
I think some of your clients here in Nairaland should come and share tbeir experience

Where are my Access Points....riped time to write a proposal to the school management on wifi deployment.

I guess they are having issues to activate new lines at the moment. I know someone that bought their SIM that same Thursday and it was on Sunday morning the line became active. You may have to be more patient with them.

femmmmi94:
Good day house, I need help creating a login page for users on my router ( user id and password ) . Its a mikrotik router

I can do beyond just login page. Your router's security is also very important.

Nice post. Well done @OP

I just like his simplicity

@OP Nice post. Though when it comes to internet and privacy, a lot of Nigerians care less about their online privacy. They just connect and browse. Any other thing you're saying is not entering.
We need to repent from that habit.

Well done job @CBN and please continue to monitor the charges being melted on we consumers by these banks.

Well explained and a good starting point for the OP.
I love women in Tech.

bigtt76:
Download and run it as a Live CD to get yourself familiar with it before going the next step to install it. You can also install on separate partition from your original Windows so that way you can boot to the Linux partition ....risky if you don't know how to do it. You might end up losing your Windows environment. Fret not, there are lots of tutorials online to guide you.

You can also install the Linux Mint on your virtual environment using Virtual Box or Parallels or any other virtual machine out there. All the best.

semasir:
Which is?

semasir:
Which is?

timoyesina:


Kindly share your solution

The only reliable solution I found was to get a a new Airtel SIM (dedicated for sms only), and bought their sms pack plan using *160# (N3,000 worth 2500 sms units), then download any bulk sms app on playstore that will be able to upload bulk sms numbers (.txt) and send sms using your mobile network. Even though I can't customize the sender name using this solution (because the receiver will definitely see the Airtel number I am sending the sms from), but I am 99.9% sure of delivery. The best part is that it's cheaper (N3000/2500 units =N1.2 per sms).

In summary, I no longer use bulk sms websites to send bulk sms. i use mobile network (Airtel) to send sms using bulk sms app that can upload .txt file and send sms using my mobile carriage network.

It's very obvious that most of the maids are well mannered and can take care of the home. Being educated and exposed doesn't mean one should throw away some manners required to keep a happy family.

Thanks all. I have gotten a solution that works well for me.

Any help?

I use estore sms, but I noticed they don't deliver to Airtel & Glo DND enabled sim cards. I have an Airtel sim that is DND enabled. I don't receive any sms campaign from that sim (Airtel inclusive). but was surprised when I received an sms advert from one Micro finance bank yesterday on that line. I called estore customer care to complain about their corporate route not being able to deliver to active DND Airtel & Glo lines. But they customer care lady insisted that their corporate route deliver to all active DNS lines, which I can prove is not true.

Does anyone has similar experience? And is there any sms website out there that delivers to active DND lines irrespective of the network?

Pagatech, one of the leading licensed mobile money operator in Nigeria will soon start giving out non-collateral loans to its loyal customers before the end of 1st Quarter 2018. To qualify for this loan, open a free Paga account at https://www.mypaga.com/register/0299471350 and make sure your account is active by simply using it to transfer money to anyone/bank account in Nigeria, buy airtime or pay bills (like DStv, GOtv, StarTimes, Kwese, Smile 4G, Swift 4G, JAMB e-PIN, WAEC e-PIN, DHL, Iroko TV, AEDC, KAEDCO, Ikeja Electric, Jos Electricity, phED, Kano Electricity, & lots more). It's that simple!.

Paga is the best way to pay and get paid! Don't forget that with your Paga account, you can receive money directly (like western union) from abroad.

Pagatech, one of the leading licensed mobile money operator in Nigeria will soon start giving out non-collateral loans to its loyal customers before the end of 1st Quarter 2018. To qualify for this loan, open a free Paga account at https://www.mypaga.com/register/0299471350 and make sure your account is active by simply using it to transfer money to anyone/bank account in Nigeria, buy airtime or pay bills (like DStv, GOtv, StarTimes, Kwese, Smile 4G, Swift 4G, JAMB e-PIN, WAEC e-PIN, DHL, Iroko TV, AEDC, KAEDCO, Ikeja Electric, Jos Electricity, phED, Kano Electricity, & lots more). It's that simple!.

Paga is the best way to pay and get paid! Don't forget that with your Paga account, you can receive money directly (like western union) from abroad.