An Update from Jonathan

by Jonathan Barwon 

1) How has 2015 fared for you?

                       For the first three months in 2015 it had been very busy months for me, I have been traveling around the county installing V-SAT for our clients. It had been very difficult traveling up country due to the bad road conditions in Liberia, but  work have to go on with all of these conditions. I can remember on one of my trip why traveling from Harper I had an accident with the office car, and was my first time to have accident in my life.

2) What have you been busy with?

                                    I have been very busy with V-SAT Installation and network extension for our clients in Maryland, Grand Gedeh, doing tech support some of our clients like PIH Monrovia Residence internet extension and also help fixed the problem with PIH IP hacks. 

3) What has been your personal moment of pride?

                                      My personal moment of pride is learning about new hardware (Mikrotik). This hardware had made networking extension very easy in a way that it can link two offices within 5 KM and above. I’m trying my best to still understand more about this device and other great functions it has. Secondly I will like to give credit to myself for the courage to be able to learn new things even if is my first time seem the device or hardware. 

4) What are you looking forward to in the next couple of months?

                                  In the next couple of months I will like to improve myself, learn more about different networking devices and discover more. Secondly is to make NATC have clients in all the 15 counties of Liberia and to help build a bigger team and see me traveling around the country installing V-SAT and Network for new clients.

5) Is the IT industry improving in Liberia?

                          The IT industry in Liberia is at a single point, not going forward and not going backward.  This all because of the market: the market is not growing. 

7) What more can be done? We need  more companies and investors in Liberia.  There will be demand from customers and interest in acquiring  new IT Equipment’s. 

Mobile Money

Mobile Money is now in Liberia!
by Haresh Karamchandani

Mobile Money is the latest way to transact various payments and purchases from the comfort of your office/home. All you need is a registered mobile number and a mobile phone.

This is how it works:

Step 1: Register your phone for Mobile Money use at any GSM company outlet.

Step 2: Deposit money at any Mobile Money outlet and obtain Mobile Money credit on your number. In Liberia you would get credited in the local currency i.e. Liberian Dollars which is okay.

Step 3: Dial *156# 

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This is really good and easy. It helps you to also do many more things like sending money to another mobile number. Please register and take advantage of this new service. No more long queues to pay your bills! 

Introducing eScan Anti-virus

By Haresh Karamchandani

At the beginning of this year New Africa Technology Company introduced and launched the eScan Anti-virus product in the Liberian Market.

Actually, it all began when we received an anonymous marketing call from India in January from some pushy tele marketer trying to convince us that they want us to become a partner and distributor for the Liberian market. As usual we shrugged them off and told them to send us an email instead.

The email bombardment began and we could not resist checking them out.

“Greetings from eScan !!

It was pleasure talking to you the today. Microworld Technologies Inc. is an ISV focused in the domain of Data Security Solutions & offers Antivirus, Internet Security Suit, Mobile/Tablet security etc. Being an IT solutions provider, We see a great synergy between our business and good co-operation which will help in developing and growing sales revenues for both the companies by offering an extra layer of data security to your customers. Please find attached a short profile of eScan Data security solutions for your kind perusal which you can also forward to relevant people in your organisation.

Let me just give you a brief about MicroWorld Technologies Inc .

Company Profile: MicroWorld Technologies Inc.

1. Micro World is established since 1994 and has state of the art development centre, Research & Development, Quality Assurance and 24 x 7 technical support.
2. Micro World has 10 offices worldwide in USA, Germany, South Africa, UAE, India and Malaysia.
3. Micro World Security Software Solutions are available in 18 languages and sold in over 100 countries worldwide.
4. MicroWorld focuses on Content Security, Messaging Security, End Point Security and Mobile Security products supporting Windows, Mac, Linux and Android Platforms.
5. Micro World is a channel driven company and does business through Channel Partners like Mobile Operators, ISPs, OEM Partners, Retail Distributor, Value Added Distributors, System Integrators, IT Solution Providers and Value Added Resellers.
6. MicroWorld has launched eScan Mobile and Tablet Security products in the last quarter of 2012 which is making big news in the market and has already received great acceptance by end customers and certifications.
7. Microworld has presence in Nigeria & Ghana, we have managed to develop a wide channel network as well as Corporate client base. Please find attached Ghana client list for your kind perusal.

Please visit www.escanav.com in order to to gain more details about eScan & other range of products from Microworld Technologies Inc.”

This sounded interesting and we decided to take the matter up to the next level and wrote them back asking for pricing details.

We eventually decided to go ahead and signed a partnership agreement. When our Head of Operations visited India he set up an appointment with eScan and personally visited their offices in Mumbai to further understand and strengthen the already established relationship. He came back with some advertising materials.

Since then NATC has been able to install various eScan Anti-virus products on our regular client computers. We are yet to begin retail marketing and intend to do so, now that we are convinced beyond doubts that this Anti-virus indeed works hard and is much better than Norton, Kaspersky, MacAfee etc. (There have been instances where after we uninstall these known brands from a client machine and install eScan AV, eScan has been able to detect and quarantine viruses which were not detected by these known brands).

Our clients feel much safer and we feel happy.