Nigerian app maker to create awareness on smart-phone use

To try and convince doubters that they need a smart-phone to be effective in the modern world, the chief executive officer of Techsis Ltd is organising an event in London to create awareness on an Android version of her new app,‘Kinship,’ currently available free via the AppStore. The event billed for August 16 and tagged: […]

To try and convince doubters that they need a smart-phone to be effective in the modern world, the chief executive officer of Techsis Ltd is organising an event in London to create awareness on an Android version of her new app,‘Kinship,’ currently available free via the AppStore.
The event billed for August 16 and tagged: ‘Tea With Techsis,” will show how important people need one another in the modern society and how the app can help achieve this. Guests will discuss and debate mobile technology, apps, and get better using and benefiting from all the advancements in the mobile phone industry.
The event will involve various tech industry players and lovers of all things mobile, who will share their knowledge with the group. It will also feature in blogs, videos and ‘Tea with Techsis’ meetups with people who have great stories to tell regarding how smart-phone technology has positively affected their lives.
Ogunfemi explained that: “While researching and creating an app called ‘Kinship’ last year, I was struck by the replies I got from the people I contacted when I asked the question if they owned a smart-phone and if not, why? Some said it wasn’t for them, saying it was for young people. Others felt it was too difficult and complicated keeping up with technology and all they needed to do was just make calls.”
She said “some actually thought it was vanity to want to own a smart-phone overlooking the efficiency it could bring to their lives.  Sensing that for some it’s just a part of the bling they wear, carrying the latest phones; forgetting that this had very little to do with the smart phone functions or features and more to do with being current.”
Ogunfemi emphasised that if having a smart-phone somehow increases our call making, then engaging in the use of great apps can only increase our efficiency around living and doing the tasks you must. Which could be a form of promoting health and well-being not forgetting to consider emotional and social well-being are also very important.
“According to an Ofcom report from 2011, one in five of us in the UK has a smartphone. It also reports that smart-phone users make significantly more calls and send more texts than regular mobile users. It becomes the duty of companies like mine who want to use technology to make a positive difference to identify and help the community in discovering how smart-phones and some apps can enhance their general well-being. I see this as a social responsibility on my part to correct some of the wrongs in the technology world,” the Techsis boss said.
She hopes the London event would start small and grow into an annual show. There will also be competitions to win fabulous gifts like smart-phones, app subscriptions and branded products. Guests could also benefit from the heads up on the best free apps available to help them live the good life technically.