Nigerian develops app to curb cybercrime

An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Emmanuel Chinonso Okoye, has developed a mobile app called “The Middle” to curb cybercrime. Speaking with our correspondent, Okoye, who is a Software Developer and holds a Masters degree in Management Information System (MIS), said the app was designed to prevent fraud especially between buyers and sellers online. […]

An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Emmanuel Chinonso Okoye, has developed a mobile app called “The Middle” to curb cybercrime.

Speaking with our correspondent, Okoye, who is a Software Developer and holds a Masters degree in Management Information System (MIS), said the app was designed to prevent fraud especially between buyers and sellers online.

According to Okoye, it took him seven months to develop the app, which will soon be available for download on Google Play store.

He said the app was basically developed to serve as a mean of payment on social media platforms as well as enables transfer of funds irrespective of the currency including cryptocurrency.

Okoye emphasized that the app will also prevent people from being duped on social media platforms, especially Instagram.

“With The Middle app, buyers can pay for a product but the seller cannot access it until the buyer confirm that the product is exactly what he ordered for and certified the genuineness of the good(s); he can then press okay to instruct release of funds to the seller.

“If the product is not what was ordered, the buyer is requested to return the product within a period of time after which the money is returned to him.

“There are other things one can do with the app. One can transfer funds to someone who might be stranded even in remote places where banks are not accessible. More so, it creates a platform for the use of cryptocurrency which implies that people can actually use theirs to carry out transactions.

“The issue of the menace of social media crime is not a fiction, and the effects is more than we can even articulate now. However, curbing it is not an impossible venture if we start now,” he said.

The app developer added that aside The Middle app, he also created a platform called Gentzy.xyz – a forum where status of products are reported and verified online.