In the last few years, many of the biggest social media companies have been throwing money at creators, trying to get them to embrace their platforms and bring loyal audiences to their apps. Earlier this year, YouTube announced a $100 million fund specifically to pay creators who use the platform's new Shorts format, which just came out of beta and rolled out to 100 countries last month. That fund is now live as of today, so the company is dropping more details on how you can get paid.

As YouTube announced earlier this year, the company plans to invite "thousands of eligible creators" to claim a payment from the program from now through 2022; YouTube is offering from $100 to $10,000, depending on how many people watch the Short as well as some other engagement metrics. Anyone posting shorts is theoretically eligible to get picked for a payment, not just creators who participate in the YouTube Partner Program (that's the program YouTube launched 14 years ago so that users could get paid for their content).

Naturally, there are a number of standards that these Shorts need to meet to be eligible. Most of them are pretty straightforward, like abiding by YouTube's community guidelines and copyright policies. YouTube also doesn't want people just re-uploading content they created for Snapchat or TikTok, so any Shorts with watermarks or logos from other social networks won't qualify. YouTube says it'll be awarding payments on a monthly basis so interested creators will be incentivized to keep making new Shorts.

While YouTube Shorts is a relatively new platform, TikTok has had a similar fund for its creators since 2020. It was announced as a $200 million fund, double what YouTube currently has budgeted for its Shorts fund, and those interested would have to submit their best work. But while TikTok's fund may be larger than this Shorts program, YouTube notes that it has nine other ways for its creators to monetize their content.

While YouTube Shorts is a relatively new platform, TikTok has had a similar fund for its creators since 2020. It was announced as a $200 million fund, double what YouTube currently has budgeted for its Shorts fund, and those interested would have to submit their best work. But while TikTok's fund may be larger than this Shorts program, YouTube notes that it has nine other ways for its creators to monetize their content.

Not to be outdone, Facebook recently launched its own $1 billion program to lure creators to Instagram as well as its main service. Perhaps more significantly than the sheer dollar value is the fact that Facebook isn't going to collect a cut of creators' revenue through 2022, making a focus on the platform even more potentially lucrative. The size of this move is an admission from Facebook that it's a little behind the curve here; Instagram didn't offer any kind of revenue share until last year, in fact.

Between TikTok's massive influence and Facebook's massive war chest aimed at creators, YouTube is going to need to keep offering its users more ways to make cash — and the company knows it. Indeed, it said in today's news that the $100 million fund is the "first step" in its plans to monetize Shorts.

https://techglidar.com/2021/08/05/youtube-shorts-creators-can-earn-10000-monthly/

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has again extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of October 2021.
Enrolment statistics showed that there have been low enrolments in schools and hospitals therefore the decision is to address this issue and also to consider the request made by stakeholders to address these areas and as well accommodate registrations from foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora, and hard-to-reach remote areas.

It was also reported that there were presented a total of 59.8 million unique NIN enrolments, with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN in the country, and as of July 24, 2021, there are over 5,500 enrolment systems within and outside Nigeria.

According to the statement, the decision also followed a review of the progress of the exercise which has shown significant progress, hence the need to consolidate the gains of the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process across the country.

According to a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission, reads “The administration of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the extension as part of efforts to make it easier for its citizens within and outside the country, and legal residents to obtain the NIN and it is important to take advantage of the extension.

“The NIN-SIM linkage also makes it easier for the security agencies to carry out their statutory duties and the relevant parastatals under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy are supporting them as required.

https://techglidar.com/2021/07/26/federal-government-of-extends-nin-sim-verification-till-october/

The Federal Government of Nigeria has again extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of October 2021.
Enrolment statistics showed that there have been low enrolments in schools and hospitals therefore the decision is to address this issue and also to consider the request made by stakeholders to address these areas and as well accommodate registrations from foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora, and hard-to-reach remote areas.

It was also reported that there were presented a total of 59.8 million unique NIN enrolments, with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN in the country, and as of July 24, 2021, there are over 5,500 enrolment systems within and outside Nigeria.

According to the statement, the decision also followed a review of the progress of the exercise which has shown significant progress, hence the need to consolidate the gains of the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process across the country.

According to a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission, reads “The administration of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the extension as part of efforts to make it easier for its citizens within and outside the country, and legal residents to obtain the NIN and it is important to take advantage of the extension.

“The NIN-SIM linkage also makes it easier for the security agencies to carry out their statutory duties and the relevant parastatals under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy are supporting them as required.

https://techglidar.com/2021/07/26/federal-government-of-extends-nin-sim-verification-till-october/

The Federal Government of Nigeria has again extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of October 2021.

Enrolment statistics showed that there have been low enrolments in schools and hospitals therefore the decision is to address this issue and also to consider the request made by stakeholders to address these areas and as well accommodate registrations from foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora, and hard-to-reach remote areas.

It was also reported that there were presented a total of 59.8 million unique NIN enrolments, with an average of three to four SIMs per NIN in the country, and as of July 24, 2021, there are over 5,500 enrolment systems within and outside Nigeria.

According to the statement, the decision also followed a review of the progress of the exercise which has shown significant progress, hence the need to consolidate the gains of the enrolment and NIN-SIM verification process across the country.

https://techglidar.com/2021/07/26/federal-government-of-extends-nin-sim-verification-till-october/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency by October 1, 2021.

The CBN announced this during a webinar on Thursday as it presented its digital currency initiative to stakeholders.

The information technology director for the bank, Rakiya Mohammed, disclosed that CBN had been researching since 2017 to develop and adopt the digital currency.

The project called ‘GIANT’ will run on the hyper-ledger fabric blockchain, an open-source project for developing blockchain-based products, solutions, and applications used by private enterprises.

Ms Mohammed said the bank might conduct a proof of concept before the end of this year.

During the presentation, the CBN stated that about 80 per cent of central banks worldwide were currently entertaining the possibility of issuing “central bank digital currency” (CBDC), and Nigeria could not be left behind.

The financial regulatory institution maintained that the digital currency’s launch would include and allow macro-management and growth and cross-border trade facilitation.

In addition, it will also give room for financial inclusion, monetary policy effectiveness, improved payment efficiency, revenue tax collection, remittance improvement, and targeted social intervention.
The CBN initiative came as countries across the globe have shown interest in adopting the trade of digital assets.

African countries with officially recognised digital assets include South Africa with the digital Rand and Ghana’s e-cedi.

https://techglidar.com/2021/07/25/cbn-set-to-launch-digital-currency-before-2022/

he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency by October 1, 2021.

The CBN announced this during a webinar on Thursday as it presented its digital currency initiative to stakeholders.

The information technology director for the bank, Rakiya Mohammed, disclosed that CBN had been researching since 2017 to develop and adopt the digital currency.

The project called ‘GIANT’ will run on the hyper-ledger fabric blockchain, an open-source project for developing blockchain-based products, solutions, and applications used by private enterprises.

Ms Mohammed said the bank might conduct a proof of concept before the end of this year.

During the presentation, the CBN stated that about 80 per cent of central banks worldwide were currently entertaining the possibility of issuing “central bank digital currency” (CBDC), and Nigeria could not be left behind.

The financial regulatory institution maintained that the digital currency’s launch would include and allow macro-management and growth and cross-border trade facilitation.

In addition, it will also give room for financial inclusion, monetary policy effectiveness, improved payment efficiency, revenue tax collection, remittance improvement, and targeted social intervention.
The CBN initiative came as countries across the globe have shown interest in adopting the trade of digital assets.

African countries with officially recognised digital assets include South Africa with the digital Rand and Ghana’s e-cedi.

https://techglidar.com/2021/07/25/cbn-set-to-launch-digital-currency-before-2022/

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I want to start phone accessories business but on small scale.
How many of these products do you think will be okay to start with:

1. Charger
2. USB cable
3. Earpiece
4. Memory card
5. Screenguide

Thanks.

I want to start phone accessories business but on small scale.
How many of these products do you think will be okay to start with:

1. Charger
2. USB cable
3. Earpiece
4. Memory card
5. Screenguide

Thanks

Please who knows the whole sale price of phone accessories?

Google Argentina’s domain name which was up for auction for two hours was bought by a random young man Nicolas Kurona.

The 30-year-old web designer said he was able to buy Google.com.ar using a normal, legal process.
Nicolas was working on a web design project for a client when he got Whatsapp messages reporting that Google was down.

This prompted him to visit www.google.com.ar but noticed the site did not work. He then proceeded to the Network Information Center Argentina (NIC) which is the organization responsible for operating the .ar country code domains. Upon searching for Google, he discovered that Argentina’s Google domain available for purchase.
Nicolas said he never imagined that he would be allowed to buy it.

Full story here: https://techglidar.com/2021/04/27/google-argentinas-domain-bought-by-man-for-2/

Google Argentina’s domain name which was up for auction for two hours was bought by a random young man Nicolas Kurona.

The 30-year-old web designer said he was able to buy Google.com.ar using a normal, legal process.
Nicolas was working on a web design project for a client when he got Whatsapp messages reporting that Google was down.

This prompted him to visit www.google.com.ar but noticed the site did not work. He then proceeded to the Network Information Center Argentina (NIC) which is the organization responsible for operating the .ar country code domains. Upon searching for Google, he discovered that Argentina’s Google domain available for purchase.
Nicolas said he never imagined that he would be allowed to buy it.

Full story here: https://techglidar.com/2021/04/27/google-argentinas-domain-bought-by-man-for-2/

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Google Argentina’s domain name which was up for auction for two hours was bought by a random young man Nicolas Kurona.

The 30-year-old web designer said he was able to buy Google.com.ar using a normal, legal process.
Nicolas was working on a web design project for a client when he got Whatsapp messages reporting that Google was down.

This prompted him to visit www.google.com.ar but noticed the site did not work. He then proceeded to the Network Information Center Argentina (NIC) which is the organization responsible for operating the .ar country code domains. Upon searching for Google, he discovered that Argentina’s Google domain available for purchase.
Nicolas said he never imagined that he would be allowed to buy it.
Google Argentina told the BBC: “For a short term, the domain was acquired by someone else.” It added it had regained control of the domain very quickly.

Nevertheless, he followed the steps after which he received an email with the purchase invoice.
Upon searching for www.google.com.ar in his search bar he was dumbfounded when he found that his personal data appeared.

Full story here https://techglidar.com/2021/04/27/google-argentinas-domain-bought-by-man-for-2/

So can anyone give an average of what one can make through AdSense?

What are the traffic sources you know, please?

Please what are the SEO tools you guys can recommend?

Maybe blogging is dead or not, I don't know. But I know it's is here to stay.
I started the tech blog a few days ago and I will see it grow to the level of Techpoint, Techcabal, and even more.

Due to the ban of cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2021, Nigeria crypto traders had been left with no other option than to resort to peer-to-peer trading. Some of the platforms being used by Nigerians are Remitano, Binance, Paxful, LocalBitcoins among others.
Ever since the crackdown on crypto trading in February, Nigeria has seen a 27% increase in peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin trading, according to data from analytics platform UsefulTulips.
In a move to better understand the crypto market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it is in discussion with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and hot to regulate the cryptocurrency market in the country.

Read full story at https://techglidar.com/2021/04/26/bitcoin-peer-to-peer-trading-increases-by-27-since-cbns-ban/

Due to the ban of cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2021, Nigeria crypto traders had been left with no other option than to resort to peer-to-peer trading. Some of the platforms being used by Nigerians are Remitano, Binance, Paxful, LocalBitcoins among others.
Ever since the crackdown on crypto trading in February, Nigeria has seen a 27% increase in peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin trading, according to data from analytics platform UsefulTulips.
In a move to better understand the crypto market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it is in discussion with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and hot to regulate the cryptocurrency market in the country.
Read full story at https://techglidar.com/2021/04/26/bitcoin-peer-to-peer-trading-increases-by-27-since-cbns-ban/

The mobile payment service, Cash App has raised its minimum withdrawal for BTC holders.
Cash App has now set its minimum withdrawal minimum to .001 bitcoin or 100,000 satoshis, up from the previous minimum of .0001 bitcoin or 10,000 satoshis.

According to the instructions available on the Cash App withdrawal page: “You must have a balance of at least 0.001 bitcoin to make a withdrawal.”
The instruction reads further: “You can withdraw up to $2,000 worth of bitcoin every 24 hours and up to $5,000 within any 7-day period. Transfers to external wallets usually take around two hours but can take longer.”

Read full story here: https://techglidar.com/2021/04/26/cash-app-raises-minimum-withdrawal-by-27-for-bitcoin-holders/

The mobile payment service, Cash App has raised its minimum withdrawal for BTC holders.
Cash App has now set its minimum withdrawal minimum to .001 bitcoin or 100,000 satoshis, up from the previous minimum of .0001 bitcoin or 10,000 satoshis.

According to the instructions available on the Cash App withdrawal page: “You must have a balance of at least 0.001 bitcoin to make a withdrawal.”
The instruction reads further: “You can withdraw up to $2,000 worth of bitcoin every 24 hours and up to $5,000 within any 7-day period. Transfers to external wallets usually take around two hours but can take longer.”

Read full story here: https://techglidar.com/2021/04/26/cash-app-raises-minimum-withdrawal-by-27-for-bitcoin-holders/

The mobile payment service, Cash App has raised its minimum withdrawal for BTC holders.
Cash App has now set its minimum withdrawal minimum to .001 bitcoin or 100,000 satoshis, up from the previous minimum of .0001 bitcoin or 10,000 satoshis.

According to the instructions available on the Cash App withdrawal page: “You must have a balance of at least 0.001 bitcoin to make a withdrawal.”
The instruction reads further: “You can withdraw up to $2,000 worth of bitcoin every 24 hours and up to $5,000 within any 7-day period. Transfers to external wallets usually take around two hours but can take longer.”

Full story at https://techglidar.com/2021/04/26/cash-app-raises-minimum-withdrawal-by-27-for-bitcoin-holders/

Just a few days after Twitter announced that its headquarter in Africa will be based in Ghana, automobile giants, Hyundai and KIA have also revealed their plan to establish their assembly plant in the same country which will now join Toyota-Suzuki, Nissan, Kantanka, Volkswagen & Sinotruck which already have plants in Ghana.

Alan Kyerematen, Ghana’s Minister for Trade and Industry, made the revelation on his official Twitter page on Thursday, noting that the plants will be ready by the end of 2022.
The tweet read: “Pleased to announce that Hyundai & KIA are set to establish assembly plants in Ghana by the end of 2022 to join Toyota-Suzuki, Nissan, Kantanka, Volkswagen & Sinotruck. The Ghana Auto Development program = 3,600 assemblies & 6,600 manufacturing parts jobs in Ghana.

“The local assembly of vehicles, 3,600 direct and indirect jobs would be created in Ghana, and the addition of components and parts manufacturing will also add about 6,600 direct and indirect jobs.”

Pleased to announce that Hyundai & KIA are set to establish assembly plants in Ghana by the end of 2022 to join Toyota-Suzuki, Nissan, Kantanka, Volkswagen & Sinotruck. The Ghana Auto Development programme = 3,600 assembly & 6,600 manufacturing parts jobs in Ghana. #InvestforJobs pic.twitter.com/JMHAmlM5VI

— Alan John Kyerematen (@AlanKyerematen) April 22, 2021

The move is a product of the Ghana Automotive Development Programme orchestrated by the Ghanaian Government in partnership with some players in the industry, a development Kyerematen noted will see other automobile firms setting up assembly plants in the country.
Just as Nigerians reacted when Twitter over Nigeria for their Africa location base, there has also been another reaction to the decision made by the automobile industry.

Hyundai, KIA to establish assembly plants in Ghana.

This unpatriotic citizens again.

— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) April 22, 2021

First it was Twitter,
Now Automobile Giants Hyundai and KIA set to establish assembly in Ghana.

Make Ghana cut small soap for Nigeria na pic.twitter.com/cgfLEyEvUu

— sunnery of ogbomoso (@Sunnicity_) April 23, 2021

Founder and CEO of Farmcrowdy, Onyeka Akumah also shared his view on the development:

Build the infrastructure in your economy and they will come to make your people wealthy. Hyundai and KIA is establishing assembly plants in Ghana. Which way Naija? https:///E8rI3BRd3U

— Onyeka Akumah (@onyekaakumah) April 23, 2021

https://techglidar.com/2021/04/23/hydundai-and-kia-to-set-up-assembly-plants-in-ghana/

Nigeria payment processing company, Interswitch has announced a virtual pitch tagged ‘Boost your business with Quickteller’ where one business owner has the opportunity to win N1 million cash. The opportunity is believed to help businesses signed onto the Quickteller Business platform to further boost their business.




Requirements

Business owners are required to complete their account activation on Quickteller Business to participate in the contest and follow the following processes:

Entrepreneurs are to post a 1-minute video of themselves explaining how N1 million will boost their businesses.
The videos should be uploaded on Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok or YouTube with the hashtag #boostwithquickteller.
To submit an entry, business owners are required to paste their post’s URL in the video URL section of the entry form on the Quickteller Business site, share the entry with friends and family and invite them to vote.
They must register and activate their businesses on the Quickteller Business platform using the referral code ‘Boost’ as any entry without a referral code will be rendered invalid.
Visit https://techglidar.com/2021/04/23/interswitch-announces-n1m-business-contest/

Majority of football leagues including the proposed Super League and tournaments such as World Cup and Nations Cup, all operates with the same business model called platform business model.

Briefly let me explain what a platform business model is.

A platform business creates value by connecting multiple independent groups to each other, usually producers and consumers. Example of successful platform businesses are Uber, Google, AirBnB, Youtube, TripAdvisor, Nairaland etc.

Read full details to know more about how platform business model works for football.
https://techglidar.com/2021/04/21/super-league-and-the-business-of-football/

Good news for crypto traders as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just revealed that it is now working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to regulate cryptocurrency.

This was disclosed at a virtual news conference by the Director-General of SEC, Lamido Yuguda, at the 2021 post-Capital Market Committee (CMC).

According to Yuguda, SEC is in discussion with CBN so they could both understand and better regulate the market and that Nigerians will be informed of the outcome of the engagements with the CBN.

The DG maintained that SEC that SEC remained supportive of Fintechs and had invested so much in developing a framework to support them.

He said in his statement, “Let me say that the SEC remains very supportive of fintechs. We have invested so much in developing a framework for supporting fintechs in the various areas and fintechs are acting in areas of crowdfunding, investment advice and cryptocurrencies and the like.”

He however noted that the recent decision by the CBN has disrupted the Fintech market.

“In all other areas, nothing has changed, but in the area of crypto assets, you know that with the recent prohibition by the CBN on access to Nigerian bank accounts by crypto exchanges, that market has been disrupted”, Yuguda said.

He further said, “the truth of the matter is that while the SEC had issued guidelines in September 2020 aimed at regulating this market, for now for all intents and purposes, because these exchanges do not have access to commercial bank accounts in Nigeria, the market, for now, does not exist.’’

Recall that the CBN had in February 2021, barred deposit money banks and other financial institutions from doing business with cryptos.

https://techglidar.com/2021/04/17/fg-may-soon-lift-ban-on-crypto-as-sec-and-cbn-meet/