Nedbank Money app on the Huawei AppGallery
Since launching in April on the Huawei AppGallery, the Nedbank Money app has reached over 500,000 downloads – in just its first two months on the platform.
The Money app offers Huawei users not banking functionality, as well as direct access to the newly launched Avo app and the HeyNed digital assistant.
Avo offers Nedbank clients access to a range of products and services, from multi-retailer grocery shopping to finding a trusted home service provider.
HeyNed, the 24/7 personal-assistant service, simplifies things like booking essential services during South Africa’s lockdown. It uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human beings to assist clients with searches of over 350,000 suppliers, to negotiate prices, availability, and value on the user’s behalf.
Platform: A Huawei phone with access to the Huawei AppGallery
Expect to pay: A for download
Stockists: Only available to Nedbank clients with access to the Huawei AppGallery
Read more on the next page about Travelport’s airline health and safety tracker, Telkom’s smart Yellow Pages replacement, the Vodacom Bulls App, and TikTok’s SpiritsUP competition.
Travelport Airline Health & Safety Tracker
In response to demand from travellers and travel agents for information on airline health and safety measures, Travelport has launched an Airline Health & Safety Tracker. The tool, which is free of charge and available to both Travelport customers and the wider industry, highlights the safety measures being undertaken by more than 80 of the world’s largest airlines. It is delivered to both online and offline travel agencies through the recently launched Travelport COVID-19 Smartpoint Plugin, Travelport’s API-based merchandising solution, Branded Fares Data File, and the company’s COVID-19 Resource Hub, which is also available to the general public.
Platform: Most devices with an up-to-date Internet browser
Expect to pay: A free service
Stockists: Visit Travelport here for downloading instructions
Read more on the next page about Telkom’s smart Yellow Pages replacement, the Vodacom Bulls App, and TikTok’s SpiritsUP competition.
Telkom Yep!
Telkom Business has recently launched Yep!, a digital marketplace where customers can search and purchase from small, trusted businesses.
The app is geared toward economic sustainability, creating a long-term future for small businesses.
Through the app, users can find businesses or services they require in their area, request quotes, book appointments, view the store online and review its ratings.
Users can also create their own online store with their own unique branding, and upload lists of services to find new customers.
Platform: Android and iOS
Expect to pay: A free service
Stockists: Visit Telkom Business here for installation and signup instructions
Read more on the next page about the Vodacom Bulls App, and TikTok’s SpiritsUP competition.
Vodacom Bulls App
The Vodacom Bulls has launched an app in partnership with Vodacom and YinzCam. The app includes the traditional information outlet of news, fixtures, logs, results and statistics. But what distinguishes it a little is the exclusive content available for fans, led by a regular video update with coach Jake White, as well as videos with leading players.
The app also caters to the rise of eSports, with several games and weekly prizes to be won. And there has even been an art contest hosted as another way of engaging fans at a time of no live rugby.
Platform: Android and iOS
Expect to pay: A free download
Stockist: To download the Vodacom Bulls App, visit http://bit.ly/VodacomBullsAPP
Read more on the next page about TikTok’s SpiritsUP competition.
TikTok SpiritsUP competition
TikTok has launched an in-app talent competition in South Africa, which calls upon local creators to battle it out for the top spot across various categories, including dance, fashion, comedy and sport. The top 10 creators within each category – based on video views and an increase in followers – will make it onto the leaderboard, and from there the TikTok community will decide who takes the crown, based on how much they engage with the creators and their content.
Aptly named SpiritsUP Battle, the competition builds on the SpiritsUP campaign, which was launched last month and saw award-winning musician Sho Madjozi release a single to encourage locals to remain positive in these unconventional times. Now, as the nation moves into over a hundred days of lockdown, TikTok wants to continue keeping spirits alive by inspiring its community of creators to express their most creative selves through dance, fashion, comedy and sport.
This competition is open to everyone in the TikTok community and people don’t need to be professionals in any of the categories to enter. All one has to do is create a specialised video and post with the hashtag relating to the category that they want to enter – either #DanceUP, #HumourUP, #SwagUP or #SportsUP. Winners in each category will be selected based on two criteria – either as part of Most Popular Creators (based on overall score) or New Rising Creators (based on the overall score but by creators with less than 100,000 followers).
At the end of the competition two creators in each category will be awarded an online voucher of R5,000.
Categories, as described by TikTok, are:
- #DanceUP: Have you got the moves? Show off your dance skills.
- #HumourUP: Spread joy by sharing your comedy or meme talents.
- #SwagUP: Show off your beauty and fashion talents by sharing skills, hacks and/or tips.
- #SportsUP: Show your talent around fitness/soccer/cricket, etc.
Platform: Android and iOS
Expect to pay: Free to enter
Stockists: For entry details visit TikTok here