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The departure of Angolan duo (Seydou and Esperanca) now turns out to be a blessing in disguise in big brother house stargame. For three weeks now since this Africa reality TV show kicked off,  two girls in Downville house had started enmity and were turning the African Reality house into a war zone.’

Talia and Eve are said to have had a clash on Seydou, they have been passionately hating  each other, though no one ever disclosed the real cause of their hatred.

Following the voluntary exit of these Angolans from Big Brother house, on Thursday, today Eve and Talia were seen toasting and singing together, preciously.

Talia and Eve have been the main rival in Downville house that also led to a division between downstairs and upstairs Housemates.

By the look of things now, Seydou has been the cause of their enmity and fact to the fact that he left the house; today the two reconciled and had good time drinking together.

The biff between Seydou and his partner Esperanca led to a division between downstairs and upstairs Housemates. However, since the Angolans left, the two distinct camps ceased to exist and the girls are now living in harmony. They acted like school girls in the Jacuzzi as they enjoyed their alcohol.

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Customers are set to continue benefiting from the cut throat competition in the telecommunication sector as players continue to flood the market with promotions and subsidized packages.

This week, Uganda Telecom (UTL) launched a new promotion codenamed ‘U Switch’ which gives UTL customers a chance to call people on the same network throughout the day at Shs 750.

To confirm this, Uganda Telecom posted on its Facebook page:

“Hello all. The big thing we have been waiting for is here. Uswitch, the latest product from Uganda Telecom that gives u unlimited calls all day for just Shs 750. Its time to Uswitch. Tell your friends and relatives.”

Far still, in a press release, UTL’s new CEO Stanley Henning said that following the government of Uganda handing back the company to its major shareholder LAP Green/UCOM, UTL now sends a clear message to all skeptics who continued to spread speculation and rooting for the company’s closure following the 2011 crisis in Libya.

“We have been quiet for a while because of shareholder problems and some people started spreading rumors that we were closing. Contrary to that, Uganda telecom is here to stay. The launch of this new product therefore is a clear statement to the market that we are back and that we are now going to grow from strength to strength to become the premier telecom provider in this market,” Henning said.

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Wati (Malawi) and Keitta (Ghana) have become the second pair of twins in crime that Biggie has put into conjoined outfits as punishment for their reckless smoking crimes.

Today, Big Brother called all housemates in Downville to the lounge to pass on his judgment after Wati and Keitta were caught smoking in the toilets again. I wonder whether these housemates don’t ever learn that Biggie has a bug eye that oversees his entire house!

For 48 hours, Wati and Keitta will have to wear the joint back to back outfits and are only allowed to put the attire off when they have to shower.

Remember Keitta is the only housemate with a real girlfriend ‘Mildred’ in big brother house, can you imagine how he and his girlfriend will look at each other for the next 48 hours! Can Mildred hold on to the shame and keep firm. How will they sleep through this time?  I guess you remember the days of the dirty sacks and heavy bones as punishment for vernacular in high school!

Meanwhile the rest of housemates were in for a surprise too. All of the laughter in the house came to a halt after Big Brother cautioned that should the two not finish this punishment successfully, then there would be severe consequences for all.

“Failure to comply with this will result in the removal of cigarettes from you shopping list for all housemates,” said to the sounds of gasps by Downvillers.

Big Brother had earlier given a similar punishment to Prezzo and DKB after they had a quarrel in Upville. More still, Keita and Mildred were nominated and are up for eviction this Sunday; will the duo survive this eviction?

What do you think of Big Brother’s punishment for Wati and Keitta?

Facebook has launched an application that lets Page admins schedule posts. A new help center page from Facebook also outlines how brand pages can now assign specific duties to multiple page admins, each with varying degrees of permissions.

Previously, Facebook Page managers have been only assigned as admin and they all had the same powers to delete admins, post updates and moderate user activity among other functions especially if one had the page creator password. The categorization includes Manager, Content Creator and Moderator among others.

The chart below outlines the new roles of manager, content creator, moderator, advertiser and insights analyst.

Additionally, you now schedule your page posts up to six months in advance at 15-minute intervals. I think this function that has been long overdue, since many user have always yarned for something to help them provide more time updates to their followers.

How does this change your Facebook marketing strategy?

This month, UK will have it’s first ever Intel-Powered Smartphone selling with Orange.

On 6^th June, UK will get its first ever Intel-powered smartphone — in the form of a handset named San Diego.

This comes in time less than one year when the first Intel-Powered Smartphone was launched in India in April with the Xolo X900.

Initially codenamed Santa Clara, the phone will be available exclusively on Orange in the United Kingdom starting on June 6th. The handset is powered by an Intel Atom processor Z2460, and supports HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet Access) with the Intel XMM 6260 Platform.

The phone comes with a high-definition 4.03” screen, an 8-megapixel camera video 1080p video capture, and HD voice for outstanding audio quality for calls.

Interested customers will also be able to access T-Mobile’s signal on the phone, giving them access to signal in more places all over the UK.

Currently, Intel’s processors dominate the computer market, though most smartphones currently use ARM processors.

The Company announced, in March at Mobile World Congress, plans to bring an Intel-powered smartphone to the UK running its Medfield chip. It designated 2012 as the year that Intel-powered smartphones will finally hit the big time. 

In a move to ease life for East Africans that live in the Diaspora, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has launched a new internet enabled service named Online Banking.

This service that was unveiled earlier this week will enable East Africans living in North America, Europe, Asia and South Africa to deposit money and make any sorts of payments using their KCB local accounts. This according to KCB officials will be aided by agents that will be operating from the Diaspora.

Speaking at the launch of this service in Kampala, Jean Mugisha, the KCB Uganda marketing manager said that this service has been put in place to cater for the over 15 million East Africans that live in the Diaspora.

“There is a big East African population in the Diaspora of about 15 million that is continuously challenged with sending money back home. All the money transfer services available have been involving a third part; sender, receiver and agent. As a result, people’s hardly earned incomes have been often misused by some receivers,” Jean Mugisha said.

She added:

“It is because of this that we have invested in an ICT system that supports international banking. This will enable a client to control all their transactions. You can deposit, make any payments and follow ups. With this, the client will be dealing with the bank directly.”

Statistics presented by KCB officials but could not be independently verified by this business portal indicate that Diaspora remittances to the East African region grew massively in 2011 with Kenya receiving over USD 800 million closely followed by Uganda with USD 649 million. 

Shocking but true, Angola duo Seydou and Esperanca had to voluntarily leave the biggest reality TV show for good.

After 3 weeks in Downville house, the Angolan duo eventually agreed to disagree and left the show. Much as Seydou was not keen on leaving, Esperanca was adamant that she wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Saying “I feel sorry for my partner and I wish things would be different. I’m stressed out, depressed and I am not going to put my health in danger,” Esperanca explained.

As a matter of fact, Seydou was forced to leave the house by Big Brother since his partner had made a decision to leave the house. In his own words, Seydou said “” it has been really fun, this experience, I wish I could stay but my partner wants to give out. She wants to drop out. This is very…… unfair for me, very unfair for me, I am gonna go out of this house heals high, but it’s gonna be a chaos out there.”

To take a flash back, Entrepreneur Seydou entered Big Brother StarGame “for the money and the game as a whole”. He said he was willing to do everything to win the grand prize. On entry into Big brother house, he said, “I am a delivery man – I will make it happen!”

This is the second couple to voluntarily exit Big Brother StarGame after the Nigerian duo of Chris and Ola who had to leave due to Ola’s health condition.

This means that 12 Housemates have left Downville in three weeks with only two, Zainab and Maneta, upgrading to Upville.

Under the MoneyGram together with Brussels Airlines promotion that run from April 16th to June 10th 2012, you can win an economy class  air ticket from UK airports (London Heathrow, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle) to one of the 18 sub-Saharan destinations operated by Brussels Airlines (see www.brusselsairlines.com/africa for more information) which include among others Entebbe, Nairobi, and Kigali among others.

In an interview with Vox Africa Mr  Oluwaseyi M. Oke from Money Gram International, Marketing Executive – Africa/Caribbean, e

Tickets are valid until 31 May 2013 (the outbound flight must have been started before this date and the return flight must have been flown by June 10, 2013), subject to availability. Limitations during peak seasons may apply.

Prizes (the entirety of the prize or one of its components) cannot be exchanged for cash or any other prize in nature and cannot be transferred to anybody else.

 Outside of the top executives and offices, Google’s software engineers are the best-paid employees at the company. This may not come as much surprise since Google is a tech, largely internet and software company.  Below is the list of top 10 jobs at Google based on salaries.

In Uganda Telecoms are some of the leaders in Tech, We may expect  that network engineers would be among the top ten for Uganda companies such as MTN, Orange, Airtel, UTL and Warid and it would not be a surprise if the top 10 paying jobs at these Uganda companies are dominated by Engineers.   Which job is most paid at MTN?

You are looking forward to making a lifetime commitment with that beautiful lady or man that you chose, but want to waste all your relationship before marriage! It sounds so simple to imagine big things but so hard to implement every single plan especially when there is no much saved cash. Yes, your friends, family may have to contribute something, but have you thought of the impact of that process to your relationship?

You wife might distrust you in the period of preparation not because you cheated on her, but you maybe showed her the kind of friends that you actually have. Remember a friend in need is a friend indeed! Now, let’s take away all that stress and first plan our wedding before we set budgets to friends. Make sure, you hit only things that help you grow more in love and trust as a couple.

Below are 5 must follow tips to help you have a successful wedding;

1. Don’t waste money on an Expensive engagement ring Or Leave it.

Two options, you know your pocket better even more than your lover. So think of it before you rush spending 1000 dollars for an engagement ring that you will put away after the wedding. Just look out for one that is simple and really represents your love and affection for that special someone, buy that. Alternatively, if she is not bothered, then leave it, plan for the wedding expenditures.

2. Save on the wedding rings too.

Okay, it so true, wedding rings aren’t usually a major cost. They’re a lot less than the engagement ring. But gold prices are up 30% in a year and they’ve more than doubled over five years. Platinum’s booming, even silver has now taken off. Buy simple wedding rings, just make sure you make the perfect choice, and look out for the good ones that match with your planned expenditure.

3. Don’t get too traditional about the bills.

Why do you want to copy all the procedures you have known of for years? There are no rules to govern your preparations apart from church where terms and conditions apply. So now, think your own way out as long as the legal way (Church/court/mosque) is catered for. It is not a must to make a reception and neither is it a must to make it out of home. So make the most feasible decision.

4. Don’t get hung up on a Saturday.

Why does everybody have to get married on Saturday?

Saturday is the concept in this case, but it is a common day for different marriages especially in the Christian world. Now, make the difference, organize your wedding on a Wednesday, Thursday or any other day. If you were scared of many paying attention to all your wedding detail, trust me few or no one will have to pay much attention. Remember they are thinking about work, class etc.

5. Have two receptions.

This sounds extravagant but it is realistically so cheap. Why should you stress on serving everybody you invited the same way. Make up a short list of people you want to invite on a special reception and another of the people that you have to invite to your other reception.

Why do you worry about that aunt who wished you marry a Zungu!? And that uncle of yours that only criticizes whatever he knows about you.

Now invite the many to a simple reception, you can treat them to soft drinks and a few snacks in the afternoon and later in the night, go enjoy a reception with your few invited guests. 

Trust me, you will save for more 60% of your would be budget for one big reception.

Only follow these guidelines and you will bear me witness. Till them, just keep right here on HiPipo 5Star for more amazing features, business news, tech updates and so much more.