What is Africa Daily Utility?

A free, data-light utility panel for daily life in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa. It puts four things on one fast page: power outage information (South African load-shedding stages explained, with EskomSePush, Eskom, KPLC and ECG official links), money tools — live mid-market exchange rates for NGN, KES, GHS and ZAR, a currency converter and a remittance true-cost checker that reveals the hidden exchange-rate margin on top of the fee (Sub-Saharan remittances average ~8%, the world’s most expensive corridor), official status portals — JAMB results, WAEC result checkers, NIN services, Nigerian passports, SASSA SRD grant status, matric results, KNEC and eCitizen — and verified USSD codes, including Nigeria’s NCC-harmonised codes (*310# balance, *312# data, *996# NIN-SIM) and bank codes (*737#, *901#, *919#, *966#, *894#). No app install, no account — it works on cheap data and old Android phones.

Notable African tech companies

A curated cross-section of the continent’s tech economy (not a ranking — see the FT’s annual “Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies” list for formal rankings):

• Flutterwave and Paystack — Nigerian payments infrastructure powering pan-African commerce
• Moniepoint — agent banking for millions of Nigerian businesses
• Interswitch — payment-switching pioneer behind the Verve card
• M-KOPA — pay-as-you-go smartphones and solar across East Africa
• Wave — low-fee mobile money in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire
• Chipper Cash — cross-border transfers
• Andela — African engineering talent for global teams
• Yoco — card payments for South African small business
• MTN Group — telecom and MoMo across 19 markets

Give back — high-impact charities working in Africa

How to donate: use each organisation’s official donation page (card or PayPal; some accept M-Pesa locally). Never give through unofficial collectors:

• GiveDirectly — unconditional cash straight to the poorest households
• Against Malaria Foundation — insecticide-treated nets, consistently top-rated for impact per dollar
• One Acre Fund — seeds, training and financing for smallholder farmers
• WaterAid — clean water and sanitation
• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) — emergency medical care
• Mary’s Meals — school meals that keep children in class
• Helen Keller Intl — nutrition and sight programs

Power users: open the >_TERM tab for a terminal with 32 commands — help, convert 100 usd ngn, remit 200 5 1340, code balance, startups, donate givedirectly and more. All figures are for information only; official sources are always authoritative.