One major way to achieve this is the use of USSD codes for different Nigerian banks. USSD, which means Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, is a communications protocol used by mobile phones to ...

Stax, a startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes, has raised a $2.2 million seed extension round. U.S.-based VC ...

The USSD technology is prone to fraud, slow and laborious. Technologists believe it is time for Uganda to shift to better technologies and this will require a collaborative effort from the innovators, ...

A pair of Android vulnerabilities in ever version prior to KitKat could give an attacker the ability to make and end phone calls and send USSD codes using a malicious application. A pair of ...

The Android ecosystem got a jolt yesterday with the revelation that simple links — something you might merely open online — could trigger a complete wipe of some Android devices. Researcher Ravi ...

Young people reading might not believe this but there was a time when you actually had to leave your house to do stuff like bank transfers or settle utility bills. It wasn’t that long ago too. Ten ...

Consumers have expressed deep concerns over the planned disconnection of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services for nine banks by telecommunications companies (telcos) starting ...

Access Bank Plc has launched a special Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code *901*11#, a strategic tool for the recently-launched Payday Loan product by the bank. The code is the ...

Usually, you control your smartphone or tablet via the OS or app menus. However, certain functions can only be accessed using ...