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MEET THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE BEHIND MTN's "YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING"
from AdminT on 06/12/2020 11:54 AMThere is almost no country on this Earth where the popular network carrier, MTN, is used, that you will not find a very gushing number of people who are really familiar with the alert; "You have one minute remaining". Has anyone ever cared to give it a long thought who the person behind this annoying but nevertheless, BEAUTIFUL voice is? Actually, most people would come to a conclusion that the voice is a computer's. It is not.
Kgomotso Christopher, a South African, an actress and a voice over artist is this culprit.
Beautiful. Isn't she?
Kgomotso Christopher is the voice behind the MTN's Interactive Voice Response system. She is also a Non-Executive Chairperson on the Naledi Theatre Awards Board of Directors. She is a graduate from the University of Cape town with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Law and Politics and the smart woman was awarded the Jules Kramer Award for Fine Arts when she graduated. In 2004 she earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts at Columbia University in New York City. She continued to live and work in the US and UK until 2008. gomotsoo made guest appearance on television series Madam & Eve, SOS, Backstage, and Moferefere Lenyalong. She has made appearances in theatre productions of Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and Dr. Faustus. On November 15, 2018 Kgomotso revealed on Instagram that she is the voice behind MTN's Interactive Voice Response system.
A PICTURE OF HER FROM HER HANDLE
SPOILER ALERT:
Kgomotso Christopher is married, so if you think of crushing on her,
MEET CALVIN CHRISTOPHER
Now that you know who the culprit behind that voice is, tell your friends about it too.
This is Teach, Learn and Connect!
-AdminT
ReplyDid You Know... Science and Tech
from AdminT on 06/09/2020 07:44 AMThomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, was actually afraid of the dark?!
Place a cup of hot water and a cup of normal temp water in the fridge at the same time. The hot water will turn faster to ice than the normal temperature water. Try it now.
Pound for pound, your toungue is the strongest muscle in your body.
And just like finger prints, we have tongue prints. These prints will never be the same as any other person's!
Ants never sleep!
When the moon is directly overhead, you
will weigh slightly less.
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand.
Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains theobromine, which affects their heart and nervous system.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
You can't kill yourself by holding your
breath.
Try this; lick your elbow. It is impossible!
It is physically impossible for pigs to see the sky.
Did you know that as you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond?!
Why you should be grateful for sneezing in peace; If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck, and die.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987, 654,321
Bullet proof vests, fire escapes,
windshield
wipers and laser printers. They were all invented by women.
Honey is the only food that can never get spoilt. Even the honey found in Pharaoh's tomb, which has been there for thousand and thousand of years, is still perfectly fresh till date.
Just like you can't lick your elbows, crocodiles cannot stick their tongue out.
Snail. That cute little creature can sleep for 3 years.
All polar bears are left handed. All of them. None left out.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
When an ant gets intoxicated, it falls on its right side.
You can't see Ultra Violet light. House flies can!
Koala bears spend up to 22 hours a day sleeping. The rest of their time is spent eating & wandering around aimlessly searching for a mate. If they don't find one, eventually they just give up & go back to sleep.
-AdminT
A Review of the Misinformation Circulating in Africa about Covid-19
from AdminT on 06/07/2020 03:48 PM
As coronavirus cases spread through African countries, misleading information continues to be shared on social media and online.
Here are some of the stories that have been widely recently sent and their reviews:
1. The 'plot' to stop Africa developing its own cures.
We start with a baseless conspiracy revolving around Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, and the unproven herbal tonic, Covid-Organics, which he's promoting to treat coronavirus.
Social media posts have been circulating that claim he's being offered large amounts of money by the World Health Organization (WHO) to secretly poison the drink.
The baseless theory suggests that the WHO wants to prove that African countries can't be self-reliant and find their own cure for Covid-19.
It appears to have first appeared in a French-language post on a Facebook account that was operating from Angola and DR Congo on 23 April.
The claims were later published by two newspapers in Tanzania on 14 May. One of these reports alleges President Rajoelina had admitted - during an interview with France24 - that he'd been offered money.
The story has been picked up and widely shared on social media across Africa.
Mr Rajoelina was indeed interviewed by France24 on 11 May, but at no point does he say he'd been offered any money by the WHO.
The WHO has told the BBC the story is fake, and the Madagascar government has dismissed the allegations.
"Since the launch of the Covid-Organics remedy, many words have been falsely attributed to President Andry Rajoelina", government spokesperson Lova Ranoramoro has said.
The herbal drink Covid-Organics continues to be produced in Madagascar and has been exported for use in other African countries, but there's no evidence it works against the virus.
The WHO says it welcomes innovations based on traditional remedies but has also warned against untested treatments.
2. Tanzania's health minister didn't test positive
An online article claiming Tanzania's Health Minister, Ummy Mwalimu, had tested positive for coronavirus, was shared on Twitter by, among others, a prominent journalist. 
But this story is not true.
The basis of the story was a screenshot of a tweet, which the author claimed was posted by the minister.
The translation for the Swahili-language tweet reads: "It is unfortunate that I have tested positive for coronavirus. But I'll continue to serve my nation remotely as if I was on the frontline until things get better".
But the tweet doesn't appear in the minister's Twitter feed. The minister and the ministry of health have both dismissed the report as fake.
3. South Sudan's bogus badges against the virus
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and other senior officials have used so-called "protective" badges that claim to repel viruses, but which don't work.
Photos posted on Facebook by the president's press unit show him and other officials wearing what look very similar to two kinds of badges that can be bought online - called "Air Doctor" and "Virus Shut Out ".
But there's no evidence that these can ward off viruses and bacteria.
When contacted by the BBC, a South Sudan government spokesperson said they'd been supplied to them by someone who said they were working on behalf of the Japanese government.
But they added they'd stopped wearing them "as they are not approved by the WHO". The Japanese Embassy in South Sudan has denied any link to them.
Similar devices are being sold around the world and have been spotted being used by members of the Russian parliament.
The substance released by such cards or badges - the bleaching agent chlorine dioxide - is potentially harmful, and the subject of a warning from the US drug regulator, the FDA.
4. President Magufuli didn't ban wearing masks in public
Misleading messages have been spreading on social media claiming that Tanzania's President John Magufuli has banned the wearing of masks in public.
These posts claim the president had said wearing masks would spread fear, and send the wrong message to foreign visitors once international travel and tourism resume.
They use a screenshot of a tweet purportedly posted by the president, but it is fake.
There is also a fabricated press statement circulating, which is dated and signed from his hometown, Chato,
However, when we checked, we found that President Magufuli was in the city of Dodoma at that time.
The president's spokesperson has called on people to disregard the claim.
The Tanzanian government encourages citizens to wear masks in public, and to practice social distancing.
-AdminT
Anthony Joshua shares first tweet after his defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr.
from AdminT on 06/07/2019 11:33 AM Over the weekend, Anthony Joshua lost his world heavyweight belts WBA, IBF, and IBO to Andy Ruiz jr after a 7th-round stoppage added an abrupt stop to his professional record at Madison rectangular lawn. Anthony Joshua was floored 4 times before the shocking combat became ultimately ended. And in his first twitter submit inside the wake of the defeat, Anthony Joshua shared a brand new picture of himself displaying off his buff arm and wrote:
'Don’t let success get to your head or failure get to your heart.'
-AdminT