At a press conference in Lagos, AFREE, a new easy to use app has been launched in Lagos, Nigeria for the benefit of all and sundry.
Newsconnect reports that Assist, Finance, Reward, Empower, Educate are the keywords that make up the acronym (AFREE)
According to the press conference convener, letter (A) in AFREE implies it renders assistance, (F) offers financial benefit through monetisation, (R) it rewards passion, (E)it educates and the last (E) empowers with its features.
Dr Joshua Orabiyi, the convener of the press conference/launching of AFREE at University of Lagos said the intervention emanated from group of friends who decided to build an application that will require less power on the phone and less of everything to function.
He says the benefit of the messaging app is that it can thrive in areas where you have less resources.
Dr Alakija, a lecturer from Yaba College of Technology, Engineer Seun Fakoya Editor in Chief Ojodu Eye are among AFREE technical team in Lagos.
Joel Abati, a Russian counterpart via virtual platform at the press conference said Nigeria is not the first country launching AFREE, that it is the third country to launch the app. He says, AFREE promotes business and help reach new people.