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Saturday, September 19, 2015

mPedigree confirms product originality




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The mPedigree anti-counterfeiting solution, a cloud-based system that creates unique 12 digit numbers  has been developed to confirm if a product is original or fake, NaijaAgroNet reports.

The12 digit numbers which are put on single packs of medicines hidden under an opaque layer, is revealed when the consumer is buying the product. A customer can then send these PINs by SMS to a special short code, and within 15 seconds receive a reply confirming if the product is original or fake.

Ghanaian startup mPedigree, which uses mobile phones to secure pharmaceutical products against counterfeiting, has expanded to a number of other Africa countries since its 2007 launch, partnering with the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to roll out a mobile phone-powered traceability and e-verification service for agricultural inputs and commodities, NaijaAgroNet learnt.

Aside from expanding into other countries, mPedigree has also been entering other sectors in a bid to scale its business, with Disrupt Africa reporting in March it had entered the Ghanaian textiles industry. It is now launching operations in Uganda’s agricultural sector, it is also an e-verification product for inputs and commodities such as seeds, fertilisers and crop protection products.

Aside from UNBS, the startup has also partnered RenPublishing, a Ugandan corporation, and the Feed the Future Uganda Agricultural Inputs Activity, an initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-run project Feed the Future.

The initiative, NaijaAgroNet informs, brings together the E-Tags quality certification and auditing service of the UNBS and mPedigree’s Goldkeys serialisation and authentication engine to create a channel for verifying the source and supply chain status of agro-inputs as well as their compliance with acceptable quality standards under Ugandan law and regulations.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

CJN blasts lawyers, says too many of them are fake




 
 Justice Mahmud Mohammed, The Chief Justice of Nigeria, ‎CJN, Wednesday in Abuja blasts the legal profession over the rising number of “fake” lawyers in the country, NaijaAgroNet reports.

NaijaAgroNet further learnt that The CJN made this disclosure during the official launch of “Stamp for Lawyers”, ‎which was produced by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, bemoaned that the prevalence of fake lawyers negatively affects the integrity of the legal profession and casts a shadow of disrepute on the judiciary as an arm of government in the country.

He insisted that one of the major challenges facing Judges today, NaijaAgroNet gathered “is how to differentiate between a “real” and “fake” legal practitioner”.

 “Of even greater concern is the fact that members of the public are often left in a quandary over who they can place their trust, property and even lives in.

“We must not forget that the credibility of the Bar has a direct impact on respect for the Rule of Law and the independence of the Courts.

”I believe that the stamp can, if properly deployed, become a hallmark of a firm’s work and a way for prospective clients to better identify their counsel- a veritable means to “Know Your Counsel,” he said.
 
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