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:
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.
How to use
- Pick your country — Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana or South Africa. Your choice is remembered on this device only.
- Switch tabs — ⚡ POWER for outage information, 💱 MONEY for rates, the converter and the remittance checker, 🗂 GOV for official status portals, 📟 USSD for verified dial codes, and >_TERM for the command terminal.
- Check the source — every card links to the official portal (Eskom, KPLC, ECG, JAMB, WAEC, SASSA, NCC and so on) so you can verify before acting.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it free? Do I need an account?
- Completely free, no account and no app install. Settings such as your country choice are stored only in your browser’s localStorage and are never sent to a server.
- How fresh are the exchange rates, and why does my bank quote differ?
- Rates shown are live mid-market rates from public APIs — the midpoint between global buy and sell prices. Banks, apps and street bureaus add their own margin on top, so their quote will always be slightly worse. Use the mid-market rate as your benchmark to judge how fair an offer is.
- What is load-shedding, and what do the stages mean?
- Load-shedding is South Africa’s scheduled rotational power cut, used when electricity demand exceeds supply. Each stage roughly corresponds to how much national load must be shed — higher stages mean longer and more frequent outages in your area. Always confirm your suburb’s schedule on EskomSePush or your municipality’s page, which this panel links to.
- Why does my remittance cost more than the advertised fee?
- Because of the hidden exchange-rate margin. A transfer that advertises a “low fee” may convert your money at a rate several percent worse than mid-market. True cost = fee + FX margin, and the remittance checker on the MONEY tab computes exactly that. Sub-Saharan Africa averages around 8% — comparing two or three providers before sending routinely saves real money.
- Are the USSD codes official and safe?
- The codes listed are NCC-harmonised network codes and the banks’ own published shortcodes. Dial them from your registered SIM only, and never enter your PIN into a code someone sent you in a message — banks never ask for that.
- Does it work on slow data and old phones?
- Yes — that is the design goal. The page is a single lightweight document with no images and no framework payload, so it loads on 2G/3G connections and old Android browsers.