By Emmanuel Elebeke & Nnamdi Ojiego

Top phone manufacturer, Nokia has unveiled its leading emerging market information service in Nigeria tagged Nokia Life Tools.

The information tool is designed to enable Nigerians receive personalized health tips, latest market prices, English lessons and entertainment tips through Nokia Phones

Nokia Life Tools offers a wide range of information services covering Healthcare, Agriculture, Education and Entertainment which address the needs of rural consumers and improves their economic prosperity and quality of life. It is a key part of Nokia’s overall strategy to connect the next billion people by providing access to locally relevant services and information on affordable devices.

The African launch is coming on the heels of another launches over the last 2 years in Indonesia, India and China, leading to more than 15 million people having experience of the Life Tools services across India, China and Indonesia.

Speaking on the service, Nokia’s General Manager for West Africa, Mr. James Rutherfoord said, “Farmers will be able to check market prices without travelling long distances, people will be able to find important healthcare information without having to travel miles to see a doctor, and students will be able to learn English,” with all the services available on what he described as easy-to-use and affordable mobile phones.

The African launch is coming on the heels of another launches over the last 2 years in Indonesia, India and China, leading to more than 15 million people having experience of the Life Tools services across India, China and Indonesia.

The Nokia Life Tools in Nigeria is being offered on the following devices: Nokia 2690, 2700, 5130, 7230, C1-01, C2-01, C3-00, X2-00, X2-01, and X3-00.

According to him, Nokia intends to introduce the service across all S30 and S40 devices. The service will be offered through all 4 GSM operators at the affordable price of N200 per month for any of the 9 services under Health Care, Education, and Entertainment, and at an equally affordable price of N250 per month for the Agriculture service.