An app for calculating the brideprice of a woman was created in Nigeria May 2014.This app went viral in Nigeria and May 29 was its birthday in Kenya.That of kenya is more personal because it has been interwoven with their culture by using Kenyan currency and vernacular.One big question this has raised is whether this is sexism or a really funny joke.In Cameroon people approach the news with a lot of suprise.Some(especially the boys) blame it on the limitless bounds of technology and find it really funny but the girls are seeing it on a whole new level.Asah Jane angrily says "i consider it complete sexism! how can the worth of a human being be calculated by a piece of technology?It is wrong and is a great proof of marginalisationEdward Maiyili is a two sided man who laughed and then took a deep breath.He said "to me it has a mix of creativity and humour but it can be annoying to think that people can calculate your worth on a phone and still call it a joke.Editi Effiòng, Anakle’s CEO has
emphasized that the app is meant to be satirical and an “inside joke”
for Nigerians.
In all the 11 people i talked to 7 saw it as a joke and 4 saw it as unfair and wrong.One guy Mbenjock Jerry wasnt laughing he rather thinks people should take it seriously."I think people should take the app to alll countries because it will solve a lot of problems,some parents charge too much for their daughters while some village girls are basically free."
The Kenyan app values PhDs more than that of Nigeria. Working in Oil and Gas is a top brideprice plus in
Nigeria,while being a CEO may make a woman a hotter ticket in Kenya the app generally rates high points for skills especially cooking.Also However, tall women and curvy women score more points while shade Lupita
is still the highest valued colour.
. Stats so far tells us that around two million people have
taken the quiz with around 6-million social conversations generated as a
result.
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