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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 153 lectures (12h 34m) | Size: 4.05 GB

Basic understanding of PHP programming language & web applications.

Deliver your applications to the end user using USSD and SMS

Uses of USSD applications

Relationship between USSD applications and mobile network operators (MNO)

Types of SMS - Two-way SMS (shortcode), Premium SMS (selling content to users using SMS) and branded SMS (sender ID/alphanumeric)

USSD handling (USSD-MO & USSD-MT)

The HTTP protocol, Object Oriented PHP and PHP inbuilt functions

Designing USSD menus

USSD menus navigation - Going forward, going back and going back to main menu

Handling Invalid entries in USSD menus

Testing USSD menus using postman and ngrok

Connecting USSD menu to application logic

Connecting USSD application to MySQL database

Adding SMS functionality to USSD application

Testing USSD application using simulator/sandbox

Moving USSD application from sandbox to live environment

Exploring Africa's Talking USSD and SMS gateway

Monetizing USSD and SMS application

Basic understanding of web APIs

Basic understanding of MySQL databases

In this course, you will have the opportunity to learn how USSD apps are related the GSM network. The course covers how to build menu driven USSD apps and how to integrate it with different types of SMS such as shortcode, branded SMS and premium SMS. USSD menu navigation will cover, go back, go forward, go to main menu and detecting invalid entries.

The course will teach you how design and build apps, which will deliver services to any type of phone - including feature phones. It also teaches you how to choose an SMS and USSD gateway as well as how to monetize you USSD skills (especially for entrepreneurs).

This course is hands on and throughout it, we will build a complete mobile money application based on USSD using PHP, MySQL. In addition, throughout the course we use other tools such as Postman, Composer, Ngrok, apache web server and USSD simulator as well as the HTTP protocol.

In summary, the course is organized into the following sections:

Introduction to USSD and SMS Applications

Introduction to PHP programming language and HTTP protocol

Building and Testing USSD Application Menu

Adding application functionality or logic to the USSD Menus

Adding SMS functionality to the USSD application - two-way, branded, and premium SMS

Moving from SANDBOX environment to LIVE environment

Monetizing USSD and SMS Applications

College students in IT and computer science

College professors/lecturers

Marketers

Industry experts in IT

Entrepreneurs




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