Chairman terminal · keyword + AT go-ahead · noindex
Brand the mouth SNIVAI. Teach two beats. Map that word.
Grassroots first, then the town must still recognise it. The middle is a coined product name — like the names they already thumb for a pot — not GCSLC, not SideCar, not a Hausa-only money word. Speak S-N-I V-A-I. Write SNIVAI. Never slur it.
Captain take. Ask Africa’s Talking to map SNIVAI on 34461.
If that token is taken, fallback LADI, then TIP.
Citizen fire: SNIVAI 10000 1234 — no PAY. Parser already strips the word.
Options — grassroots, semi-urban, metro
Keyword
Binji / ward
Semi-urban
Metro desk
Captain
SNIVAI
Six letters. Teach two beats. They already keep NUBAN and NIN. One new coined name.
Looks like a product, not a ministry.
Brand on every SMS. Matches the house we are building.
First ask. Weaponize the name you already chose.
LADI
Four letters. Sounds like a person. Easy thumb. North already says the name.
Familiar. Weak as a national brand.
Inside-house. Does not say SNI-VAI on the Nokia.
Fallback if SNIVAI is taken on 34461.
TIP
Three letters. Fast. “Tip” is not their word for proof.
Thin. Collision risk on a shared code.
Engineer’s word. Cold on a billboard.
Last fallback only.
GASKIYA
Truth — lands in the North.
Uneven.
Yoruba / Igbo / Lagos left outside.
Refuse as the one national mouth. Dialect later, not the keyword.
KUDI / OWO / EGO
Money-words. One region each.
Split the country.
Looks like a wallet. We are not a wallet.
Refuse.
GCSLC · SIDECAR · VAU
Unpronounceable or English furniture.
No.
Abuja glass. Not a Nokia fire.
Refuse.
How we teach it
One word on the glass · two beats in the mouth
Hausa: Kurubuta S-N-I V-A-I ku aika 34461 — sa’an nan adadin, sa’an nan last-four.
Pidgin: Send SNIVAI go 34461. Write the amount. Write last four.
Yoruba: Fi SNIVAI ránṣẹ́ sí 34461.
Igbo: Zipụ SNIVAI na 34461.
Metro English: Text SNIVAI, amount, last four — to 34461. We share this door. Our own code is coming. 0-DRRU is the house.
Do not map
PAY as the keyword · GALADIMAR as the keyword · a star-code
PAY is extra sugar in the body, not the name. GALADIMAR is a sender label for a beep we do not have on Termii. No GCSLC USSD. No second keyword unless AT says SNIVAI is taken.
Email — go-ahead to Africa’s Talking
Copy, sign, send. Put the webhook gate on a second private line — not in the first mail if their desk is wide.
Subject: Go-ahead — map keyword SNIVAI to 34461 · GCSLC/IT · Galadimanruwa
Dear Africa’s Talking Support,
Thank you for confirming that you cannot enable MO/MT on a standard phone number, and that you can map a dedicated keyword to shortcode 34461.
Please take this mail as our go-ahead to map the following on the Galadimanruwa / GCSLC account:
Keyword (first choice, case-insensitive): SNIVAI
Shortcode: 34461
Direction: inbound (MO) to our webhook
Expected citizen body: SNIVAI <amount> <last-four>
Example: SNIVAI 10000 1234
If SNIVAI is already assigned on 34461, map in this order instead:
1) LADI
2) TIP
Please confirm in writing:
1. The exact keyword seated (SNIVAI, or the fallback you used).
2. That inbound SMS to 34461 containing that keyword is delivered to our webhook as from / to / text (JSON or form).
3. Whether MO on 34461 is all Nigerian networks or a subset (we understand MTN may be stronger).
4. The webhook URL and any header you require — we will send the live URL and gate on a separate note to the engineer on this ticket.
We accept that 34461 is your shared shortcode. We will say we share a code. This mapping does not claim 34461 as an NCC allocation to GCSLC. Our national SMS code remains in process. This keyword is the mouth we are opening now.
Kindly proceed with the map and reply when the first test SMS will be accepted.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Jaafaru Sa’ad
Chairman
Galadiman Ruwa Center for Strategic Leadership and Communication (GCSLC/IT)