Digital skills literacy, as identified by the likes of ITU, UNDP, etc. as being essential for everyone living today in our digitally enabled world, underlines the vision of DigilifeGH. With the big vision of ensuring that every one of us is well-informed on best practices, trends, insights, etc. to...
0ver 100,000 youth and students to benefitHuawei Ghana, a lead provider of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices in the country, has officially launched its Leadership, Employability, Advancement and Possibility (LEAP) Programme, to train and create job opportunities for Ghanaians in the field of ICT.The...
The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged the general public to be wary of increasing cybersecurity threats within the ever-expanding digital world.She said: “The more we engage on digital platforms and cyber space, the more opportunity cyber criminals have to infiltrate our systems and cause us...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) is preparing regulations for the operation of technology-focused insurance start-ups (Insurtechs) in the country, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance - Michael Andoh, has disclosed.Making the assertion at the Demonstration Day of the Ghana Innolab Insurtech Accelerator Programme, the deputy commissioner of Insurance noted that the...
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization has since 2020 built about 768 cell sites with about 5,000km radios each across the country.The move forms part of government’s efforts to extend basic telephone voice and data connectivity to...
As part of efforts to bridge the gap between gender and technology, MTN has partnered with the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation to host 80 young girls in ICT as part of a mentorship programme.The mentoring session forms part of a Girls in ICT programme which is being executed...
A new focus report, produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA), will highlight the opportunities for investors to help establish an ICT ecosystem that will be key in driving the continent’s economic transformation.The report represents OBG’s continued collaboration with ADCA, constituting...
Fufu Sapiens, a Ghanaian female-led and community-driven NFT project, is set to launch original African NFT collections in Ghana.
The project, which is set to be launched in May, is focused on showcasing the continent's culture, heritage and some of her exquisite crypto art collections using non-fungible tokens.
While Africa has...
MTN Ghana has upgraded its SIM Registration web portal to enable customers link their Ghana Card to their data SIM card(s) seamlessly. With this implementation, MTN subscribers can visit the SIM registration online portal and link their Ghana Card to their MTN data number without the need to insert...
The Pan African Payments and Settlement System (PAPPS) is the intra-African trade and commerce payments, centralised payment and settlement system. With the participation of banks and fintechs, the deployment of this system is expected to contribute to solving the issue of low intra-African Trade.Speaking at The Money Summit, Head...