The first cohort of 187 selected young women began a free training session on Introduction to Data Analytics at the Africa Skills Hub (ASH) in Accra. The month-long training which started on Saturday, August 8, 2020 seeks to introduce and help participants leverage data science to solve human problems,...
Shortly after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned social-media app TikTok, he issued a second order prohibiting “any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person … as identified by the Secretary of Commerce.” According to the White House, the WeChat ban...
THE FUTURE OF DESIGN – Our Public Spaces Hello Ghana, it’s been a long while since we had our weekly conversation. We do know that some of you joined us at the just ended 3rd Ghana Green Building Summit which focused on rethinking design of our living, work and public...
The Ecobank Group and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), under its 100,000 MSMEs by 2021 (100K MSMEs), have launched the MSME Academy to provide easy access to practical training and resources on financing opportunities in various countries; how to build a digital presence for businesses; and how to...
expressPay, is on the cusp of expanding its line of innovative services with international remittances set to start soon. The service will begin with remittance transactions from the UK to Ghana and expand to other European countries. The introduction of international remittances will entrench expressPay as the leading financial technology company...
Amenfifarms Ghana Limited has cut the sod for a starch processing factory under One District One Factory (1D1F) programme at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality in the Western Region. The company is an agro industry player focused entity on cultivating cassava with the aim of adding value...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Has hosted its first-ever Galaxy Unpacked virtual event livestreamed from Korea to introduce a new suite of power devices. Five devices were revealed during the event that seamlessly integrate to empower consumers navigating a rapidly changing world: Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra, the most powerful...
Renovation of the Sunyani Airport in the Bono Region is progressing steadily and the level of the project development is pegged at 85%. Ongoing works at the Sunyani airport include expansion and upgrading of the runway construction of a 90 by 60 metre apron and fixing of fittings at the...
NEW YORK – The robots are no longer coming; they are here. The COVID-19 pandemic is hastening the spread of artificial intelligence (AI), but few have fully considered the short- and long-term consequences. In thinking about AI, it is natural to start from the perspective of welfare economics – productivity...
As you may have read, last couple of weeks, the FBI sent out an alert warning of four new DDoS attack vectors, three of which have already been exploited and resulted in several large DDoS attacks across the globe. DDoS attacks have increased by 500% as a result of...