Soronko Academy, a technology social enterprise, has launched the Rotary Soronko Girls Coding Project in partnership with the Rotary Club of Limburgerhof/Vorderpfalz in Germany and Rotary Club of Accra Airport with funding support from Rotary International. The virtual launch forms part of celebrations to mark the global Girls in ICT...
The Bank of Ghana, in a circular, titled ‘Bank of Ghana licenses first fintech’, to the public yesterday, April 30, 2020, has confirmed its licence to Zeepay, a leading financial technology firm, to operate a full-fledged mobile money service. The official announcement by the Central Bank follows Zeepay’s publication exactly...
Over 9.6 million learners attending pre-primary to tertiary education in Ghana, have been affected by the unprecedented closure of schools due to Covid-19 (UNESCO, 2020). Persons on the autism spectrum (a neurodevelopmental disorder with associated challenges of social communication, social interaction and rigidity/restrictive repetitive behaviour), have likewise been affected. Now, educational...
Two students at NIIT Ghana, Augustine Danso and Bentil Shadrack, have developed an application to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The application is a self-diagnosis question screener for those experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms. The app then providers the user with advice on what to do next. According to the...
Some senior officials in the Trump administration have agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Huawei Technologies, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic impacts economic growth around the world. Under the proposed rule change, foreign companies that use U.S. chip-making equipment would be required...
“one of the diseases of this age is the multiplicity of books; they doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digestthe abundance of idle matter that is every day hatched and brought forth into theworld,” Barnaby Rich. The above quote was made in 1613, a period...
Introduction The Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH), an association of professionals in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in Ghana, has been following with keen interest recent conversations on social media and mainstream media with regards to stories linking the new mobile telephony technology called 5G to the...
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which forces many financial services providers to remain focused on serving wealthier customers. These are some...
MTN Ghana is encouraging all its customers and clients to leverage the benefits of the ‘ayoba’ and myMTN Apps to stay connected in this time of social distancing and beyond. ‘ayoba’ is a free instant messaging and content App designed for the African digital consumer.  The app is available to...
…powered by 3.5 EcoBoost V6, in production for Cross Country Series “Built Ford Tough” will take on a new dimension when the Ford Castrol Cross Country Team debuts the highly anticipated, all-new FIA-class Ford Ranger later this year in the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS). Announced to the world in...