Small businesses, especially those in the information technology sector, have expressed worry and discontent over what they consider to be the high cost of using the Internet and its associated poor quality of service.
In an interview with the B&FT some of the businesses, which are of different sizes, shared...
The United Nations (UN) has over the years made a strenuous effort to push access to internet as a right seeing the numerous benefits that can be derived from access to broadband. Regardless, internet access in sub Saharan Africa remains largely a privilege or unavailable altogether due to variety...
Banks in Ghana are at a high risk of server attacks due to unsecured data with professional data centres on cloud software.
A cloud software allows the user to run computer applications over the internet, without having to buy, install or manage their own servers. This means a company can...
Banking in today’s world is all about convenience. What would have seemed like a normal banking experience just a decade ago, will today seem unthinkable and even straight out of this world like queuing for 30 mins to check account balance.
Banks continue to invest in their service infrastructure to...
FINASTRA, a financial technological company has introduced its app, FusionFabric.cloud to Ghana’s Information Technology (IT) firms and banking industry.
According to the company, the FusionFabric.cloud, is FINASTRA‘s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution, that champions collaboration and encourages innovation by opening up core systems so third parties can develop applications on top by...
During the middle part of this year 2017, Ecobank Ghana laid off 181 contract staff with the reason that it is part of a digital migration strategy to improve banking experience for its clients, according to the Regional Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Ecobank, Patricia Sappor.
She said,...
New law expected to be passed this year
Cybersecurity Authority to be established for strict compliance
COVID-19 is not only fast-tracking electronic transactions but also cybersecurity regulations to ensure that as more businesses serve their clients digitally, the cyber space is kept secure and safe from any breech,...
The financial services industry is leading the drive to slow down the spread of the Covid-19. Operating a cash-lite society has become a key target of central banks globally; and it is poised to change banking and the customer experience forever. At Bloomberg Invest Global 2020, a virtual conference...
Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr. Wilfred K. Anim Odame, has said that its upcoming digital system, dubbed the Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS), is one of the key interventions designed to reduce the turnaround time, bureaucracies and corruption in the system.
According to him, the GELIS innovation...
Huawei has partnered Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to run Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA) program for students at the university.
The HAINA initiative is a global ICT technology education program which authorizes universities and tertiary education organizations to deliver Huawei certification courses to their...