Six people who allegedly hacked into a bank and attempted to transfer GH¢46, 129,473 to eight individuals in different banks have been arrested by the police. They are Hudu Abdul Mumuni, Emmanuel Adams, Moro Issah, Agbenu Fefous Chrissy, Sam Acquah, a former banker and owner of Adom Sika Savings and Loans Limited and James Taylor, a web developer. Two others, ...
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BoG grants IT Consortium enhanced Payment Service Provider license
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has granted one of the country’s leading FinTech companies, IT Consortium Limited (ITC), an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) license. The acquisition of the license, which is the highest license within the PSP category, follows the passage of the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act 987) which creates an enabling regulatory and supervisory framework ...
Read More »Tekashi 6ix9ine’s account will remain live – Instagram
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Instagram page will stay up and running despite renewed uproar over his criminal record — because the platform feels he hasn’t violated their rules. Here’s the deal … 6ix9ine ran into some legal trouble even before he hit it big. When he was younger — age 18 — he pled guilty to one count of Use of a ...
Read More »MainOne kick starts construction of Data Center at Appolonia Industrial Park
MainOne has commenced the construction of its MDXi data center in Appolonia City as part of its regional expansion plans. The new Tier III facility in Appolonia Industrial Park is expected to be ready for service by the end of March 2021. From Appolonia City, MainOne, West Africa’s premier connectivity and data center solution provider, will give access connectivity options ...
Read More »How intelligent security will drive eCommerce growth
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an unprecedented surge in eCommerce transactions, with more and more consumers choosing to shop online especially as their favorite retailers have had to temporarily close their physical stores. In addition, people prefer staying at home and avoid contact with potential contagions outside. Brick-and-mortar retailers are likely to follow latest trends by bolstering their online presence ...
Read More »The Internet & Mobile Phones – Winning in a depressing world of Global Shutdowns
(Appreciating the World’s and Ghana’s ICT Trail Blazers in a COVID 19 Pandemic World and Making a Case for Indigenous participation in the Internet & Mobile telephony sector in Ghana) By Ato Sarpong Preamble It is estimated that some 4.2billion people [or 56%] of the world’s population, in the last few months, have experienced some sort of lockdown necessitated by ...
Read More »Confusion at Valley View University over E-Learning
Sandwich students from all campuses of Valley View University say they are stranded and helpless over the online learning platform. The students according to them earlier kicked against the virtual learning considering the network challenges in most parts of Ghana but the University turned death ears to their concerns and went ahead to force them to pay fees not less ...
Read More »5G network: Man was created to enjoy life and not to work – Chinery-Hesse
Herman Chinery-Hesse, the CEO of SoftTribe, has stated that God did not create man for man to toil before making ends meet but rather man was created to enjoy life to the fullest. According to Chinery-Hesse, the introduction of the 5G system is to make man work easier and faster for man to be able to enjoy life and not ...
Read More »COVID-19: Avoid unnecessary video calls – Telcos Chamber to Ghanaians
The Telecommunications Chamber has called on Ghanaians to limit data usage as they stay home in compliance with the lockdown directives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chamber in a 10-point guidance document asked Ghanaians to avoid unnecessary video calls and also limit the amount of data they use within digital rush hours such as 9 am and 11 am ...
Read More »Kenyan universities turn to online teaching in face of virus threat
Universities are turning to online teaching to ensure that students complete their studies as scheduled, after face-to-face lessons were suspended following cases of Coronavirus in the country. The University of Nairobi has asked postgraduate students to continue engaging their supervisors. The institution suspended face-to-face teaching yesterday, March 16, 2020. “We intend to review our work flow with a view to ...
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