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My name is Rexford Nkansah, a Senior Web Developer, with many years of experience in building, deploying, maintaining and upgrading web applications and servers in the cloud. I am going to talk facts. If you don’t have any facts and or enjoy facts, and live in a fantasy world, please steer clear of this article. “Ghana to pay Google $400,000 ...

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications is questioning how Busy Ghana got a 4G authorization through the back door when other players paid millions of dollars for their 4G licenses. The law makers raised the question at a recent meeting with the leadership of the Broadband Communications Chamber (BBCC), where issues about sanitizing the 4G space and strengthening local content ...

President Akufo-Addo has expressed grave concern about the growing spate of internet fraud – known in local parlance as ‘Sakawa’ and other cyber crimes in the country. Currently, he said, Ghana is experiencing its fair share of cybercrime and cyber security challenges that are home-grown and that cyber crime has become one of the commonest and most pervasive crimes in ...

Over the weekend, people with review units of the Pixel 2 XL began noticing a problem. No, not the already-known issues of muddy color and grainy textures when viewed in low-light, but one that’s potentially more worrisome: screen burn-in. First reported on Twitter by Android Central’s Alex Dobie, multiple people have noticed that when you look at the screen with ...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s not in a hurry to buy the next iPhone — even though he usually rushes out to upgrade on opening day. “I’d rather wait and watch that one. I’m happy with my iPhone 8 — which is the same as the iPhone 7, which is the same as the iPhone 6, to me,” Wozniak ...

Government is making strong moves to protect Ghana’s cyber eco-system from unforeseen attacks and also build its capacity against any future cyber attacks. National Cyber Security Center and re-registration of SIM cards were prominent issues at the ongoing National Cyber Security Week. The event has seen experts in Ghana’s cybersecurity converging to brainstorm over how to keep Ghana’s cyberspace safe. ...

The acting managing director for Ghana Post James Kwofie has said the service is working with relevant stakeholders to resolve the concerns that have been expressed by Ghanaians about the digital address system so far. Many Ghanaians including the President of IMANI Ghana Franklin Cudjoe have expressed frustrations about the system which was launched by President Akufo-Addo last week. “Copying ...

WomanRising, a flagship network of The African Network of Entrepreneurs, has presented an award to Estelle Akofio-Sowah, Country Manager of Google Ghana as a recognition for being listed among 2016’s Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana. The ranking which was instituted in 2016 by WomanRising, was aimed at highlighting the achievements of women business leaders in the country and ...

London – YouTube has lifted restrictions from videos showing Swaziland’s reed dance, which feature bare-breasted women. A spokesperson for the video-sharing platform told the BBC that YouTube allows nudity when “culturally relevant or properly contextualised”. The move was in response to a campaign led by Lazi Dlamini, the head of TV Yabantu, an online video production company, featuring Africa’s “finest ...

Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”), the parent company of mobile operator Tigo Ghana Limited, announced today it has completed the transaction announced on March 3, 2017, with Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the parent company of Airtel Ghana, to combine their operations in Ghana. The successful closing will see both companies hold equal ownership and governance rights in the combined entity. ...