TECHNOLOGY

To mark the 10th edition of its 21 days of Y’ello Care staff volunteer programme, telecommunication giant; MTN Ghana has reconstructed the Street Academy School at Mensah Guinea Beach in Accra. The school’s wooden structure was pulled down and replaced with a concrete building to provide a conducive teaching and learning environment for pupils of the Street Academy School. The ...

A group of hackers claims to have stolen the script for a forthcoming Game of Thrones episode and other data in a breach at entertainment firm HBO. The group says it has 1.5 terabytes of the company’s data and has posted episodes of Ballers and Room 104 online. It added that more material would be released “soon”. HBO confirmed it ...

Tink Labs Limited, one of Hong Kong’s most successful start up that revolutionizes travel and tourism has launched its Handy Smartphone and announced its partnership with Ghanaian hotels to offer mobile travel solutions to visitors. The device which is the first of its kind in Africa provides enormous benefits to both the traveler and partner hotels. It helps travelers meet ...

Team leads from Tigo Cash have engaged with agents at a nationwide retailer convention to explain the Bank of Ghana regulations and agent guidelines, mobile money safety as well as new initiatives soon to be rolled out by Tigo Cash. Grouped into regional events, the agents were also taken through business development training to help them increase and strengthen financial ...

Telecom companies are taking customer service a notch higher by making available Relationship Managers for their high-end customers – just as in the banking sector. Vodafone is the latest to launch such a service dubbed Vodafone Black Concept. Launching the product in Accra, Chief Executive of Vodafone, Yolanda Cuba noted Vodafone’s pedigree as a technology company and telecommunication services provider ...

As competition intensifies in the telecommunications sector, players are developing innovative products to satisfy their customers. Prestige Vodafone customers are receiving special treat through ‘Vodafone Black’. The opportunity to reserve unique mobile numbers of your choice and having dedicated Account Managers are among the many perks that come with the offer. Speaking at the launch in Accra, the CEO of ...

After the successful implementation of an intelligent new safety feature was introduced to Uber driver-partners in South Africa early this year, the company has announced that the same feature will be implemented in other markets in Africa. Uber has begun this African roll out of its Real-Time ID in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya in bid to further improve passenger security. ...

The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Telecoms has been awarded the Young ICT Ambassador at the 7th Ghana Information Technology and Telecoms Awards for his contribution to the telecom industry. Derek Laryea, was the Head of Research and Communications at the Telecom Chamber and to take over the daily running of the Chamber following the ...

South East Asian ride-hailing firm Grab has raised $2.5bn (£1.9bn) in fresh funds, in what it says is the region’s biggest ever round of investment. Didi Chuxing, which effectively ended Uber’s ambitions in China, is one of the key backers. Along with Japan’s Softbank, Didi will invest up to $2bn. The other $500m will come from new and current investors. ...

Two of the largest dark web marketplaces have been shut down following a “landmark” international law enforcement investigation. The AlphaBay and Hansa sites had been associated with the trade in illicit items such as drugs, weapons, malware and stolen data. According to Europol, there were more than 250,000 listings for illegal drugs and toxic chemicals on AlphaBay. Hansa was seized ...