TECHNOLOGY

More than 140 radio stations out of the 354 in operation throughout the country face severe sanctions for various infractions of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775). The stations, most of which are bigwigs within the industry, have been notified by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to fully comply with their licence regulations within 30 days or face the ...

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu has stated that the National Communication Authority (NCA) is being empowered by government to sanction radio stations in the country who breach the Authority’s frequency regulation. Speaking Thursday at the inauguration of the 9-member governing board for the NCA, she said affected radio stations will suffer revocations of their frequencies, imposition of fines among ...

MTN Ghana in partnership with Silverbird Cinema is premiering the latest movie “Spider-Man Homecoming” at the Accra Mall Silverbird Cinema on July 7, at 7 pm. A red carpet event and cocktail will be held prior to premiering the movie. Sharing thoughts on this unique experience, Nana Asantewaa Amegashie, Senior Manager, Segment Marketing at telecommunication giant said, the movie is ...

The perpetrators of a recent cyber-attack that disrupted businesses across the world appear to have accessed the ransom payments they raised. Just over £7,900-worth of virtual currency has been moved from the Bitcoin address listed in the blackmail demand that appeared on hacked PCs. One expert said there was little doubt the funds had been tapped by those responsible for ...

Tigo Digital and Technology enthusiast, Josephine Marie Godwyll, has launched an ambitious app which harnesses local folklore to engage children in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The colourful and engaging Ananse the Teacher app, a great addition to local content for children in Ghana, works on android and provides relevant local examples of various experiments found in the basic ...

Germany has paid millions of euros for the so-called Panama Papers revealing offshore tax evasion, reports say. The Federal Crime Office (BKA) said it would put the multi-million-file inventory into electronic form to allow for detailed evaluation. It did not confirm the sum, but government sources told German media 5m euros (£4.4m; $5.7m) had been paid. The documents leaked last ...

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has expressed worry about the frequent breakdown of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet). According to the Authority, the situation was affecting smooth operations at the ports, leaving importers and stakeholders mostly frustrated. Emmanuel Ashaley Neequaye, Terminal Supervisor at the GPHA, who was speaking to a section of journalists at the sidelines ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has visited Huawei’s Executive Briefing Center in Beijing where in a telepresence video conference system interacted with its Ghana employees as part of his official visit to China recently. He also held talks with Mr. Li Dafeng, Senior Vice President of Huawei. He said during their interaction that “the emphasis on R & D, the ...

More than a quarter of the world’s population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people,” founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted. The milestone comes just 13 years after the network was founded by Mr Zuckerberg when he was at Harvard. He famously dropped out ...

Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The amount is the regulator’s largest penalty to date against a company accused of distorting the market. The ruling also orders Google to end its anti-competitive ...