TECHNOLOGY

Google’s plan to replace web browser cookies with a system that shares less data with advertisers is being investigated in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Google’s plan could have a “significant impact” on news websites and the digital advertising market. It had already raised concerns that publishers’ profits could sink if they were unable to run ...

Ghana has secured a $3million facility from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to boost digital skills across the country. Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful made the announcement on Thursday, November 11, 2020, during the signing of an agreement between ITU, the Norwegian Government, and the Government of Ghana to support the Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative in the country. The new partnership is ...

A Ghanaian technology entrepreneur, Charlette N’Guessan, has won this year’s Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation. She is the first ever woman to win the Africa Prize and the first winner from Ghana. The 26-year-old and her team’s invention, Bace API, uses facial recognition and artificial intelligence to verify identities remotely, the academy said. It uses live ...

TechGulf, a technology company based in San Francisco, CA, and Accra, Ghana, with a mandate to provide stable and secure data storage hardware and services across Africa, announced today that its Board has appointed Franklin Asare as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr Asare will manage TechGulf’s continental operations and lead global technology partner product sales and services. In his ...

Zoom’s (ZM) revenue surged more than 350% in the second quarter, and profits rocketed by nearly 10 times as much, as companies signed up for the video conferencing app to connect staff working from home during the pandemic. The California-based video communication service provider reported net profit of $185.7 million for the quarter through July 31, up nearly 3,300% compared with a year earlier. Revenues ...

Ghana will with a comprehensive space policy be able to launch bigger satellites into space, Ghana’s first satellite launcher Ernest Teye Matey has noted. Ghana through the All Nations University College became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to launch an educational satellite, Ghanasat-1, into earth orbit on Friday 7 July 2017. Since its launch, not so much has been ...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has moved into the billionaire club as the tech firm’s share price continues to soar. Apple’s market value has been on the rise following strong results and the upbeat outlook for tech giants. Mr Cook owns 847,969 shares directly and took home more than $125m (£96m) last year as part of his pay package. Last ...

One of Ghana’s leading financial technology company, expressPay, is on the cusp of expanding its line of innovative services with international remittances set to start soon. The service will begin with remittance transactions from the UK to Ghana and expand to other European countries. The introduction of international remittances will entrench expressPay as the leading financial technology company with a ...

President Donald Trump has told US firms they have 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok and WeChat, claiming the Chinese apps are a threat to national security. Mr Trump signed two executive orders targeting two of China’s biggest apps. It is a major escalation in Washington’s stand-off with Beijing over its power in global technology. The announcement comes ...

Facebook and Twitter have penalised Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were “almost immune” to coronavirus. Facebook deleted the post – a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News – saying it contained “harmful Covid misinformation”. Twitter followed by saying it had frozen a Trump campaign account until a tweet ...