NCA Can’t Shut Down Social Media – Tevie
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has stated that it cannot shut down its systems to prevent the use of social media on December 7 when Ghanaians go to the polls in a crucial general...
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The Productivity Conundrum
It's a political season, so we're hearing a lot of the usual crap about the economy. Should we raise taxes or lower them? Negotiate trade agreements or abandon them? These are important questions,...
Do You Still Remember These Childhood Memories?
Growing up in an African society, children born in the eighties to nineties engaged themselves in so many traditional games to get them busy. At that time, internet and particularly social media were...
My Thoughts On Ghanas First Premium Online Dating Website
Since the dawn of our species, we have always grappled with the idea of finding ‘True Love’. Great philosophers and thinkers throughout the ages have stressed that meaning in life can only be...
West Africa’s Tough Battle With Piracy
The Gulf of Guinea has become the new hub for African piracy. An international summit in Lome, Togo is looking for answers. The raids off the West African coast invariably follow the same pattern. At...
Why I’m Helping Build A Spacecraft In Agbogbloshie Scrapyard
By Yaw DK Osseo-Asare There was a moment when I was thirteen-years-old. We had just departed Ghana, having stayed in a bungalow on the epic campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...
Mobile Money Float Tops GHC700 Million
The total cash float from the various mobile money platforms to the banks reached GHC703.64million in July this year, representing a 48.3 per cent jump from July last year. Head of Payment Systems...
Let’s Increase African Content On Internet
Connectivity and data center solutions provider, MainOne has called for more African content on the internet to drive education and entrepreneurship According to the company, government can do more...
Cocoa Farmers Learn ICT Skills For Best Practices
The Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) has taken steps to aid its members to adopt best practices through the use of information, communication and technology (ICT). Ms. Fatima Ali, the President, said...
Internet Society Study Points To Reasons For Slow Internet Growth In Africa
Internet access and availability are not enough to get people online, says a new Internet Society (www. InternetSociety.org) study released today at the African Peering and Interconnection Forum...
How to Prepare for the New International Tax Rules: Four Key Actions
Companies need to begin preparing for changes in international tax law related to base erosion and profit shifting. Speaking at EY’s Tax Conference 2015, EY’s Justin Liebenberg, International Tax...