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ECOWAS ICT Ministers to meet in Accra
Saturday, 31 Jul, 2010 – 21:07 | No Comment

West African Ministers responsible for Information, Communication and Technology are meeting in Accra, on Saturday, July 31, to adopt a strategic document for the implementation of a regional Wide Area Network (ECOWAN).
A statement issued by …

Growing Africa’s Internet use: Top down vs bottom up – Which way is up?
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 22:56 | No Comment

The Internet is the basis of Africa’s second wave of investment after mobile. It’s much smaller but the potential is considerable. Almost everyone wants to see the Internet grow but there are significantly different strategies …

IRS develops Tax Helper Software for prompt submission of tax returns
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 19:52 | No Comment

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has designed and developed a Tax Helper Software to facilitate prompt submission of tax returns by taxpayers and clients.
The application of the software system, dubbed, (Pay-As-You-Earn), facilitates the processing of …

Botnet hacker caught in Slovenia
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 11:27 | No Comment

The FBI described the capture of Iserdo as a huge break in the ongoing Mariposa investigation.
A computer hacker known as Iserdo has been arrested in Slovenia.
The 23-year-old is believed to have written the programme behind …

Gov’t To Review ICT Policy
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 10:48 | No Comment

Government is now focused on increasing attention on the adoption of technologies which will protect the natural environment – otherwise known as green technology, Minister of Communications Haruna Iddrisu has said.
Cyber security and increased access …

rLG covers phone product’ vendors under ‘Umbrella’ project
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 10:14 | No Comment

rLG Communication is extending its umbrella project to cover vendors of mobile telecom products and other young persons interested in venturing into mobile phone merchandising.
The company is currently deploying 6,000 umbrellas in all districts of …

100m Facebook users’ data leaked
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 9:52 | No Comment

The personal details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net.
Ron Bowles, an online security consultant, used a simple piece of code to collect the data from Facebook.
The …

GIPC estimates over 100,000 new jobs in second quarter
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 9:10 | No Comment

The Ghana Investment Promotion Center is expecting more than a hundred thousand new jobs to be created from the investments that were registered between April and June this year.
The projects according to figures from the …

Annual Producer Price Index rises by 3.28 per cent
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 8:08 | No Comment

Accra, July 28, GNA – The Annual Producer Price Index (PPI) went up by 3.28 percentage points in June, bringing the respective yearly change between June 2009 and June 2010 to 19.42, down from 16.14 …

Mobile customer growth to drop – report
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 10:54 | No Comment

According to the Business Monitor International (BMI) report, mobile telephony customer growth in Ghana will drop between five and 10 percent this year.
The report which was entitled “Ghana Telecommunications Report Quarter 3 2010” stated that …