Articles Archive for August 2010
For a decade, West Africa’s main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and
expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet.
But this summer, a …
Ghana’s Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) will focus on extending improved ICT access to rural areas, says Kofi Attor, the fund’s CEO.
Attor was speaking at a recent Commonwealth African Rural Connectivity Initiative (COMARCI) …
First NASSCOM delegation to Africa (Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya)
8:00 AM To 5:30 PM
22 September To 22 September, 2010Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya
Overview
As a part of NASSCOM’s Global Trade Development Initiatve to explore new geographies for its …
Government has resolved to use profits from the monitoring of calls that are coming into the country to finance projects that will allow communities to access telecommunication services, the Minister of Communications, Haruna Iddrisu, has …
Accra, Aug. 17, GNA – Africa must embrace Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure deployment as part of a comprehensive economic growth strategy to address developmental issues, President John Evans Atta Mills said on Tuesday.
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Archie Hesse – General Manager, GhIPPS
There is an aggressive penetration of e-zwich in farming communities with the Western region being the next destination.
The country’s commercial banks and some savings and loans companies, together with Ghana …
Our phones are capable of doing so many things, many of which we haven’t a clue about because we haven’t worked that out yet. If we really sat down and thought about …
Ghana’s 2010 financial directory, a one-stock-shop information data book for businesses, traders, investors, insurance entities and shareholders was launched on Friday.
The 280 page book focuses on financial administration regulation; insurance companies; insurance …
As computer power gets cheaper it gets easier to crack passwords, suggests research.
The growing use of graphics cards as surrogate supercomputers could spell trouble for users of short passwords. Researchers say the growing number of …
Ghana’s search for effective and sustainable connectivity solutions for its rural populations gathered momentum on Monday, in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region, during a workshop of key stakeholders which included the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation …
