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New undersea cables bring hope of cheaper, more reliable Internet access for West Africa
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 10:44 | No Comment

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 …

Gov’t Finds New Revenue Stream In Telecom
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 10:41 | No Comment

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 …

Fifth African Regional Conference on rural communications opens
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 9:55 | No Comment

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.

Farming communities get E-zwich
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 12:46 | No Comment

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 …

CTO facilitates search for rural connectivity solutions in Ghana
Friday, 13 Aug, 2010 – 9:23 | No Comment

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 …

Internet Pioneers See Gloomy Industry
Thursday, 12 Aug, 2010 – 12:36 | No Comment

Three prominent entrepreneurs who pioneered the introduction of the Internet into homes and offices of the country are sad the industry they helped to nurture is performing poorly.
Ghana, which became Africa’s first Internet serviced country …

MTN Ghana commissions ICT centre for Ankaful Prison
Thursday, 12 Aug, 2010 – 9:59 | No Comment

The MTN Ghana Foundation Wednesday commissioned an ICT Centre for officers and inmates of the Ankaful Prison in the Central Region. The center was constructed at a cost of GH¢31,000 which includes the construction of …

Government committed to providing telecommunication infrastructure in the rural areas
Wednesday, 11 Aug, 2010 – 0:10 | No Comment

Sunyani, Aug. 11, GNA – The National E-Government Network Infrastructure project is part of measures by government to address lack of access to reliable telecommunication facilities in the rural areas.
The project covers the deployment of …

‘Why broadband, not roads, will transform Africa’
Monday, 9 Aug, 2010 – 9:53 | No Comment

Editor’s note: This year 17 African nations mark 50 years of independence from their former colonial rulers. Eight of those countries celebrate their anniversary in August, they include Benin, Ivory Coast and Gabon. CNN.com is …

MTN, Intel to cooperate on WiMAX deployments
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 10:28 | No Comment

The MTN Group and Intel have signed an agreement to collaborate on deploying WiMAX networks in Africa and the Middle East.
Information posted on MTN Group website said the collaboration covers a wide spectrum …