the Digital community of Ghana

New CEO of GT aims high...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:41:00 +0200

...as he unveils vision to provide quality services, the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Telecom (GT), David Venn, has unveiled his vision for the Ghanaian telecommunications industry, and promised to introduce innovative and quality products and services onto the market.
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Poisoning the poor - Electronic waste in Ghana

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:17:00 +0200

The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals.
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Ghana to benefit from Africa's largest technology park

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:09:00 +0200

The non-profit group, Life for Africa will establish the continent's largest technology park in Ghana.
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Ghana: Dumping ground for used gadgets

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:30:00 +0200

At one of the many busy roadside shops in the capital, Accra, John Nuagbe displays the used, rusty and mostly broken electrical gadgets he recently imported from the USA.
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Ghana launches smartcard payments system

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:01:00 +0200

President John Kufuor has launched a landmark payment and settlement system designed to transform and extend the coverage of financial services and transactions in Ghana. The "National Switch and Smartcard Payments System," dubbed "E-Zwich," is an initiative of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and provides a common platform to link the payments of all the financial and non-financial banking institutions.
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More rural business centres for Ghana

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:38:00 +0200

Over 500,000 people in Ghana's rural and peri-urban communities are benefiting from the establishment of about 69 Rural Business Centres (RBCs), aimed at connecting the communities to the outside world and also to educate them on the uses and benefits of ICTs.
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Nigeria launches DVB-H mobile TV

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:55:00 +0200

Nigeria has beaten South Africa in the roll-out of the DVB-H mobile TV... Details Nigeria, MultiChoice Africa's local business partner in Nigeria, has launched Africa's first commercial mobile broadcast TV service in the city of Abuja.
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African ICT summit opens in Ghana

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:21:00 +0200

Africa must develop adequate, sufficient and efficient systems for the distribution of frequencies and spectrum in the continent.
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Poor telecom services - NCA to wield axe

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:38:00 +0200

Following numerous public complaints regarding poor quality of communication services experienced at certain locations and times within Ghana, the National Communications Authority (NCA) has intensified its monitoring and evaluation and set out clear compliance guidelines for the sector.
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New laws to regulate Ghana's ICT industry

Fri, 18 May 2007 15:25:00 +0200

Laws to regulate Ghana's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are underway to make this sector more attractive to investors.
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