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In a major step to strengthen child protection efforts, the Ghana Police Service (GPS), in collaboration with tech giant Meta, has officially launched the AMBER Alert Ghana programme. The initiative aims to swiftly locate and recover…
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Lillian Barnard, president of Microsoft Africa and acting MD of Microsoft South Africa, is relinquishing both roles after being named as the new head of the software giant’s enterprise partner solutions business in the Middle East and…
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into building some of the largest AI data centres in the world, doubling down on his vision to lead the race toward artificial…
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South Africa’s mobile operators are accelerating their investment in 5G infrastructure in 2025, riding on improved power stability following the devastating load shedding of 2023. However, even as networks grow rapidly in size and…
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The Chief Executive Officer of Telecel Ghana, Ing. Patricia Obo-Nai, has made a passionate call to Ghana’s growing community of young data scientists to move beyond theory and apply their skills to solving the country’s most critical…
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The minority in Parliament has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state by spending $1.2 million on what they describe as an unnecessary and wasteful relaunch of Ghana’s chip-embedded biometric passport, a project they…
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SuperSport United, one of South Africa’s most storied Premier Soccer League (PSL) teams, is being sold to a new entity, Siwelele Football Club — a group linked to the defunct Bloemfontein Celtic — marking the end of a 31-year era of…
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Nigeria’s data protection watchdog has imposed a hefty fine of $512,000 on MultiChoice Nigeria, the operator of DStv and GOtv, for alleged breaches of the country’s data protection regulations. The fine—equivalent to $512,000 USD—was…
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MTN Ghana has officially concluded its flagship employee volunteerism initiative, the 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign, which this year focused on deepening digital inclusion and bridging the technology divide in underserved communities…
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The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that 16,000 government services will be digitised and integrated into an upgraded Ghana.gov platform by the end of 2025, in a bold push…
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