SINGAPORE AIRLINES TO START USING BLOCKCHAIN FOR ITS TRANSACTIONS

Singapore Airlines says it has been putting measures in place to enable it use blockchain technology to give its flyers a new way to spend their accumulated miles.The company said a...

EXPRESSO WORKERS HOLD DURBAR AHEAD OF CELLTEL RELAUNCH

Staff of Expresso Telecom are gearing up for relaunch of the company as Celltel after almost 20 years of shareholder battle in and out of court – which is largely to...

VICE CHAIRMAN OF SUMSUNG GROUP RELEASED FROM JAIL TODAY

Jay Y. Lee the vice chairman of Samsung Group, has been released from jail after being detained on bribery and embezzlement charges.The Vice Chairman was arrested in February last year and...

CHINA DENIES THAT IT GIFTED THE AFRICAN UNION AN HQ BUILDING STUFFED WITH SPYING...

The government of China has long held an interest in building bridges with countries across Africa, which it sees as both a major opportunity for economic investment and a chance to...

US AND BRITIAN BANKS BAN THE PURCHASE OF BITCOIN WITH CREDIT CARDS

Banks in the United States as well as Britain have banned the use of credit cards in purchasing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.This is out of fear that, a plunge in their...

RURA ASSURES AIRTEL AND TIGO CUSTOMERS OF A SEAMLESS CONSOLIDATION AFTER MERGER

The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has moved to reassure subscribers of both Tigo Rwanda and Airtel Rwanda that they will not lose out after it authorised the transfer of all...

GHANA’S EDGES CLOSER TO A CASHLESS SOCIETY AS GHIPSS RECORDS 19% INCREASE IN E-TRANSACTIONS

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) witnessed an increase in the value of transactions from GH¢174 billion in 2016 to GH¢208 billion in 2017, signifying an impressive 19%...

MOBILE MONEY FRAUDSTER JAILED 40 YEARS

A 24-year old mobile money fraudster, Justine Frimpong who was found guilty of defrauding has been given a 40years jail sentence.This sentence was passed after a hearing at the Techiman Circuit...

SAN FRANCISCO TO BUILD CITY-WIDE FIBER INTERNET

San Francisco is planning to find network providers to build a city-wide, gigabite fiber internet with consumer privacy protections.The city-wide internet would be an open-access network, allowing multiple Internet Service Providers...

HEALTHTECH; GHS e-TRACKER SYSTEM BOOSTED BY RECEIPT OF SAMSUNG TABLETS

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), have initiated digitization of healthcare in rural and hard-to-reach communities using touchscreen tablets.Under this partnership,...