Zimbabwe To Go Digital In Its 2018 General Elections

Zimbabwe’s government has signed a contract for the supply of a fingerprint biometric identity solution, for its 2018 general elections. The contract was awarded and signed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)...

Namibia Gov’t Debunks Social Media Monitoring Claims

Namibia's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has refuted allegations communicated in WhatsApp messages and on other social media platforms that the Namibian government will introduce a new regulation that...

iSpace supports Injini’s call for Ed-Tech Starups to join Incubator Program

Ghana’s leading Tech and Startup hub, iSpace Foundation has joined in to amplify Injini’s call for Ed-Tech Startups (Education Technology oriented Startups) to call for entries into the 2018 incubator programme. Interested...

First West African “Autism Aid App” Launched

The Autism Ambassadors of Ghana led by Alice Mamaga Akosua Amoako, have introduced the first Android Autism App, to aid people living with Autism in West- Africa. The initiative she said, is...

Financial Institutions in Rwanda urged to embrace Fintech

Speakers at the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF) held recently in Kigali have urged Rwandan microfinance institutions (MFIs) to embrace new-age technology (Fintech) to streamline their operations. Straton Habyalimana,...

Avanti Partners MainOne to Launch first Gateway Earth Station in West Africa

MDXI data centre, a subsidiary of MainOne, has partnered with Avanti Communications Group Plc (“Avanti”), a leading British satellite operator, to host and manage the satellite operator’s in-country Gateway Earth Station...

MainOne Ghana Introduces Partner Reward Scheme

Ghana based communications and data solutions provider, MainOne, has announced the launch of a partner reward scheme called ‘The MainOne Customer Referral Program’. The objective of the program according to officials...

SITA Air Transport Community Foundation Innovation Award 2018 opens applications

The SITA Air Transport Community Foundation, based in the UK, in conjunction with Wits University and the Tshimologong Precinct (a Johannesburg based Tech and Innovation Hub), has launched an innovation competition...

Ghana’s Biggest Airport gets 7 new Biometric Gates

Ghana's Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has inaugurated seven biometric e-Gates at the International Arrival Hall of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), the biggest Airport in the country. The two other e-Gates...

Four Arrested in Connection to Online Investment Scam

The Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) has unmasked an online investment scam that has been used to dupe thousands of Ghanaians. Two...