Business Opinion Africa: Can Free Phones Close the Digital Gender Divide? [ad_1] Washington DC — The three writers are Financial Sector Analysts at the Washington-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)* The gender gap in mobile phone ownership is well-documented. For years now, the financial inclusion community has been trying to get phones into the hands of more women at the last mile — spurred […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 11, 2021March 11, 2021
Business Technology Africa: USA/Global – Taxing the Tech Giants [ad_1] Editor’s Note: “How should we determine the corporate tax a big tech company should pay in each country where they operate? There are many ways that this could be calculated, but most recommendations suggest looking at their sales, their assets, and the number of employees they have in each country. In the absence of […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
Business Africa: Post-Covid-19 – a Chance to Leapfrog Africa’s Development Through Digitalization [ad_1] Africa recorded remarkable economic growth in the first 15 years of the 21st century, largely because of positive trends in the export of primary commodities, among other factors. However, this narrative of “Africa Rising” was skewed from the onset, as it focused mostly on economic growth based on the gross domestic product (GDP), which […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
Business Africa: ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ Threatening Basic Rights in Africa, Study Says [ad_1] Measures used by governments in past two decades include digital surveillance, disinformation, internet shutdowns and arrests for online speech From internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threat to basic freedoms and rights in many African countries, researchers said on Tuesday. A study […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Sports Ex-Black Stars goalkeeper calls for the introduction of goal-line technology [ad_1] Sports News of Wednesday, 3 March 2021 Source: e.TV Ghana 2021-03-03 Former Black Stars goalkeeper, Abubakari Damba Former Black Stars goalkeeper, Abubakari Damba, has called for the introduction of modern technology into our game to help in officiating decision on the pitch. Damba was speaking on Happy 98.9FM on the penalty incident which occurred […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
News Benin: 95 Percent of the Country’s Population Is Now Covered By a Terrestrial DTT Signal, Additional Satellite Signal Will Make It 100 Percent [ad_1] London — This week adds one more African country, Benin, to the list that are making progress with implementing DTT. The interview below with Aurelie Adam Soulé, Minister of Digital and Digitization lays out what has been achieved so far. Q: The Council of Ministers adopted in its meeting of Wednesday, February 10, the […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
Business Technology Kenya Space Agency to Launch Two Mini-Rockets [ad_1] The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) is set to launch two mini-rockets from the Malindi Space Centre in collaboration with the University of Rome in August. The rockets will be launched using high altitude balloons, an improvement of the earlier huge rockets that were being launched in the 1980s and 1990s. This was revealed yesterday […] Written by Maakye Ghana February 28, 2021February 28, 2021
