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Launching Soon: The Ghana Card Will Become The Primary Form Of ID For Ghanaians
Starting November 20, 2017, the National Identification Authority (NIA) will start issuing the new smart IDs to the general…
Can Kickstarter Be A Silverbullet For Some Tech Startups In Ghana?
A couple of days ago, Blitz Bazawule, a Ghanaian award-winning filmmaker and musician, managed to raise more than…
Code Like A Girl: Perspectives From Some Female Developers About Challenges In The GH Community
Stereotypes about female developers, unfortunately, still exist in society. Some female coders are overlooked in favor of their…
Why are Ghana’s Elite Not Investing in Local Tech Startups?
This is a piece I’ve been longing to write, not just because of it’s immediate importance to the…
No Man’s Land: The GhanaPostGPS App Doesn’t Solve Ghana’s Addressing Problems
The GhanaPostGPS application is sadly not the solution which is going to solve Ghana's address system woes
#Disrupters: Meet The 19 Year Old Ghanaian School Dropout Who Makes a Living Writing Code
A few weeks ago, while we recorded Josiah (Co-founder, iSpace) on the 6th episode of Agbogbloshie, I was privileged…
Can AsaaseGPS Deliver The Digital Address System That Ghana Has Been Looking For?
A digital address system in Ghana is almost here. In the coming weeks, the digital addressing system for…
Why Doesn’t Ghana Have A Public Emergency Alert System?
If you’ve ever been on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter, you may have come across messages…
Voyeur Mode: A Look At iStream’s & Teledata ICT Live Camera Feed In Accra
iStream and Teledata ICT are working on an interesting concept which I think could have beneficial consequences if…
The Evolution of Jumia in Ghana
Jumia, the Rocket Internet backed e-commerce platform which launched in Ghana sometime in 2013, has to a large…