TECHNOLOGY

It is a hugely ambitious – some might say megalomaniacal – project to create a new global currency. Facebook’s David Marcus tells me it is about giving billions of people more freedom with money and “righting the many wrongs of the present system”. The message is this is not some little side project a small team at the Facebook’s Menlo ...

Samsung has advised owners of its latest TVs to run regular virus scans. A how-to video on the Samsung Support USA Twitter account demonstrates the more than a dozen remote-control button presses required to access the sub-menu needed to activate the check. It suggested users should carry out the process “every few weeks” to “prevent malicious software attacks”. The suggestion ...

Ethiopian authorities have blocked internet access across the country in a move to preserve the integrity of national exams currently underway, internet rights group Net Blocks said on Tuesday. The group said it had confirmed a total blackout “as of 7:30 a.m. UTC 11 June 2019. The incident is ongoing, and is believed to be a measure to counter cheating ...

On Sci tech this week, we focus on the 5G network taking the world by storm. With Asia and other continents of the world taking steps to become a global leader in 5G connectivity and the Internet of Things, we ask if Africa is ready? The team speaks to Derek Barnabas Laryea, Head of Research and Communication at the Ghana ...

The Ministry of Communications is developing an Open Data Portal as part of its implementation of the eTransform Project and has organised a 4-day Data Upload Challenge and a Hackathon under the Ghana Open Data Initiative to make government data open and accessible to all for free. The event which was organised in collaboration with MobileWeb Ghana and was held ...

On today’s episode of SciTech, we explore how tech is powering democracy in South Africa, plus the latests breakthroughs in wildlife photography and explain why the Android system will no longer be available for Huawei smartphones. Tackling voter apathy using WhatsApp The Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Xperience or simply #SMWX, the team produces a live-stream show on WhatsApp that focuses on the ...

Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of companies that American firms cannot trade with unless ...

Ghana’s Minister of communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has encouraged her fellow ICT ministers to work together towards a digitally smart continent. Co-chairing the EU-AU digital economy task force at the Transform Africa summit, she said there is the need for a sense of commitment from member states to grow the continent digitally. The task force presented its report with ...

Eritreans are unable to access social media networks as at today (May 15), the BBC’s Tigrinya Service reports. People have thus been forced to turn to Virtual Private Networks, VPN, to exchange messages. In Eritrea, the internet cannot be accessed via mobile phones, the report added. The government is said to have taken the measure to avert an intended protest ...

QualityRights Ghana initiative has presented turbo-net internet routers and laptops to its national partners and stakeholders. This gesture is in the bid to ensure successful nationwide activation of the QualityRights e-training. Presenting the items during a short ceremony at the conference room of the Mental Health Authority in Accra, Dr Akwasi Osei, The QualityRights in Mental Health Ghana project lead, ...