The over 800km Fibre Optic Broadband Backbone Infrastructure project stretching from Ho in the Volta Region to Bawku in the Upper East Region with a link from Yendi to Tamale, both in the Northern Region has been completed by the government.
Category: IT Security
Africa.com Announces New Mobile Website Services
Africa.com has announced the addition of Mobile Sites to its collection of online tools and services. This is a new category of service that will transform website access across Africa.
Interswitch Unveils $10M African E-payment Growth Fund
Interswitch, a leading pan-African integrated payment, processing and transaction switching company, announced the launch of a new US$10 million ‘ePayment Growth Fund’.
Printronix Partners Talk Technology
Printronix Inc has announced a distribution agreement with Talk Technology, the print technology distribution and channel services specialist, to deliver its print solutions across Africa outside of RSA region.
Ghanaian to address the Global Commission on Internet Governance
Ghana’s Albert Antwi-Boasiako, Founder and Principal Consultant of cyber security firm, e-Crime Bureau Limited, will address the first meeting for 2015 of the Global Commission on Internet Governance scheduled for February 13 and 14 at Wilton Park, West Sussex in the United Kingdom at the invitation of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Gemalto: One Billion Data Compromised Worldwide
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that more than 1,500 data breaches led to one billion data records compromised worldwide during 2014.
NITA Strengthens Government of Ghana Websites
Ghana’s National Information Technology Agency (NITA) announced that as part of the corrective measures of the recent attack on government websites new protocols have been instituted to strengthen information security to forestall any future occurrences of such attacks.
Former GREDA Boss, Others Busted For SIM Box Fraud
The former President of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Dr. Alexander Tweneboah, was among 17 people arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for engaging in Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Box fraud.
Payroll Row: Ex-Finance Minister Backs ICT Firm
Ghana’s ex-Minister of Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has expressed surprise at the decision by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) and the Finance Ministry to drop the payroll software ‘Akatua’ developed by the Ghanaian company, SOFTribe.
Government of Ghana website hacked
The website of the Government of Ghana, www.ghana.gov.gh has been hacked. It is not clear who carried out the hacking, but the Deputy Minister of Communications, Ato sarpong, told Accra-based Citi FM that efforts were underway to recover the site. “I’m unable to say the cause of the hack at this moment but when you […]