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Accra Digital Digest No. #110010
Date: March 18 - March 25 2024.
Dear Friends,
Internet’s getting back, we are back! Happy new week!??
Here are the most important news, perspectives, analysis, and insights about the Ghanaian digital ecosystem from last week. ?
Digital governance ??
News updates
Ghana’s cabinet has approved the establishment of shared neutral 4G and 5G networks for all telecommunications operators in the country to enhance Internet connectivity. “The government will auction the 5G spectrum since it is one or two companies that can buy such spectrum,” Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, stated.
While TikTok is currently facing a ban in the United States, the social media company, has announced a partnership the African Union Commission (AUC) to launch the Africa-wide #SaferTogether Campaign, which will educate and engage young people, parents, teachers, and community leaders on digital safety through its-app and on-ground activities.
Digital infrastructure and platforms
News updates
The?World Risk Poll,?a global study of risks to people’s safety by?Lloyd’s Register Foundation, highlighted that many Ghanaians felt AI would do more harm than good over the next 20 years. Award-winning reporter?Sophia Smith Galer, via a documentary looks at the attitudes and experiences behind Ghanaians’ negative perceptions of AI.
The NCA has asked financial and utility service providers in the country to in the medium to long term, consider hosting critical services locally to ensure continuous service delivery in the event of a major disruption such as the current situation and to leverage local internet exchanges (GIX and AIX).?
According to Statista, the top websites visited by Ghanaians included Google, TikTok, and Xvideos. Google dominated with 52.5 million monthly visits followed by YouTube with 19.6 million monthly visits. The next 7 are as follows……….
The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced the government’s plan to license the satellite internet network Starlink to operate in Ghana stating it was part of the government’s efforts to address the internet disruption in the country.The ministry had in December 2023 cautioned the public to desist from purchasing items from Starlink?since it was not licensed in Ghana.
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There’s been a lot of discussion between Ghanaians about using Starlink, especially after the internet outage that occurred on March 14th. Currently, the Standard and High performance Starlink device kit costs $599 and $2500 respectively, the standard, coming with a monthly subscription fee of $120. It means the regular user of Starlink in Ghana would have to budget ~9000 GHC for the first-month of usage of the Starlink service and subsequently ~1500 GHC every month. Can you afford that?
Digital finance
News updates?
MTN Ghana recorded a profit of GH￠3.98 billion in 2023, about 39.4% growth over the previous year, according to its audited 2023 Financial Report and will pay a total dividend of GH￠2.316 billion to shareholders at GH￠0.175 per share for the financial year 2023.
Digital entrepreneurship ?
News updates?
The Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) has made an investment through Rwanda-based Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), in Ghanaian startup Legendary Foods who are sustainably farming palm larvae on large scale to provide affordable source of protein. The deal has been structured through a co-investment vehicle incorporated in an African jurisdiction and involved six angel investors from four countries.
Since adopting AWS, mPharma has grown from serving a single pharmacy in Accra to a network of over?500 pharmacies?in?Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Togo, and Benin. This piece outlines how mPharma works and details how migrating to AWS accelerated their growth.
In an effort to foster agricultural innovation, collaboration, and sustainable practices, the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in charge of crops, inaugurated the third edition of the Agritech West Africa exhibition, alongside the Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech Ghana exhibitions. The exhibitions cover the entire value chain of agriculture industry under one roof with about 100 companies exhibiting from India, Jordan, Denmark,Turkey, Nigeria, Ghana, UK, Italy, France, Spain and others, representing multiple product segments like agrochemicals, agriculture technology, irrigation, biofeeds, food processing and packaging technologies, food innovation, processed and packed food & beverage items.
Digital talents
News updates?
President Nana Akufo-Addo will on Monday, March 25, launch the much heralded One Student, One Tablet initiative for Senior High School students. The initiative, aimed towards advancing computer literacy and technological know-how of young Ghanaian students, will see the government providing pre-programmed laptops to each SHS student across the county.
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