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Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Saturday May 19th 2012, capping a busy week for the couple. Zuckerberg took his company public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history Friday. Priscilla Chan  [ Read More ]

Mobile Telecoms operator MTN Ghana has explained its decision to raise 410 Million Ghana Cedis through a consortium of local banks as an indicator that Ghana’s banking sector is well established. The telecoms giant yesterday signed a historic agreement with 16 local banks to raise 410 Million Ghana Cedis to  [ Read More ]

Vodafone Ghana’s groundbreaking initiative, ‘Healthline’ has been awarded the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), UK, Awards Ceremony in South Africa. The awards ceremony which was held to honour companies that have initiated outstanding supply chain management projects and to celebrate  [ Read More ]

I came across the stories of two young inspiring Ghanaian entrepreneurs and I would like to share them with you. As you read on, I want you to think about their great achievement at that early age in contrast to the “negative” picture the world has of Africa and its  [ Read More ]

South African mobile operator Vodacom will be launching its latest prepaid tariff plan on Sunday, according to which Vodacom prepaid users will pay 99 cents per minute any time of the day to any network in South Africa. Vodacom will be launching their latest prepaid tariff plan on Sunday. “Customers  [ Read More ]

Most mobile devices in Africa only have voice and SMS capabilities, and Google is focusing its technological efforts in Africa on SMS. On June 29, 2009 Google announced Google SMS, a suite of mobile applications which will allow people to access information, via SMS, on a diverse number of topics including  [ Read More ]

MTN Mobile Money subscribers who use Starbow can now purchase their air tickets through MTN Mobile Money. This service was unveiled during an interaction between MTN Ghana officials and editors in the Volta region. The forum was organized to brief journalists on new trends in telecommunications, drive towards convergence, MTN’s CSR  [ Read More ]

Facebook is the largest social networking website in the world with over 900 million registered users. African has seen a steady increase in its online population over the last 5 years and Facebook definitely has played a huge role in that. Today I looked at the top African countries on  [ Read More ]

Data and internet is the future of telecoms in Africa and remains a veritable tool that will drive socio-economic development on the Continent, Chief Operating Officer of Glo Mobile Ghana, George Andah has said. According to Andah, Glo Mobile Ghana has invested in cutting-edge technology that provides customers with jet-speed  [ Read More ]

Facebook’s chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network’s biggest week ever. The company is expected to start selling stock to the public for the first time and begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday. The IPO could value Facebook at nearly $100 billion,  [ Read More ]

Africa has always been viewed as a continent that isn’t very connected in terms of internet speeds and the number of users – compared to other countries in the world. Research done by Net Index has reaffirmed this belief, and while Africa has some pretty impressive average internet speeds, the  [ Read More ]

Telecommunications Services Provider Airtel Nigeria has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian Communications Commission, based on the Commission’s Audit Report for March and April, 2012. According to the results published on the NCC’s Corporate Website, Airtel Nigeria recorded impressive performances when compared with  [ Read More ]