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Ghana German Centre trains 26 youth in ICT

The Ghana German Centre has organised a training in Information, Communication and Technology(ICT) to equip 26 youths with the basic knowledge in ICT and to prepare them for the job market. The participants were made up of 20 males and...

Veep calls for investment in ICT and digital data collection tools

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged African governments to invest in ICT infrastructure and digital data collection tools. He, therefore, called on heads of national statistical offices to “work with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in transforming our...

Research report identifies gaps in Ghana’s mechanization policies

Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation report has identified low budgetary allocations to mechanization as some of the gaps in the country' s mechanization policies. Over-reliance on tractor services at the expense of small farm implements and...

Zoom encryption claims false, watchdog alleges in lawsuit

Zoom falsely claimed to offer 'end-to-end encryption' to consumers, lawsuit says A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group is the latest to sue Zoom Video Communications over allegedly false privacy protection claims, saying the company misled and deceived users, such as those...

Climate change: Satellites record history of Antarctic melting

Twenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctica's ice shelves. These ice platforms are the floating protrusions of glaciers flowing off the land, and ring the entire continent. The European Space Agency data-set...

Action needed to stop the use of killer robots, report says

The US and Russia are said to be in a group of military powers who have rejected proposals for regulation on autonomous weapons. Calls are growing for an international ban on the creation of killer robots, which could pose...

Uber battle over drivers’ rights reaches Supreme Court

The judgment will either challenge Uber's business model in the UK or make it impossible for drivers to collectively organise. Uber's five-year battle against giving its drivers basic employment protections, including minimum wage and holiday pay, has reached the Supreme...

Two Chinese nationals charged by US with hacking ‘hundreds’ of victims

The pair are accused of taking part in a cyber espionage campaign that stole weapon designs and drug information. The US has charged two alleged Chinese spies with hacking defence contractors, coronavirus researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide, according...

New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe

New research suggest the universe is about 13.8 billion years old, according to researchers using observations from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile. Just how old is the universe? Astrophysicists have been debating this question for decades. In recent...

Florence Nightingale letters discovered in family’s desk

The letters are up for auction. Seven letters from Florence Nightingale have been discovered in a family’s Victorian-era desk. The letters will be auctioned by U.K. auction house Hanson’s Auctioneers on Tuesday. Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing, wrote the letters between...
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Next NPP gov’t to establish Hall of Fame in all regions, Tourism Minister reveals.

If given another mandate at this year’s general election, the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will establish Creative...
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