Mac-Jordan Degadjor's Blog

According to the World Economic Forum; Africa is on the brink of a major transformation. Over the last decade, the continent was home to six of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies, and the outlook for the region remains bright at a time when the rest of the world is facing major political and economic challenges. About 52 per cent of the world’s populations currently live in urban areas; by 2025 this should increase to 58 per cent. Nearly all [...]

InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile advertizing network, has released its updated network research report on how Mobile devices have change the way we consume media in this succinct infographic below: (don’t you just love infographics for the way they just make complex things look very simple?) Related articles InMobi Publishes New Mobile Insights Report (mobilemarketingwatch.com) MWC 2012: InMobi brings m-commerce to 160m users of Opera browsers (mobile-ent.biz)

Very exciting to see Google and the Judicial Service of Ghana publicly announce a partnership to digitize and publish judicial opinions! For over a century, the laws of Ghana have lived in courtrooms and leather-bound books where lawyers and judges across the country can refer to rulings from years ago. Information was often out of date and only accessible to a select few. To improve accountability and expand access to this critical national information, Chief Justice Georgina Wood decided to [...]

The Google Africa team is thrilled to announce their 3rd annual g|Ghana, happening from March 19-20 at the Alisa Hotel, Accra. They’re looking forward to engaging with the community of developers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs who are as passionate about technology as they are. Day 1: Developer and Webmaster Day 1 will focus on hands-on training from Google engineers specializing in popular tools such as App Engine, Android, Maps, Google+ and Webmaster Tools. There will also be advanced labs for [...]

On Facebook and Twitter news spreads really fast. Social Media has literally changed the way  that news is shared and reported.  So, which Organization are the most viral sources of information?. Newswhip has examined the sources of breaking news stories that received more than 100 mentions on Twitter and 100 Likes on Facebook in January. On Twitter BBC was at the top spot and a clear winner, with some 2,621 stories qualifying under the Newswhip criteria, ahead of The Guardian and Mashable. On Facebook The Huffington Post [...]

Apple on Tuesday; 28th February, 2012 sent out official invitations for a media event to be held next Wednesday, March 7, in San Francisco where it is expected to introduce its next-generation iPad (iPad 3 or iPad HD) The March 7 event will be held at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern in San Francisco, Calif., the same place the last two iPad unveilings have been held. The invitation features a finger pushing down on an iOS calendar icon with [...]

Microsoft Corp has rolled out a preview build of the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Known as the ‘Consumer Preview’, the build is essentially a beta version of the OS and is available for download from Microsoft’s website. As a consumer focused preview, several features  that would interest administrators are absent. However, the build provides a glance of the look and feel of the upcoming operating system – something administrators will no doubt have to come to grips with if they choose to [...]

In a recent market survey complied by Website-Monitoring.com, a few key trends about Google+user demographics were revealed.  The most eye-opening stat:  67% of all users were male.  The company believes the fact that Google+ is closely integrated with other Google products popular with young men, namely Android and Gmail, make it appealing to the men. This of course is the exact opposite of most social media networking sites. Women hold the slight majority of users on Twitter, a 55% majority on Facebook, and a [...]

TheNetWeb on M-Pesain Africa and how the heads of Visa, MasterCard and American Express could learn from it. Launched as a pilot project in March 2007 (with help from a Vodafone investment and aid from the Danish government), M-Pesa already has more than 15 million users, 80% of Safaricom’s customers. The company now controls 75% of Kenya’s mobile phone market. “The funds transferred by M-Pesa are equal to 25% of the country’s GNP,” said Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, an economist at the [...]

TED (Technology Entertainment Design) is offering anybody the opportunity to join the ranks of Bill Gates, Al Gore and Jane Goodall as a TED speaker. From April – June 2012, the organizers of the global event will be holding public auditions in 3 African cities – Nairobi, Tunis and Johannesburg – to discover emerging, overlooked talents or the hidden geniuses in almost every sphere of influence. This is the first time that the conference has held public auditions. You can submit [...]

  The East Africa edition of the All Amber organized mobile technology conferences, Mobile Web East Africa 2012, is set to take place in Nairobi on the 22nd and 23rd of this month. The conference is supported by Kenya’s *iHub and m:lab East Africa. The conference is organized by UK based company All Amber and focuses on facilitating the growth of the mobile ecosystem in the region through interaction and relationship building. Mobile Web East Africa is going to be an action packed, [...]

Yesterday during lunch at the Pizza Inn on the Ngong Road by the Uchumi Supermarket, the question about the number of Ghanaians on Facebook came up again after it was reported that, Ghana is the least country that uses the micro-blogging platform – Twitter.