• seamless_westafrica_2018

    Payments, e-Commerce & FinTech on High Agenda at Seamless West Africa 2018

    Seamless West Africa 2018 promises to bring together the greatest international innovators from the payments, fintech & e-commerce industries for 2 days of keynote presentations and roundtable discussions. The payments, banking, and financial sectors are currently at the height of change, defined by innovation and development in technology and regulation. As...
  • rpAccra_2018

    First-ever re:publica Conference Scheduled for Accra, Ghana from Dec 14 -15

    First-ever re:publica Conference heads to Accra, Ghana in partnership with BMZ and Hub Accra to celebrate Africa’s rising Tech & Innovation scene. re:publica Conference – Europe’s largest gathering of digital nomads, tech-entrepreneurs, bloggers, and change activists will be heading to Accra, Ghana from December 14 – 15 under the theme: “Next Level“. Together...
  • Uber Ghana

    Uber Branding Saga: Why Ghana’s Transport Ministry & GPRTU Got It Wrong

    Uber’s operation in Ghana has been handed with a one-month ultimatum for drivers to brand their cars as local taxi cabs. This article highlights why GPRTU and MoT got this approach wrong. Ride-sharing service, Uber has allegedly been issued a one-month ultimatum by Ghana’s Ministry of Transport to brand...
  • Instant Bank Transfers Made Possible With ExpressPay Ghana

    ExpressPay Ghana has introduced a money transfer service that allows for quick transfers to Ghanaian bank accounts. ExpressPay, the leading FinTech company in Ghana, released an exciting money transfer product that enables instant transfers to bank accounts in Ghana. Through this new service on Bank Direct, customers can transfer...
  • silicon-accra-gharage-696x365

    Technology: Silicon Accra Innovation Project Formally Launched

    The Silicon Accra project, to be located at East Legon Hills in Accra, is expected to be completed in five years, with $50 million to be invested in technology start-ups for the next 10 years. It is a 60-acre, master-planned, mixed-use, “walkable” city designed with the objective of promoting...
  • Uber launches in Accra, Ghana, becoming the network’s 467th city.

    Uber has officially launched its taxi app in Ghana’s capital city, Accra, and is enthusiastic to explore the city’s possibilities. The global ride-hailing app, Uber has named Accra as the latest African city to join Uber’s expanding network. Due to the city’s thriving urban population, Accra’s 2.27 million residents...
  • SnooCode: Solution for Ghana’s Digital Addressing System With Mobile Technology.

    The answer to Ghana’s lack of official addresses is an app called SnooCode, which generates a unique code for each location using a computer algorithm. This code then acts as an address. Ghanaian Sesinam Dagadu (29) is what some might call an accidental entrepreneur – meaning the business created...
  • Photo: Ludacris In Ghana for Vodafone 020 LIVE Concert

    Grammy Award-winning rapper & Hip-hop superstar – Ludacris is already in Ghana for the Vodafone’s 020 Live Concert which is slated for tomorrow (September 29, 2012) at Dome of the Conference Center in Accra. See photos below of his arrival in the country this afternoon.        ...
  • Goba Co-working Hub | Ghana

    A co-working hub in Ghana: The Goba Entrepreneurs’ Hub is an inspiring co-working space where Social Entrepreneurs, Bloggers, Developers and Business folks converge to work and network as they develop ideas and launch projects/businesses. Goba believes that ideas breed better in great environments of great people. The video below...