The National Communications Authority (NCA) has acknowledged public concerns, particularly on social media about the high cost of internet data and the designation of MTN as a Significant Market Power (SMP).
Nigeria fined Meta platforms and opened a new tab worth US$220 million, its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws.
Fitch Solutions, the research arm of Fitch Ratings, has expressed uncertainty over the viability of Ghana’s wholesale 5G national network to be led by a consortium of local entities and two players from India, alongside Nokia and Microsoft – collectively known as the Next Generation Infrastructure Company (NGIC).
Microsoft (MSFT.O) will not roll out "Recall", an AI-powered feature that tracks computer usage, with its new computers next week and will instead preview it with a smaller group later, the tech giant said on Thursday, amid concerns of privacy risks.
Elon Musk has unexpectedly asked a California court to withdraw a legal case against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman, which accused them of abandoning the firm's founding mission of developing artificial intelligence (AI) for humanity's benefit.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies on Monday after the iPhone maker announced a partnership with OpenAI.
Plans to use peoples' public posts and images on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools belonging to parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups.
Nvidia Corp. was already the world’s most valuable semiconductor firm. Now, it’s become the first computer-chip company ever to hit $3 trillion in market capitalization.
A deal for Asia’s second-richest man to cash in on 5G wireless service demand in Ghana faces opposition from the country’s parliamentary minority, which has accused the administration of rushing into a “sweetheart deal.”
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Minority has kicked against the Next Gen Infraco 5G deal between the Government and Next Gen Infraco Company Limited.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana’s Minister of Communications and Digitalization, has defended the government’s decision to award the 5G network implementation contract to a newly established company, NextGen InfraCo.
Zimbabwe's telecom regulator has approved the licensing of Elon Musk's Starlink, allowing the satellite unit of SpaceX to operate in the southern African country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.
Apple has launched an aggressive discounting campaign on its official Tmall site in China, offering discounts of up to 2,300 yuan ($318) on select iPhone models.
The British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending HK$200m (£20m) to criminals by an artificial intelligence-generated video call.
President Akufo-Addo has urged the African media to capitalise on the opportunity and work efficiency inherent in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive growth in the industry.
Two brothers who studied at one of the most prestigious universities in the US have been charged with stealing $25m (£20m) in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds.
President Akufo-Addo says Ghana’s e-government infrastructure has made remarkable strides in the realms of fintech and financial inclusion and stands out as one of the best on the continent.
Over two hundred representatives from 21 African countries who recently converged in Accra, Ghana, for the 14th Commonwealth Regional Conference of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, have agreed on the need to rely on technology as a major tool in combating corruption and corruption-related crimes.
Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa have been advised to invest in digital forensics and tools to assist them to track, trace and distract corruption networks.
