Africa is emerging as a new landscape that no-one could have predicted a decade ago: Telephony has assumed power politics dimensions.

In its drive to become a true pan-African telecommunications operator, Nigeria’s Second National Operator (SNO), Globacom, at the weekend won a licence for Global System of Mobile communications (GSM) in Ghana.
Officials of Globacom see the development as a major boost in the company’s efforts to increase its take in the African telecommunications sector.
Globacom thus becomes [...]

Imagine being stuck in traffic on a rainy Monday night in Accra. You are priviledged enough to own a laptop, which you whip out to start writing a report. Given that the inside of the taxi is dark, you request that the inside light be switched on so that you can see what you are [...]

I had the privilege of being a participant at the just-ended UNCTAD XII conference. In my view, it brought into very sharp relief not just how sophisticated international conferences have become, but how far the information society has come of age.

Linking physicians to a single network has profound implications for a country’s health care system. With that in mind, Brian Levine, a fourth year medical student at the New York University school of medicine, decided to set up an online social networking site so doctors all over Ghana could collaborate with each other.

Final session is being given by UNCTAD official
RESEARCH and ANALYSIS–solid mandate. Conference has reinforced official mandate. Innovative work. Short mandate for UNCTAD. Great. Policy options and independent analysis for developing countries. Significant.
Another area is the…role of trade and development board in conducting policy dialogue…has been retained and reinforced. So UNCTAD will continue with that [...]

Seeing as some of the more popular social networking sites for Africa have not been covering UNCTAD XII here in Ghana, I am bringing you a perspective of one of yesterday’s event. Today is Day Four, and it ends tomorrow. As I write this, I shall be briskly getting up to go off to listen [...]