… t Tegbe was involved in fiscal policy restructuring at all levels of government, and has worked with organisations such as the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nigeria Revenue Service, Shell, Huawei …
… He further challenged African-owned businesses to become the primary financiers of the continent’s future, noting that BRT 2026’s major partners, including Huawei and Gold Fields, had demonstrated confidence in the platform’s vision. …
… Augustine Chiew, Chief Technology Officer for Public Services at Huawei, urged African governments to treat digital infrastructure as a core economic competitiveness imperative, arguing that connectivity improvements directly drive GDP per capita growth and that 5G’s low latency …
… Additional partnerships include certification commitments with global technology firms such as Google and Telecel, alongside collaborations with Huawei, Cisco, and HP. …
… Biden also introduced restrictions on Chinese firms, including tech giant Huawei, which was essentially ousted from the US over national security concerns. …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu swore in Joseph Tegbe as Minister of Power and Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on Monday, following the resignations of their predecessors Adebayo Adelabu and Yusuf Tuggar. Tegbe holds degrees in civil engineering and business administration, and has over 35 years of experience in fiscal and economic reform.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu swore in Joseph Tegbe as Minister of Power and Sola Enikanolaiye as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on Monday, following the resignations of their predecessors Adebayo Adelabu and Yusuf Tuggar. Tegbe holds degrees in civil engineering and business administration, and has over 35 years of experience in fiscal and economic reform.
The US Department of Defence has added major Chinese companies including e-commerce firm Alibaba and electric vehicle maker BYD to a list of firms with alleged ties to the Chinese military, raising tensions between Washington and Beijing. The inclusion is intended to alert American organisations to business risks but does not immediately impose sanctions.
Ishmael Yamson & Associates formally launched the Ishmael Yamson Foundation at the 12th Business Roundtable held in Accra, positioning it as a vehicle for generational strategy and leadership development of young African talent. The event, themed on Africa's digital infrastructure, trade, energy, and governance, convened more than 400 participants including government officials, industry leaders, and development partners.
Telecel Ghana has launched a nationwide network infrastructure expansion programme aimed at improving service quality and delivering faster connectivity. The telco is deploying newer technologies across more than 100 high-traffic sites this year and plans to enhance over 1,000 sites nationwide as part of the broader network modernisation programme.
Telecel Ghana has begun a nationwide network infrastructure expansion programme to improve service quality and increase capacity across Ghana. The operator is deploying newer technologies on more than 100 high-traffic sites this year, with over 1,000 sites nationwide undergoing varying levels of enhancement as part of the broader network modernisation programme.
At a business roundtable in Accra, policymakers and corporate leaders argued that Africa's dependence on extractive industries has generated wealth without sufficient domestic retention, and urged a shift away from GDP-led assessments toward frameworks centred on sovereignty, domestic value retention, and regional industrial integration.
Telecel Ghana has begun a nationwide network infrastructure expansion programme to improve service quality, increase capacity, and deliver faster connectivity. The operator is deploying newer technologies across more than 100 high-traffic sites this year, with over 1,000 sites nationwide undergoing varying levels of enhancement as part of the broader network modernisation effort.
Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited has appointed Emmanuel Kwabena Owusu as Chief Technology and Information Officer and an Advisor to the Chief Executive-Emergent Technologies, completing its executive leadership structure. The appointments aim to drive innovation and operational excellence in Ghana's digital payments ecosystem.
Ghana's One Million Coders Programme aims to train 300,000 people by December 2026, but has trained fewer than 1,000 so far and would need to scale delivery capacity nearly 350 times to meet the target. Phase Two has recorded nearly 120,000 registrations with about 30,000 enrolled, expanding from 4 to all 16 regions, though questions persist over budget transparency.
US President Donald Trump will travel to China from 13–15 May to meet Xi Jinping, the first visit by a US president to China in nearly a decade. The visit comes as a key test of the trade truce between Washington and Beijing following a tit-for-tat tariff war that saw tariffs top 100%.
Energy analyst Kwadwo Poku has criticized the police for failing to arrest the driver in the hit-and-run death of Charles Amissah, questioning the effectiveness of Accra's surveillance infrastructure including CCTV cameras on Huawei poles at major intersections.