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… Hene Aku Kwapong, CDD Ghana Fellow, Ecobank Ghana Board Member, Former Head of Management for Royal Bank of Scotland EMEA Credit Markets, formerly of Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, GE Capital and NY Economic Development Corporation. …
Remagine Ghana with H. Aku Kwapong, PhD: Escaping the colonial lens and mindsetApple is increasing MacBook and iPad prices by nearly 20% worldwide due to rising memory and storage chip costs, citing unprecedented demand for AI data centre chips. Xbox is raising console prices for the second time in less than a year—basic model up $100 to $499, higher-end model up $150 to $749, effective August—due to a components crisis affecting memory and storage costs.
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Apple is increasing MacBook and iPad prices by nearly 20% worldwide due to rising memory and storage chip costs, citing unprecedented demand for AI data centre chips. Xbox is raising console prices for the second time in less than a year—basic model up $100 to $499, higher-end model up $150 to $749, effective August—due to a components crisis affecting memory and storage costs.
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The Trump administration is requesting that Meta submit its AI models for voluntary government review to evaluate their capabilities and vulnerabilities, according to the New York Times. Meta is the only major U.S. AI developer that has not yet agreed to voluntarily share its models with the federal government for review, though Meta told Reuters it is working through the details and hopes to sign the agreement soon.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at a Paris tech conference that AI will increase demand for human labour rather than replace workers, contradicting concerns from figures including former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, who has warned of AI's impact on young people's job prospects.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX has agreed to buy AI coding start-up Cursor (Anysphere) for $60 billion days after its own record IPO on Nasdaq, which valued the rocket company at over $2 trillion. The acquisition follows a partnership agreement from April that gave SpaceX the option to either buy Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for work completed together.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Michigan pension fund led a class action lawsuit against Microsoft in federal court, claiming the company defrauded shareholders by failing to disclose slowing Azure cloud growth and the need to spend billions on AI infrastructure. Microsoft's shares fell 10% on January 29 following its quarterly earnings report, erasing about $357 billion in market value, and the company denies the claims as without merit.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk and private investors, has launched an initial public offering with shares trading on the stock market as of Friday, raising at least $75bn at $135 per share. The company, which operates in space exploration, satellite communication, and AI ventures, plans to use the capital to expand current activities and fund new ventures including asteroid mining, Mars colonisation, and space-based AI data centres.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's LGBTQ debate reflects deeper shifts in society, and warns that the real danger is not moral disagreement but the normalization of suspicion—citizens surveilling one another and the state treating difference as a threat.
8 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a suggested share price of $135 in advance of its planned initial public offering, valuing the company at approximately $1.75tn and aiming to raise $75bn—which would be a record for an IPO if achieved.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk's SpaceX said its shares should go for $135 each in an SEC filing, setting its valuation at roughly $1.75tn as it approaches an initial public offering set for next week. The move is unusual, as companies typically only share an estimated share price the day before trading begins.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that AI, as a creation of human ingenuity, cannot replace humans because it is fundamentally dependent on human minds that program and govern it. Rather than wholesale replacement, AI serves to augment human capability and only replaces those who resist adaptation.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Microsoft says its new Majorana 2 quantum chip keeps qubits stable for an average of 20 seconds compared to milliseconds in its previous version, and the company projects a commercially useful quantum computer within three years, though it would require millions of qubits compared to the current chip's 12.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Nvidia has announced the RTX Spark, a new chip for personal computers designed for artificial intelligence applications, which will be included in Windows PCs from manufacturers including Lenovo, HP, Dell, Microsoft Surface, Asus, and MSI, set for release in autumn.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Joy Online's analysis argues that NITA's push to mandate licenses for ICT professionals and private tech businesses represents regulatory overreach that bypasses foundational legislation and threatens Ghana's digital economy and innovation.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Shareholders of Activision Blizzard reached a $250 million settlement over allegations that the company's former executives and Microsoft shortchanged them during Microsoft's $75.4 billion acquisition in 2023. Microsoft will fund 40% of the settlement, with the remainder covered by directors' and officers' liability insurance.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Google has appealed a federal judge's 2024 ruling that found the company held illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising, arguing the judge made legal errors and that its market dominance resulted from developing a superior search engine rather than anticompetitive conduct. The ruling had ordered Google to share some search data with competitors to restore competition.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Bill Winters, chief executive of Standard Chartered, apologized after describing employees vulnerable to AI replacement as "lower value human capital" at a conference. The bank expects back-office roles to be cut by about 15% over the next four years, roughly 7,800 of its 82,000 staff.
24 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A California federal jury unanimously found OpenAI not liable in Musk's lawsuit alleging the company strayed from its mission to benefit humanity, ruling that Musk brought his case too late.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
AI is projected to contribute up to $2.9 trillion to Africa's economy with 230 million new digital jobs forecast, and Ghana's Pan African AI & Innovation Summit aims to build the ecosystem and infrastructure needed for Ghanaian and African companies to compete strategically in the next decade.
15 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
According to Further Africa and SAP research, AI is projected to contribute $2.9 trillion to Africa's economy with 230 million new digital jobs forecast. Ghana's Pan African AI & Innovation Summit shapes the country's National AI Strategy alongside planned infrastructure including a $250 million national AI compute centre and a proposed Responsible AI Office.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed at least $220 million in financial transactions involving major U.S. company securities in the first three months of 2026, according to ethics filings released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Purchases included securities linked to Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Oracle, Broadcom, and other firms, with the cumulative value reported in broad ranges totaling between $220 million and around $750 million.
15 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Microsoft and UAE-based AI firm G42's $1 billion data center project in Kenya has stalled over disagreements with the Kenyan government regarding guaranteed annual payments for capacity, Bloomberg reported. Kenya's principal secretary says talks are ongoing and not failed, with power requirements still under discussion.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Nina Marini, a Microsoft director and Ashesi University co-founder, has praised Ghana's "One Million Coders" programme as a forward-looking initiative to prepare young people for the global digital economy. Speaking during discussions at Microsoft's Redmond headquarters with Ghana's US Ambassador, Marini stressed the importance of critical thinking and lifelong learning alongside practical skills.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A Microsoft Headquarters director has praised Ghana's "One Million Coders" programme and suggested strategic alignment with Microsoft's technological ecosystem to help develop the next generation of innovators. Ambassador Victor Emmanuel Smith highlighted the Government of Ghana's commitment to youth empowerment, artificial intelligence skills development, and cybersecurity.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The 3i Africa Summit in Accra this week has made artificial intelligence the dominant theme, with policymakers, regulators, and investors discussing AI's potential to compress development timelines and generate millions of jobs across Africa. Speakers emphasized both the opportunities—such as Africa's 66 percent of global mobile money transaction value—and challenges including fragmentation and regulatory misalignment.
8 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Thousands of policymakers, regulators, bankers, fintech founders and investors have converged in Accra for the 3i Africa Summit, where artificial intelligence has emerged as the dominant theme across panels and discussions. MTN Group's CEO said AI and smartphone penetration are compressing development timelines, while officials noted AI could generate 40 million jobs across Africa and that the continent accounts for 66 percent of global mobile money transaction value.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana is negotiating a digital transformation partnership with Microsoft following a high-level meeting between Ghana's Ambassador to the United States and Microsoft executives. The partnership aims to boost job creation, expand digital infrastructure, and position Ghana as a tech hub through skills training, enterprise innovation support, and cloud services expansion.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Google, Microsoft and xAI have agreed to voluntarily submit their AI models for testing by the US Department of Commerce's Centre for AI Standards and Innovation before public release, expanding prior agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic.
6 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk gave combative testimony on his second day on the stand in his lawsuit against OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman and the company, alleging they misled him by shifting away from a non-profit model toward for-profit. Musk said he deliberately created OpenAI as a non-profit for public benefit and intended to control it initially, while OpenAI counters that Musk is motivated by jealousy and regret for leaving in 2018.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Meta's stock dropped 7% after the company announced plans to spend billions more on AI projects than initially planned, while investors express anxiety about whether massive AI investments by big tech firms will deliver returns. The four largest US tech companies are spending more than $650bn on AI this year, though Google, Microsoft, and Amazon showed better investor reception by demonstrating early payoffs from their AI spending.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Ambassador to the United States, Victor Smith, pitched Ghana as open for investment, trade and innovation during a Ghana@69 Dinner Gala in Seattle, meeting with executives from companies including Microsoft and Boeing to explore trade and partnership opportunities.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →