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SMS technology connects Ghana’s cocoa farmers

An innovative mobile technology using SMS has been launched in Ghana to connect cocoa farmers in communities where the country's most valuable cash crop is produced. Since March 2011, some 1,500 farmers in 15 Western Region communities…

Ghana to host First National Science Congress

Ghana is to hold its first national science congress next month. The congress begins in Accra on August 2, 2011, and the opening ceremony is expected to be performed by the President John Evans Atta Mills. A formal invitation was…

MTN Ghana pulls out of Gmail free SMS service again

MTN Ghana has pulled out of the Gmail free SMS service again, ghanabusinessnews.com has learned. Gmail, the free web-based email service provided by the world’s leading Internet search engine Google activated the free SMS feature to the…

Bye-laws to control e-waste in Ghana at final stage

The government of Ghana says it is finalizing on law and other regulations that will control the importation of electronic waste also known as e-waste into the country. According to Ms Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science…

Tecno Ghana launches phone with Wi-fi technology

Tecno Ghana, local representatives of Hong Kong telecoms company Tecno International has launched a smartphone fitted with Wifi technology. A Wi-fi enabled device such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, and digital…