Trade Net Africa

The african tradenet -- deveoloped by africans for the continent.
Africa needs more of these in the Land.

Top 5 ghanaian websites

According to Alexa and a website value calculator, the top 5 ghanaian websites are as follows:

(Rank)Website - Value

(1) www.ghanaweb.com $328,700
(2) www.myjoyonline.com $65,028
(3) yfmghana.com $301
(4) www.ghanamusic.com $6,628
(5)www.businessghana.com $41,555


(160) www.modernghana.com $226,723

Interesting isn't it? That the most visited websites (from Ghana) are not necessarily the webistes fetching money.

Google maps (gh) tops it all

There has been an impressive improvement on the resolution of the ghanaian map on google maps.
The maps give a practically accurate description of the geography of major cities and landmarks.
Some weeks ago one could not even view a map of the capital city Accra.

Compared to the other internet giants like Yahoo & Microsoft's MSN, Google is far ahead in this game of maps.

To give it a try, go to google maps and type "kanda high rd".

GCB overtaken by BARCLAYS

According to the Banking Survey 2008, the largest Bank in Ghana is no longer GCB but rather BARCLAYS.
The year experienced massive movings and shakings. Check it out here.

African Innovations

This is what the white African says about rules governing innovation in Africa (7 rules):

1. Innovation (often) comes from constraint (If you’ve got very few resources, you’re forced to be very creative in using and reusing them.)
2. Don’t fight culture (If people cook by stirring their stews, they’re not going to use a solar oven, no matter what you do to market it. Make them a better stove instead.)
3. Embrace market mechanisms (Giving stuff away rarely works as well as selling it.)
4. Innovate on existing platforms (We’ve got bicycles and mobile phones in Africa, plus lots of metal to weld. Innovate using that stuff, rather than bringing in completely new tech.)
5. Problems are not always obvious from afar (You really have to live for a while in a society where no one has currency larger than a $1 bill to understand the importance of money via mobile phones.)
6. What you have matters more than what you lack (If you’ve got a bicycle, consider what you can build based on that, rather than worrying about not having a car, a truck, a metal shop.)
7. Infrastructure can beget infrastructure (By building mobile phone infrastructure, we may be building power infrastructure for Africa.)

Interesting piece.

Source: The White African

OATUU opposes EPA

It seems African trade Unions may this team time break it even with their European counterparts as they continue to battle them on the EPA.

As to wheter the governments of member states will stay faithfull to their populace and boycott this agreement, one cannot really tell now. All we do know now ... African is tired with the detrimental trade agreements, including the EPA, with their European counterparts.

ICTs in Ghana

Even though there's still a lot to do with in the ICT infrastructure and deployment in Ghana, one could say the country has achieved some milestones in its ICT history.

A number of ICT firms i.e Outsourcing, Hardware manufacturing, Software, Training, amongst others have located strategic offices in the country to take advantage of the opportunities in the country and in the sub-region.

One of the latest companies is the MEST.
MEST seeks to train young ICT Entrepreneurs to boost the ICT base of the West African country.

Check them out here.

Drop the dollar..... or sink with it

Read an interesting article on the weakening dollar and the US economy with its possible effects on countries, like Ghana, who have "invested" in the dollar. You could check on it here.

EPA - Africa & Europe

Even though at least two countries (Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire) have signed on to the sickening EPA agreement, civil groups gathered in Accra to Demonstrate against this Agreement which seeks to chain several developing countries particularly those in Africa in their under-developed state.

A Forum is later to be held on the topic to alert the public on this "killer-agreement". Demonstrants seek to put pressure on governments not to sign the death warrants of their populace (which most african governments interestingly seem not to consider).

File Conversion

In this present internet age, you need not buy softwares for the conversion of your files.

You can convert you files using various websites like Zamzar. For the conversion of media files visit Media Convert.

The disadvantage with this service is that it sometimes takes some time before one gets his converted file.

Website-Value-Check

Interested in estimating the value of the webpages you browse???

Check out the website outlook. Just type in the url in the given space & see what awaits your eyes.

Google Africa

The Google train is at it again.
It's stretching its tentacles. It just recently opened 26 country webpages in Africa.
Some are Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe amongst others.

The Google Ghana (news section) is also available. Assembles ghanaian news from websites around the globe. You can find other google webpages here.

The internet giant is also lauching 16 satellites, which will bring high-speed internet access to Africa and drastically reduce the cost of internet connection in Africa.

Ezwich - good but do not be deceived!!!

The new Ezwich smart card introduced in the country is a very welcomed development in the financial sector of the country.

It is claimed that the legitimate holder of the card is the only one who can use his card.
This is, however, not the case since FINGERPRINTS CAN BE FAKED!!!
Users of the card should therefore be careful about their usage and card security.
Video/Instructions to faking of the fingerprints.

Stolen fingerprint of the German Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, who is a stark arguer for a police state in Germany. Even this minister was beaten to it i.e. His fingerprint could be stolen. How much more normal 'world citizens'??

To hell & back!!

Believe in Heaven & Hell? life after death??

Check out this very insightful scientific documentary.

Ghana Stock Exchange

With a YTD of 62.22% (09.09.08), one can be sure of a good return on investment, if he were to have smartly invested on the Ghana Stock Exchange on Jan 1, 2008.

A paradox in the paradoxical global recession.