accra update

Trade Net Africa

2009-06-01T19:45:00.006+03:00

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

Top 5 ghanaian websites

2009-06-01T19:12:00.007+03:00

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

2009-05-31T18:34:00.006+03:00

There has been an impressive improvement on the resolution of the ghanaian map on .
The 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, is far ahead in this game of .

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

GCB overtaken by BARCLAYS

2009-05-31T16:53:00.003+03:00

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

2008-10-19T01:23:00.003+03:00

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

Innovation (often) comes from constraint (If you’ve got very few resources, you’re forced to be very creative in using and reusing them.)
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.)
Embrace market mechanisms (Giving stuff away rarely works as well as selling it.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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

2008-10-09T05:11:00.003+03:00

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

2008-10-09T01:49:00.002+03:00

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

2008-10-09T01:43:00.002+03:00

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

2008-09-29T22:13:00.007+03:00

Even though at least two countries (Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire) have signed on to the sickening EPA , civil groups gathered in Accra to Demonstrate against this 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-". 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

2008-09-19T17:40:00.002+03:00

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

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

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

Website-Value-Check

2008-09-18T05:19:00.003+03:00

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

2008-09-16T22:48:00.007+03:00

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!!!

2008-09-11T14:22:00.010+03:00

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!!

2008-09-11T05:36:00.011+03:00

Believe in Heaven & ? life after death??

Check out this very insightful scientific documentary.

Ghana Stock Exchange

2008-09-09T01:01:00.004+03:00

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.

Investment tipp

2008-09-07T05:08:00.006+03:00

To Gain from the artificial shortage of raw materials.... which should either last longer or not depending on the way the big guns play the game; GO INVEST IN RAW MATERIAL COMPANIES with an outlook.

In GH on has BOPP, UNILEVER, & the OTHERS.

If you also have the chance, get hooked on to some environmentaly freindly company: recycling company, solar company & co.

You can be sure to reap some fortune out there.

africamars

2008-08-30T16:18:00.012+03:00

Stumbled on this website which promises to make african tv channels available on p2p in September, .

The site promises webtv mainly from the following countries, at least as a starter: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia.

Already in september & looking forward to the launch. Stay tuned for more..

Update: 23.09.08
Already some recorded television shows on the africamars webpage: one from nigeria, one from south africa.
Quite a good development. The site is living up to its promises.
Still awaiting the 'BIG BANG'... i.e. the live streaming of african tv channels.

WATCH THIS SPACE!

The principle of p2p is shown in the graphic below. It is basically a network of computers sharing information.

Vodafone acquires 70% of GT

2008-08-30T05:43:00.008+03:00

Interesting story:

Customers of company demonstrate against acquisition, staff demonstrate for acquisition.
Could this result in a boycott of customers, which could affect company & workers?
Let's watch how matters unravel... stay tuned.

:
New company decides to colour country red.
This means they should be quite bent on proving customers wrong.
How is the folk going to react to the company??

Update:
Vodafone is in accordance with its red painting exercise creating a foundation to contribute positively in to the ghanaian society.

Well, so far the new company is pushing hard to get its way through.

keep reading...

Ghana Search

2008-08-27T20:24:00.008+03:00

Interested in knowing what ghanaian internet users have been searching for on the net???
Check out the top 10 searches and top 10 rising searches for the past 90 days.

Better still, if you want to know the top 100 sites surfed from ghana check this out.

A Letter to the West

2008-08-27T19:10:00.009+03:00

This is A-Plus' version of the "Global Enslavement" - African Version

Global Enslavement

2008-08-26T17:58:00.005+03:00

"The Powers That Be" , "Elite of the Elite", (call it whatever you wish) that govern world happenings.
Blueprint for Global Enslavement.
Checkout this documentary.

The Raw Material Paradox

2008-08-22T04:10:00.008+03:00

Paradox: Raw materials are 'abundant' but hard to come buy because of the present world order.
No wonder Raw material companies like of UNILEVER Ghana have bright future in profit terms.
Some financial institutions like Procredit are also following suit, in which they increase their portfolio for the Agric Sector.
In order to profit from this paradox.... Join the train and invest in such enterprises.

"voda...gt"

2008-07-22T04:23:00.004+03:00

The GT story is quite an interesting one.
As to whether the sale of the company to vodafone is a good bargain for the state of Ghana... i'm yet to be convinced..

energy NON crisis (2)

2008-06-18T23:54:00.000+03:00

Already read this message and checked out its video?
If not, would be good if you did, because you would get a whole lot of information there.
It's, anyway, linked to this message.

Now, Prez Bush is asking for Congress to clear the way for offshore oil drilling. (watch here)
If this really succeeds, we should at least see the price of oil falling in the next months since according to the ENERGY NON CRISIS , one could be tanking a gallon of petrol for about $1.50 instead of the about current $4.50 currently.

In any case..... if this succeeds, Oil should get cheaper.

LET'S SEE HOW THINGS FOLD OUT....

Ghana Stock Exchange (June 2008)

2008-06-14T02:20:00.000+03:00

Oil prices are sky-rocketing but i interestingly came across this site (in german) and this ghanaian website which indicate that the GSE is by far (June, 14, 2008 --54.05%) the best performing stock market worldwide...
Well, what does that mean... Go grab your stocks!
The GSE is likely to keep on the rise due to the recent oil findings and rise in prices of raw materials on the world market, basically because...

Talking about stock markets.. You can check this preview on investing in africa. It's about how smart guys are making huge percentage yields on their investments on the so called 'dark continent'.
But they really wouldn't have been able to make such returns if the continent was really a 'dark one' for investments.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

Ghana Investment Clubs

2008-06-13T23:28:00.000+03:00

Seems the message of saving is getting down well with the populace, especially with the youth, with the building of new investment clubs, even in the midst of 'LITTLE' in pockets.

This is certainly good news. Investment clubs are based on the money pool principle, hence one would still be able to do substantial transactions with relative unsubstantial individual savings. (call it the power of one..or the power of all in one)

Question.. Are you already in one or have one? If not, what are you waiting for?????

You can find here some of the investment clubs nearest to you.

the energy NON crisis (1)

2008-06-09T19:40:00.000+03:00

The price of crude oil is on the rise.
prospects are that it may catch up to $150 before end .
why is this so? should this really be the case? has the peak oil already come to pass?
just have a look at this.

national id

2008-05-31T20:37:00.000+03:00

so what happened to the national id card which was supposed to have been introduced by March 2007? It's over a year now & it's still not there.
The benefits the nation is set to accrue from this venture are so enormous that it would not be correct to forget the whole stuff.

mobile ghana

2008-05-31T19:42:00.000+03:00

The battle in the ghanaian mobile market is on as Onetouch introduces it's new Service fonbuk.
Onetouch is expecting to draw in more users as competition gets keener. With the coming in of Glo Mobile , the industry is expected to get more interesting.
According to data of 31.12.07 the industry was shared amongst the players as follows:

Total: 7,990,113

MTN: 4,016,132
Tigo: 2,023,091
Onetouch: 1,275,764

here

Tigo is reportedly to have increased its subscriber base with about 1million (benefits accruing from the loss of users to Onetouch and MTN due to poor service delivery).
And guess what... with the launch of the Black Star tv by Onetouch, the industry should get more interesting.

banking era

2008-03-11T00:46:00.000+02:00

New Banks continue continue coming into the land. Ghana seems to be in a position to serve as a financial hub in the african region, competing with the likes of Nigeria, South Africa and Mauritius.

Interesting to know that with all this influx, farmers who are the mainstay of the economy, have been 'forgotten' in the financial books.
Anyway, with the globlal food crisis, which has obviously resulted in the high demand for foodstuffs in the country and worldwide, let's see how the financial powerhouses respond to the financing of agriculture. Their attitude is most likely to change considering the fact that they stand the chance to make huge profits there.

ever wondered how bankers make money out of nothing???? check this video here.