Technology

A lecturer in Kumasi can no longer tell who wrote the work he is marking. That is not a discipline problem. It is a threat to the value of every degree Ghana awards.

Greater Accra’s residential and commercial landscape is changing rapidly. New homes, apartments, offices and developments are creating growing demand for the everyday services required to maintain them — from plumbing and electrical work to air-conditioning, cleaning, painting and general property maintenance, creating growing demand for platforms connecting households and businesses across Greater Accra with verified service providers in Accra.

The Digital Innovation Awards (DIA) will celebrate its 15th edition on Thursday, 15th October 2026, bringing together leading technology companies, innovators, digital leaders and policymakers to recognise the people and organisations shaping Africa’s digital future.

AI continues to change the workplace, automating tasks, transforming established ways of working and forcing a rethink of the skills employers need. As technology takes on more tasks and new tools emerge, technical skills are becoming outdated more quickly, with roughly half potentially obsolete within five years. For project professionals, the urgency to diversify their skillsets beyond technical knowledge has never been greater.

MTN Ghana has launched the 2026 edition of DigiFest, a two-month programme designed to give young people, students and entrepreneurs direct access to industry players, hands-on training and real opportunities in the country's growing digital economy.

Across the world, organisations are facing a perfect storm. Cyber threats continue to increase in both sophistication and frequency, while the global shortage of experienced cybersecurity professionals makes it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain the talent needed to operate an effective Security Operations Centre (SOC).