GOOGLE COMPLETES $1.1B DEAL TO BUY A PART OF HTC’S BUSINESS

Google has announced the completion of its $1.1 billion deal to buy a large part of HTC’s hardware business. The acquisition which was announced back in September 2017 has passed the requisite...

DUISBURG GERMANY AND HUAWEI SIGN MOU TO BUILD SMART CITY

Duisburg Germany has signed a Memo of Understanding(MoU) with Huawei to work together on the smart city development. The MoU was signed by Duisburg Mayor, Sören Link and Wang Yonggang, CFO of...

HUAWEI ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH IATA

At the Passenger Terminal EXPO 2018 in Stockholm, Huawei today announced it has joined the Strategic Partnerships Program of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Through this Program, Huawei will use...

#CEBIT2018;Huawei Debuts OceanConnect IoV Platform to Digitize Every Vehicle

At CEBIT 2018, Huawei released the OceanConnect IoV (Internet of Vehicles) Platform enabling intelligent and connected vehicles, service transformation for automobile manufacturers, and the evolution of intelligent transportation. IoV is driving deep...

Lyft To Acquire Bike-Sharing Company Motivate

Lyft Inc on Monday said it would purchase the parent of Ford GoBike and Citi Bike's company Motivate, in a move to up the competition against rival Uber Technologies Inc. The terms...

LINE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN BITCION EXCHANGE

One of the biggest social networks (Line) is planning to launch its own bitcoin exchange that will allow its users to trade digital currencies via their smartphones. Line is said to have...

BUSINESS REGISTRATION APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE DIGITAL ADDRESS FOR REGISTRATION OF BUSINESSES

Business registration applicants will be required to provide their digital address as part of their documentations, for the registration of their businesses. According to the Acting Registrar General, Mrs Jemima Oware, the...

HUAWEI Women Developers Program Drives Technological Innovation

Huawei officially launched its HUAWEI Women Developers (HWD) program, which aims to empower women developers to create applications and tools that can change the world.

GHIPSS TO ENSURE MOBILE MONEY INTEROPERABILITY BY MARCH 2018

The Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has said that by March this year, Mobile money transactions will be interoperable. According to them, their platform would ensure that cross-network mobile money...

GHANA’S EDGES CLOSER TO A CASHLESS SOCIETY AS GHIPSS RECORDS 19% INCREASE IN E-TRANSACTIONS

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) witnessed an increase in the value of transactions from GH¢174 billion in 2016 to GH¢208 billion in 2017, signifying an impressive 19%...