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TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield over how it collects and uses children’s data. The claim is being filed on behalf of millions of children in the UK and EU who have used the hugely popular video-sharing app. If successful, the children affected could each be owed …
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The Bank of England and the Treasury have announced they are setting up a taskforce to explore the possibility of a central bank digital currency. The aim is to look at the risks and opportunities involved in creating a new kind of digital money. Issued by the Bank for use by households and businesses, it …
A former deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says if more is not done to drive private sector participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Ghanaian businesses will gain little from the continent-wide agreement. According to him, no matter how well-grounded the AfCFTA objectives are, they will remain elusive if businesses …
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The Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye has decried the country’s perennial housing problem. According to him, over 60 percent of the Ghanaian populace is unable to own their own homes without support from government. Also, 35 percent of the populace sadly will never be able to own their own homes even with the support …
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Chief Executive of the Ghana Enterprises Agency, Kosi Yankey-Aryeh, is calling on African leaders and private sector players to sponsor regulations that seek to sponsor women businesses on the continent. According to her, the formalisation of women-led businesses and entrepreneurship is essential to ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, becomes successful. Speaking …
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Instagram has apologised after a mistake with its algorithm promoted diet content to users with eating disorders. The search function in the app automatically recommended terms including “appetite suppressants” and “fasting” to some people. Eating disorder campaigners told the BBC that vulnerable people could be triggered and even relapse. The social media platform said harmful …
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with ECOWAS, has commenced a three-day capacity building programme to equip women with knowledge and skills to grab opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The participants were selected from across ECOWAS Member-States and expected to after the training, build the capacities of other stakeholders …
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Android users will receive a notification telling them to stop looking at their mobile phones while walking, a leaked new tool suggests. The feature is being tested in an update to the Digital Wellbeing app, tech blog XDA Developers reported. Screenshots of the app show a notification will appear on the screen of the phone, …
Prices of foodstuff have gone up slightly in some markets in Accra, a survey by the Ghana News Agency, has revealed. Visits to the Anyaa, Mallam and the CMB markets on Thursday, revealed that the prices had shot up because some foodstuffs are out of season. Cassava, Yam, and Plantain are the main crops affected …
Information scraped from around 500 million LinkedIn user profiles is part of a database posted for sale on a website popular with hackers, the company confirmed Thursday. The sale of the data was first reported on Tuesday by cybersecurity news and research site CyberNews, which said that an archive including user IDs, names, email addresses, …
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