Tag: COVID-19
Android leaking people’s data on contact tracing apps – Researchers
Hundreds of third-party apps in Android devices were given access to sensitive data logged by contact-tracing apps built on Google and Apple's API, according...
Fintech apps outperform banks during pandemic in 2020
A report from mobile analytics platform, App Annie indicate that in 2020, finance app downloads grew by 15% during the pandemic and mobile fintech...
Vodacom, AU to build digital infrastructure to manage Covid-19 vaccination
Vodacom Group (Vodafone) has announced that it will work with the African Union Development Agency to build digital infrastructure to manage COVID-19 vaccinations across...
Amazon invests in malls to expand distribution network
Jeff Bezos' electronic retail giant, Amazon is reportedly investing in strategically-located US shopping malls to convert them into massive distribution centers.Â
NBC News reports that...
2 Ghanaian Covid-19 innovations make Forbes Africa 100 list
Two Ghanaian innovations created amid Covid-19 have made the top 100 Forbes Africa Invention, Innovation and Icons list for year 2020.
The two innovations are...
Covid-19 raises risk of depression and dementia, study suggests
People diagnosed with Covid-19 in the previous six months were more likely to develop depression, dementia, psychosis and stroke, researchers have found.
A third of...
MTN donates PPEs to three hospital in Ashanti
MTN Ghana has donated assorted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to three hospitals in the Ashanti Region as part of its corporate social responsibilities.
The beneficiary...
MTN, AU bring Ghana 165,000 AstraZenca vaccines
As part of MTN’s US$25 million donation to support the African Union’s (AU’s) COVID-19 vaccination programme, the telecoms giant has supplied Ghana with at...
Ericsson withdraws from MWC21
The GSMA has expressed respect for a decision by Ericsson not to participate on-site at MWC Barcelona, pointing to the development of its virtual...
Bill Gates warns post-Covid normalization could take whole of 2022
Billionaire philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said the rapid development of vaccines is "a miracle" that should help the world return...