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[Ghanaian Times] The reconstituted board of the Ghana Statistical Service was inaugurated in Accra yesterday with a call on them to guide the Service to generate high quality and reliable…

[RFI] A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday. It’s the latest step in a multi-year project…

[This Day] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian Communications Commission…

[Ghanaian Times] Telecommunications giant, Vodafone Ghana, will train 1000 girls in its free virtual nationwide coding programme, Code-Like-A-Girl, within the next 12 months.

[New Times] Rwanda is considering collecting Value Added Tax (VAT) on online services consumed within the country, The New Times has learned.

[Premium Times] According to Mr Amaechi, this will help in reducing incidents of crime and also curb security challenges on the route.