Is Free Basics Really Bringing More Africans Online? [Article]

Across the world, efforts to increase internet access are wide-ranging — there is everything from public-private infrastructure development, to community-built mesh networks from Oaxaca to Cape Verde, to WiFi-emitting balloons flown by Google. Another effort is Facebook’s Internet.org project, which the Silicon Valley company describes as an initiative to bring internet access and the benefits of connectivity to the portion of the world that doesn‘t … Read more

First Digital Television Now Available On Mobile Devices

First Digital Television has gone mobile with an application that can help users to access its programmes anytime, anywhere, everywhere in the world. The FD Mobile App offers the user the convenience through the internet of watching television from any smart device – whether a tablet or smartphone. The App, which was piloted about a … Read more

Government To Address High Cost of Internet Data

The Deputy Minister of Communication, Mr George Nenyi Andah, has expressed the resolve of the government to address factors which escalate the cost of Internet data in the country. To that end, he said the government would soon introduce the needed legislation to ensure that some of the factors that tended to slow down the … Read more

‘Amatsi’ Wins MTN Apps Challenge V.4.0

MESSRS Edem Joseph Morny, Prince Mensah and Adinan Alhassan on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 emerged the overall best winner in the fourth edition of Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Applications (Apps) Challenge (V.4.0) with their App ‘Amatsi.’ The MTN Apps Challenge, which was launched in 2013, has so far discovered some very innovative local Apps. Notable … Read more

Saka Homes Launches Mobile App

Saka Homes Limited, a leading residential and commercial property company in Ghana has launched its mobile application. The mobile App is expected to provide customers with a friendly interface that would increase user experience. The App also provides customers with various picture galleries for viewing which is specific to a particular property. Customers can get … Read more

How To Attract Customers With Your Mobile App

As smartphones are becoming more popular, so are mobile apps. This is why many companies and organizations are developing their mobile apps. However, you will discover that customers don’t use these apps for one reason or the other. Unknown to these companies, a viable way to attract customers is via mobile apps because many Nigerians … Read more

Asoriba Set To Change Church Mgt As Its Launches In Ghana

A global award winning tech startup,  Asoriba has officially launched its church management software and social mobile app at an exciting elaborate ceremony in Accra, Ghana.  The company through its product offers a one stop solution for both church leaders, administrators and members which enhances efficiency in church administration and management. The launch which came … Read more

Asoriba Launches In Ghana

A global award winning tech startup, Asoriba has officially launched its church management software and social mobile app at an exciting elaborate ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The company through its product offers a one stop solution for both church leaders, administrators and members which enhances efficiency in church administration and management. The launch which came … Read more

MTN Launches New App To Stream Movies

MTN has partnered African Movies on the Go (AMGO) to launch a mobile application (app) that will allow people to watch movies on their phones. Known as AMGO App, it allows subscribers to download and stream high quality African movies. Launching the app, the acting Head of Products and Services at MTN, Mr Bless Sefenu … Read more

Former Android Chief Ready To Take On the IPhone Again

The man who created Android, the most popular mobile software on the planet, is preparing his follow up act and it involves going after his longtime nemesis: Apple’s iPhone and its iOS rival software. Andy Rubin, who left Google more than two years ago after selling his startup to the search giant in 2005, is … Read more

IPhone Apps Should Be Sold Outside App Store

Is Apple’s App Store a mall or the equivalent of a sole proprietor shop selling unique wares? That question appears to be at the heart of a now revived lawsuit against Apple, Pepper et al v. Apple Inc. In it, a group of plaintiffs claim that Apple’s insistence on selling all iPhone apps through the … Read more

Scrutiny For Phone Book Harvesting Apps

The mobile phone numbers of former Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, celebrities and millions of other people are being stored in databases that can be searched by the public. While the numbers cannot be obtained simply by entering a name, data watchdogs are concerned about the way the information has been gathered. … Read more

260 Missing Children Found Via Mobile App

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Wednesday that in the last six months 260 missing children had been found thanks to a mobile app. In May 15, the MPS launched “Tuanyuan,” or reunion, an app where police release information on missing children. Over the past six months, more than 280 updates on missing children … Read more

Are You Skilled?

A skill is basically the ability to do something well, to be great at doing something. My question is what are you great at or what are the things that you want to be great at doing? A research conducted and published by LinkedIn in October this year, outlined the top 10 in-demand Skills for … Read more

10 Must Have Skills

Are you Skilled? A skill is basically the ability to do something well, to be great at doing something. My question is what are you great at or what are the things that you want to be great at doing? A research conducted and published by LinkedIn in October this year, outlined the top 10 … Read more

Know the Biggest Thing In Town

Your authoritative and credible news portal, 3news.com is  now easily accessible on your phone  with  the introduction of its mobile app -3news –  which can easily be download from the Google play store. Be informed and entertained while you stay on top with all the latest news breaking and more. What is the primary focus … Read more

Aminu Abdul Manaf Wins Stanbic App Challenge

Aminu Abdul Manaf, a level 300 student of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, has emerged winner of the Stanbic App Challenge. Aminu won the challenge with the ZEALOUS App, a fusion of several mini apps which include a currency converter, with 171 currencies and live exchange rates. The App offers the opportunity to … Read more

Google Expected To Unveil New Phones At San Francisco Event

Alphabet Inc’s Google is expected to unveil new smartphones at an event on Tuesday, the company’s latest effort to sell consumers on a Google-branded device and to challenge Apple Inc at the high end of the market. Analysts predict the San Francisco product launch will also showcase other Google hardware initiatives, including a voice-controlled speaker … Read more

Tech Inspired By Faith Booms In Africa

“You sign up to a church here and you are in multiple countries, because you have branches all over the world. So, from day one you are an international software company.” So says Nana Agyeman-Prempeh from Ghana, chief executive and one of four co-founders at Asoriba, which provides management software for churches. It enables them … Read more