Tag Archives: DATA

Data from the United Nations (UN) has showed the top bribe-taking institutions in Ghana after a study it conducted in the country for 2021. According to the data, the institution that takes bribes in Ghana the most is the Lands Commission; an agency under the Ministry of Lands and Natural …

Sam Pee Yalley, a former ambassador of Ghana to India, alleged that records of the government of the United Kingdom (UK) show that the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is a British national. After Yalley’s allegations, a record from the UK government’s Companies House which indicates the claim he …

The Data Protection Commission has released a list of some digital lending apps (loan apps) that have been breaching Ghana’s data laws by exploiting the information of Ghanaians who use their services. In a statement copied to GhanaWeb, the commission said that the operation of most of these apps are illegal …

Africa Data Centres (ADC) will soon begin the construction of its strategic international data center as part of the Ghana Trade Fair Redevelopment Project. This serves as a major boost for Ghana in the Government’s push to make digitalisation a major economic growth pillar and employment pool for the youth. …

The United States recently announced new visa fees which measure was due to affect three main nonimmigrant visa (NIV) applications. The affected visas include the Non-Petition-based NIV, work visas and the E Category applicants and are slated to take effect on May 30. In this data story, GhanaWeb does a …

TikTok has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children. It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children aged under 13 to use the platform in 2020. The video-sharing site used the data of children of this age without parental …

Investment and fund management firm Databank has announced the closure of its offices effective Thursday, December 22, and to work remotely following attacks and threats on its staff. A statement issued Wednesday by the company said it has not been spared the liquidity challenges that have beset the fund management …

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has disclosed that effective September 5, persons who have not registered their SIM cards will be barred from receiving certain services, including all outgoing voice calls and data services. According to a communique issued by the Authority to telecommunications giants, the move forms part of …

Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor has announced that his office has started a wider probe into the activities of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). In a press release dated August 15 and signed by Agyebeng, he said the need for a wider probe was premised on the findings …

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s address on the economy as delivered at the National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region, on April 7, 2022, surely got the nation talking a lot, also too because of the high expectations that heralded …