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Ghanaian startup launches AI-powered WhatsApp sales platform
A Ghanaian technology startup has launched an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to help businesses automate sales and customer service through WhatsApp. The platform, called Relay, allows businesses to manage customer enquiries, process orders and receive payments through the messaging application with...
Elon Musk said control of OpenAI should go to his children, Sam Altman tells jury
Elon Musk tried to take control of OpenAI, even suggesting it could pass to his children when he dies, Sam Altman said on Tuesday.
Ghana’s identity system among world’s most integrated — Moses Baiden
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Margins ID Group, Moses Kwesi Baiden Jnr., says Ghana has developed one of the most integrated digital identity systems in the world, with the Ghana Card now serving as a key platform across several sectors of the economy. Speaking at the 2026 edition of the ID4Africa Annual Gener...
Communication Minister engages AlphaVecta Technologies on One Vecta AI Summit 2026
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has held discussions with a delegation from AlphaVecta Technologies Limited
Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids’ screen time
Meta and Google enlisted trusted children's brands such as Sesame Street, Girl Scouts and Highlights magazine to teach kids to use technology in moderation - even as the companies designed apps that made it difficult for those same young users to unplug, public statements and internal documents show.
Government targets 70% nationwide 5G coverage by March 2027 – Sam George
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that government is targeting 70 per cent nationwide 5G population coverage by Ghana’s Independence Day on March 6, 2027. Speaking at the 15th anniversary launch of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications in Accra, th...
Musk’s AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war
The voice was Grok, a chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI. In the two weeks since Adam had started using it, his life had completely changed.
Meta AI searches made public – but do all its users realise?
How would you feel if your internet search history was put online for others to see? That may be happening to some users of Meta AI without them realising, as people’s prompts to the artificial intelligence tool – and the results – are posted on a public feed. One internet safety expert said it was “a huge user experie...
WhatsApp launches totally private “incognito” conversations with its AI chatbot
WhatsApp has introduced private chats with its AI chatbot which not even the tech company will be able to read in a new “incognito” mode. It means neither the user nor the AI’s responses will be monitored if the feature is activated, and past conversations will disappear from the chat for the user. Will Cathcart, the h...
Meta faces US lawmaker scrutiny over removal of lawyer ads for social media addiction cases
Meta should not have removed advertisements by attorneys seeking clients who claim they were harmed by social media platforms, two U.S. senators said on Friday in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
NITA warns power outages could make digital services more expensive
Persistent power outages could increase the cost of internet and other digital services in Ghana as operators spend more on backup systems to keep critical infrastructure running, the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) has warned. NITA Board Chairperson Estelle Akofio-Sowah said frequent disruptions to elect...
Cape Coast Deaf students trained on technology-facilitated gender-based violence
The Central Regional Department of Gender has called for amendments to existing legislation or the enactment of a comprehensive law to effectively address technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in Ghana.