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In the recent beautiful Ghana Weekly Tech Roundup sent recently by +Claude Ayitey , he added that the  WAZIUP Internet of Things Project Launches In Accra .  +iSpace Foundation  is part of a number of organizations working on this cool WAZIUP "Internet of Things (IoT)" project, centered around agriculture.  He also added that  Vodafone M2M Is Now Vodafone Internet of Thing s , but you know of that because I blogged about that already. So I started wondering, how are Ghanaian organizations using IoT? Yes, we are. #Morevim to us! Photo by Kwamena Bolton I've known about Herman Chinery-Hesse , the Bill Gates of Africa , for a long time. I love how he and his team at SoftTribe , arguably the largest software development company in Ghana, focuses on developing tropically tolerant solutions for this environment.  Kwamena Bolton , the technical director of SoftTribe said that they have over the last few yea...

Thanks to technology services, there is a lot of data about users and uses cases, which allow organizations to be smarter and technology to work even better. In addition to this value in data explosion, there is enormous growth in intelligent use of the data. Platforms must orchestrate the data in hand to deliver value. They have to help users shift out the requisite information out of the chaff they see. The attention span of users and subscribers for that matter is very minimal, and so they need to be served with relevant information and data they need quickly and conveniently. We celebrate our mobile phone penetration in Ghana (35 million subscriptions for a nation of 25 million people), We have multiple devices connecting us for communication, but there is a wide range of other connected devices. By 2025, there would be 9 billion connected devices. Ghanaians must be part and parcel of those numbers with a lot of IOT use.  There has been very small uptake with mobile applic...

Photo from http://tblocks.com/ The internet of things (IoT) is the network of physical devices, vehicles and buildings and other items embedded with electronics, software, network connectivity, etc - that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. That's what Wikipedia says. With IoT, internet connectivity is extended beyond computers, tablets and phones to a whole wide of range of devices and use cases that will really blow your mind. The 4th Industrial Revolution is here ! That means we need great #internet4all as well. Various companies around the world use Internet Of Things to manage fleet while monitoring mileage and even engine health. IoT is useful in monitoring parking spaces availability in city congested areas. Even Diageo is joining fun whereby messages are sent out when a Johnny Walker bottle is opened! IoT can also be used in payment processing based in location or activity duration for public transport, gyms, theme parks, etc. It can be also use...

Many telecommunication companies around the world have been at the forefront of scaling innovation. Thanks to their huge subscription bases and financial muscle, they are also some of the best organizations to drive this. Due of user churn amongst other reasons, these telcos spend a lot of money on marketing as well. As companies that adopt technology and in many ways stay on top of trends, they also promote a lot of innovation in their marketplace. Vodafone Ghana is priming to continue this in Ghana and be a market leader.  It is in this light, that they are promoting the internet of things (IoT). Vodafone Ghana organized a workshop recently at the Labadi Beach Hotel on June 27, 2016 to educate Ghanaians more on IoT. In attendance were many Ghanaian content and web developers. What is IoT ? It is seen as an amalgation of IT & OT. IT is about people talking to people, while OT is about machines talking to machines.   IoT is about machines and objects talking to machi...

Growing up is not easy. It would have been great to have been more prepared through the years. I am accepting that you can't have enough information, especially from experienced people. We must have one eye on the future as we go about conquering the present. As we are growing up, # WeAreEvolving . Things change, become better especially with technology and we get greater responsibilities as part of our careers and even our ages. We must be prepared for the future. Saving is an integral part of this. Secure your & #Ghana 's future. You can make savings on paying taxes. Savings Booster. See https://t.co/Fj9ryNCEfN for info. #WeAreEvolving — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) February 4, 2016 We start to take more responsibility for our communities and countries. We start to understand and pay taxes. I tweeted about three constants. Life, death and taxes. When we were growing up, in mathematics, we learnt about mathematical constants which were signed by 'k'. Now,...

The Blobla meme has gone viral with many people getting their own at the Blobla link . When I was notified about this, it had given some accurate descriptions of friends. So I tried it. When I saw mine, I knew Blobla had studied my Facebook. Smart. I REALLY like taking selfies with friends. I obviously want to use my phone each time but sometimes, some other friends have phones that take nicer pictures and selfies. With the Huawei P8 , I can now do the selfie taking with more confidence due to its great camera. Great news! Now, I can particip8 . As I mentioned earlier, I REALLY like taking selfies. But the truth is, I REALLY like taking groufies , that is, selfies with a group of people. Blobla attests :-) I need my phone to have a great camera. So I set out to test the ability of the Huawei P8 . After a small party celebrating the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia, I took a selfie with some ( +Planning Wikimedia Ghana ) Wikimedia Ghana group members +Felix Nartey  & +Enock ...

Ever seen some English words used in scenarios which made you go “huh?”. Me too, several times. As an old student of Presec (Presby Boys’ SHS, Legon) where we used student lexicons, I became really acquainted to English words being used to mean many different things which weren’t in the official dictionaries. Thanks to pidgin English, this notion became popular. In fact, we loved using English words to mean different things so others wouldn’t understand what we were saying. It was and is still cool. The English language has been evolving. We have been evolving. #WeAreEvolving . You bet I was going to have fun with such a hashtag right? Here. And many others too. Here are some of the coolest and best #WeAreEvolving posts from January. Quite creative too. You are welcome to join in as well. I felt it was quite odd to see what crush meant when I first encountered this word at the turn of the millenium. A small sound of a bird has evolved into a loud statement from humans on Twitter . ...