Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused disruptions across the global economy, from food to energy, but it has also prompted an increase in the number and sophistication of cyberattacks, exacerbating similar impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Articles & Analysis | What impact did Covid-19 have on Ghana's digitalisation efforts? from The Report: Ghana 2022
Ghana has taken significant steps to digitise public services and support the shift to online platforms for business and commerce. The rollout of these initiatives, coupled with increased mobile and data penetration, put the economy in a stronger position to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic as many activities migrated online.
Articles & Analysis | How can Ghana become a regional leader in ICT? from The Report: Ghana 2022
Ghana’s ICT sector has proven to be one of the country’s fastest-growing industries in recent years, with key market players offering more innovative products as data traffic surged amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Looking ahead, policy efforts are likely to bolster growth due to the strategic importance of ICT in digital and industrial...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Selorm Adadevoh, CEO, MTN Ghana: Interview from The Report: Ghana 2022
Ghana’s ICT sector has proven to be one of the country’s fastest-growing industries in recent years, with key market players offering more innovative products as data traffic surged amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Indeed, the sector had increased its contribution to GDP from $900m, or 2.3% of the total, in 2014, to $1.7bn and 3.6%, respectively, in 2017. The expansion of telecoms services...
As Africa’s largest gold miner and the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, Ghana has witnessed steady growth in recent years. While the country was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, it navigated the crisis better than many of its income-level peers, in large part thanks to measures aimed at boosting public revenue. Ghana aims to improve its fiscal deficit in 2022 to 7.4% of GDP.