The success of start-ups in driving the US technology sector has spawned a raft of attempts elsewhere in the world to emulate that growth. Ghana is working to foster an environment that helps encourage entrepreneurial activity in the tech sector, with some success. While connectivity constraints and research access are often cited as a significant barrier for tech start-...
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Articles & Analysis | Support grows for the incubation of new businesses from The Report: Ghana 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Neal Hansch, Managing Director, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Incubator from The Report: Ghana 2014
What can be done to create an enabling environment for information technology start-ups?
Articles & Analysis | The expansion of bandwidth, fibre optics and tower sharing is facilitating the roll-out of new initiatives from The Report: Ghana 2014
While in the past broadband uptake within Ghana was constrained by a limited national fixed-line network and high connectivity costs, access over the past half decade has dramatically improved with the landing of undersea fibre links and the introduction of wireless and 3G – and more recently 4G – technologies. The cables have made bandwidth speeds and prices far more...
Articles & Analysis | The introduction of 4G is set to bring increased speeds and data use from The Report: Ghana 2014
In February 2013 Ghana issued three new broadband wireless access licences to three local companies: Surf Line, Gold Key Properties and G-Kwik. Costing $6m each and initially valid for 10 years, after which time they will be subject to a renewal fee, the licences were allocated for long-term evolution (LTE) spectrum in the 2500-MHz to 2690-MHz band. They also come with...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Ghana 2014
Ghana’s telecommunications industry is mostly driven by activity in the mobile segment. But the business also has a high level of competition that benefits from a liberalised market regime and a robust regulatory framework. The sector is crowded, with six operators in the lower to-middle-income country of 25m people, but this has not stopped operators from rolling out new infrastructure and...
Ghana has developed a reputation as a robust and stable democracy, and with a storied legacy of pan-African initiatives it has long punched above its weight diplomatically. While the recent oil boom following the discovery of the offshore Jubilee field in 2007 has helped to fuel GDP growth as much as 14% over recent years, it is now projected to slow to a more modest 4.5% in 2014.