Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Sep 21, 2011, 1:00 am
Image via WikipediaMany years ago, in the 20th century, a baby boy was born to an Nzema couple. This gifted lad grew up years later to become leader and President of a nation once colonized by the British. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, led the fight for Ghana's independence and drove the nation into its first ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jul 18, 2011, 9:31 am
When the clock hit midnight, one of Africa's most respectable Politicians turned 93 years. This day marks his twentieth year as a free man after spending a greater part of his life behind South African bars. Personally, Madiba is a man I revere. I therefore see the United Nation's declaration of his...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jul 14, 2011, 12:52 pm
What is the CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival? The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is the collective effort of many young people—ranging from artists, musicians and writers to designers, students and activists—who will work together to produce Accra’s first annual street art festival. This one-day...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jun 7, 2011, 4:15 am
A few days ago, I was at another informative session of Mobile Monday (MoMo) held at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center of Excellence (KACE). I was privileged to learn from experts in different sectors of ICT in Ghana. Among the presenters, Saquib Nazir of Porting Access Ghana (the company in charge ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jun 6, 2011, 4:00 am
CNN and Nokia today announced a multi-level international collaboration where Nokia becomes a key part of CNN's roster of mapping providers, delivering its rich mapping services to the international news network. The collaboration harnesses the companies’ strengths in global newsgathering, user-ge...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jun 4, 2011, 6:45 am
Yesterday, Founder and technical director of Asilia wrote a blog post on Afri-Love.com in which he highlighted 5 reasons why Ghana is the next African app powerhouse. I couldn't agree with him more. One other reason I would want to add to his 5 points is, the obvious rise in interest in technology a...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - May 23, 2011, 4:51 pm
Dubai & Johannesburg, 10 May, 2011- Nokia and MTN Group are pleased to announce signing of an agreement that will expand their strategic relationship to new key markets within Middle East and Africa MTN affiliates. The Framework agreement will permit the large community of MTN customers to benefit f...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Apr 19, 2011, 8:14 pm
Nandimobile is currently offering a customized version of it award winning Gripeline service to the organizers of the Ghana Telecom Summit 2011 for the purposes of collating votes for the telecom company in Ghana with the best customer service. The organizers of the summit will award the winner on t...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Apr 12, 2011, 7:25 am
Anyone who has stayed in Ghana long enough will realize majority of Ghanaians and the authorities governing them are disgusted with the Sakawa problem just as much as any foreigner is. Sakawa is an off-shoot of what started as 'advance-fee fraud' or 419. This phenomenon has gradually grown into a lu...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Apr 11, 2011, 5:23 pm
BarCamp Kumasi 2011 is a networking event to bring people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about Kumasi, Ghana and beyond. It will consist of user-generated sessions and discussions. BarCamp Kumasi 2011 will take place on April 16, 2011 at Royal Lamerta Hotel in Kumasi, Ghana. Th...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Apr 4, 2011, 3:33 pm
From March 28th to April 1st, the Ghana-India KOFI Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT organised the second Innovation Week under the theme 'Marketing Innovation'. This program sought to bring to the attention of the general public the various 'Facebook Entrepreneurs' who were in one way or the other ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 28, 2011, 9:16 pm
On Thursday last week, a new mobile alert service was launched by Esanoya. This launch comes at a time when many tech start-ups especially those in the Meltwater Incubator are gearing up to provide value added web and mobile services in Ghana. AlertGh is a mobile information service that allows subs...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 23, 2011, 12:42 pm
In February this year, Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft. The partnership will allow Nokia adopt Windows as its primary platform for all of its smartphones. This decision became necessary after Nokia realized the competitive edge its rivals ,Google and Apple had over the Finnish company. ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 14, 2011, 9:38 pm
The Meltwater Business Incubator officially opened in Sept 2010, and for almost all the start-ups in it, 2011 looked promising and challenging as well. We were excited to learn from management that we had been invited by Jason Calacanis, to be a part of Launch 2011 (formerly TechCrunch 50). A great...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 8, 2011, 10:55 am
Enterprise without Borders (EwB) is a secondary school and/or college programme that teaches the value and importance of international trade and the practical skills necessary to do business across borders. This initiative seeks to introduce entrepreneurship and partnerships among young people Afric...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 8, 2011, 7:53 am
ACCRA – March 7, 2011 – Nandimobile Ltd, a technology startup co-founded by three graduates of theMeltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), was granted the “Best Business” award at theLAUNCH Conference in San Francisco, where more than 100 startups from around the world presente...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Mar 8, 2011, 6:00 am
Farida Bedwei is the author of 'Definition of a Miracle'. This book recounts the story of an 8-year old girl’s struggle to cope with cerebral palsy in a community where people suffering with the disease are routinely misunderstood and viewed as incapable of contributing meaningfully to the societ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 23, 2011, 6:16 pm
BackgroundThe UK Minister for Africa arrived in Ghana on February 17, 2011 for a two day visit. The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) organized a session on the theme “Shared Prosperity, Shared Security and Shared Values: A Solid Foundation for the Future”, to which many high dignitaries were ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 21, 2011, 7:26 am
My interaction with a few people in Ghana revealed, not too many of us knew the United Kingdom had a Minister for Africa whose key duties among others is to improve and promote commercial and political ties between the UK and other African nations. This post is specifically composed to provide you w...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 21, 2011, 12:52 am
I was previleged to be invited to listen to the UK Minister for Africa's speech at the Institute of Economic Affairs on Friday February 18th. Honorable Henry Bellingham spoke on the theme Shared prosperity shared security and shared values, a solid foundation for the future. Click on the link here t...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 9, 2011, 6:26 pm
Whenever there is a political unrest anywhere in the world, many commercial business stay as far away as they can. The Egyptian story is no exception. I am yet to hear of any company publicly siding with either divide. I guess when your revenues exceed $20billion you may not see things that way. Goo...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 7, 2011, 2:12 pm
Carlina White was abducted by Ann "Annugetta" Pettway in 1987. Pattway was so desperate for a child she decided to steal one from the hospital when the baby was just 19 days old. After 23 years the victim Carlina, through her own investigations found out she Pettway was't her mum. The circumstances ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 7, 2011, 2:14 am
After the successes of Barcamp Kumasi, Barcamp Accra and Barcamp Takoradi, the national event Barcamp Ghana 2010 was held on the 18th of December, 2010 at the Ashesi University campus.. Barcamp Ghana was under the theme ‘’Create dreams, work smart and shape the future” and it attracted a lot o...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 2, 2011, 5:19 pm
On January 27th and 28th the Popout team, organised one of Ghana's most inspiring technology conferences at th Kofi Anna Center of Excellence. I must say I was very much impressed with the outcome of Online 2011. Kudos to Maximus Ametorgoh and his team of change-makers. Online 2011 an innovative ini...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Feb 1, 2011, 5:49 am
Do you want to start your own global software company? The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is training and developing the next generation of global software entrepreneurs from Ghana. Our goal is to create wealth and jobs locally in Ghana by training and mentoring graduates to s...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jan 25, 2011, 11:23 am
Some weeks ago my attention was drawn to an interview on BBC. BBC's Jonathan Frewin was interviewing Jason Calacanis, one of the first people to commercialize blogging. I was particularly interested in this interview because of how Jason sold his blogs just after 18months for an amount of $35million...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jan 6, 2011, 2:20 pm
Python African Tour (PAT) is an exciting African open source technology initiative aimed at promoting agile programming languages, mainly Python, among Africa's tech communities. The Tour, which has successfully been executed in Senegal, Nigeria and Morocco is run by a group of nomadic volunteer Pyt...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 31, 2010, 10:32 am
2010 to me has been a fruitful year, I look forward to a more aggressive 2010. I usually don't stick to my New Year's resolutions, so I won't make any for next year. I however have some memories of 2010 I want to share with everyone, especially my readers in Ghana. 1. The earthquake wake-up callIn J...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 20, 2010, 5:14 am
The post below is a guest blog post by Kwaku Kyei Manu who blogs at lemonlifelemonade.blogspot.com Wikileaks, the sujet du jour, grabbing headline banners on every form of printed and digital media one can see. The tabloids, local authorities, even the white house has been rocked by the revelations...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 13, 2010, 12:07 pm

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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 13, 2010, 2:37 am
In the past couple of weeks Wikileaks has been in the news, I am still wondering why it is not trending on twitter anyway. I guess it is not the most important thing on the minds of the online citizens. I have read widely on this matter with one objective - to find out if Wikileaks is right or wrong...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 7, 2010, 6:06 am
BarCamp Ghana 2010, an ad-hoc gathering where attendees meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on December 18 2010 at the Ashesi University campus in Accra. The theme is “Create dreams, work smart and shape the future”. Following the successes of BarCamp Ghana '08 and BarCa...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 4, 2010, 3:25 pm
After three successful regional events the Barcamp Ghana organizing team is bringing the long-awaited Barcamp Ghana 2010 under the theme 'Create dreams, work smart and shape the future'. This year's Barcamp Ghana will take place at Ashesi University College on the 18th December 2010. All Regional Ba...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 4, 2010, 10:00 am
Just a few weeks after Google Ghana launched its innovative Q&A service, Google Baraza, the online search giant has launched its Mobile and Web trading service, Google Trader in Ghana. As from Thursday 2nd December, Ghanaians can buy and sell their goods and service using Google Trader. Google Trade...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Dec 1, 2010, 11:12 am
Today is the first day of December, not only is it the very first day in the Christmas month, it is World Aids Day as well. People from different walks of life are creating HIV/AIDS awareness in their own small way. Below are three suggestion you can consider if you would want to join the campaign....
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Nov 30, 2010, 4:36 am
Mobile Entrepreneurs in Africa is a project initiated by the Mobile Web Ghana. From February 2011 Mobile Web Ghana will recruit and train local entrepreneurs to develop mobile phone applications that would be relevant to the local communities in Ghana. Mobile Web Ghana is an organisation founded by ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Nov 9, 2010, 9:18 am
BarCamp Takoradi 2010, an ad-hoc gathering where attendees will meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on November 27, 2010 at the Takoradi Technical Institute campus in Takoradi, Ghana. The theme will be “Leading & Entreprising in an Oil & Technology Fuelled Economy”. BarCa...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Nov 1, 2010, 1:33 pm
Information Communication Technology has fostered the development of several economies across the world. Ghana has the ability to speed up her economic development by competing for a market share in today’s e-business which includes about $500 billion global outsourcing market, currently dominated...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Oct 26, 2010, 11:45 am
Google launched Baraza, its Question and Answer online service yesterday 25th October. Baraza which means 'council' or 'task force' in Swahili is a question and answer service that will also be integrated into search results on Google Search. I had the previledge of testing Bazara a few days before ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Oct 21, 2010, 1:09 pm
Education undoubtedly is key to Africa's problems. If third world nations like Ghana are truly willing to see themselves out of poverty in years to come, they would need to pay more attention to the challenges faced in its education sector. This half of the year in particular, Ghana has been faced ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Oct 15, 2010, 12:22 pm
Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Oct 15, 2010, 5:56 am
Today is Blog Action Day A few days ago Joyfm reported the invasion of black flies in Asuboi a farming community in the Ashanti Region. It was reported this outbreak had infected seventy percent of the population. This morning, I was pleased to hear MoneyGram is sponsoring the drilling of two bore-...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Sep 8, 2010, 3:02 pm
BarCampAccra 2010, ad-hoc gathering where attendees meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on October 2nd, 2010 at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) campus at 20 Aluguntuguntu Street in East Legon, Accra. The theme is be “Creating wealth and employment ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Aug 17, 2010, 11:09 am
This era requires nothing less than hands-on education and tuition. Anything short of that will obviously make the beneficiaries of such a system not only unemployed, but also unemployable. In Ghana, the main public Universities produce many graduates every year. According to the Minister of Employm...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Aug 17, 2010, 5:21 am
Africa is a continent with very little respect for education. It is estimated that at every point in time only about 6 percent of the people living on this continent have a post-high school certification of some sort. What bothers my mind the most is the attitude of the powers that be towards such ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Aug 12, 2010, 5:32 am
Following the successes of BarCamp Ghana '08 and BarCamp Ghana '09, regional BarCamp events will be organized in selected regions in Ghana to enable as many people as possible partake in BarCamps before the main national event in December. We are lining up BarCamp Accra 2010 which will take place on...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Aug 6, 2010, 7:07 am
Very soon, Ghanaians will heave a sigh of relief as they will be provided with an opportunity to get closer to companies that offer products and services in the country. NandiMobile is a technology company that offers channels with its Gripeline and Infoline services for businesses in Africa to offe...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Aug 2, 2010, 7:19 am
Guaranty Trust Bank was announced the best bank in Ghana for the year 2009 as it won awards in seven categories at the Ghana banking awards ceremony held at the Ghana International Conference Center. GT bank topped the IT and electronic Banking, product innocation and short term loan financing categ...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jul 15, 2010, 3:38 pm
I am always excited when people add innovation and spice to the old and traditional ways of doing things, especially in Ghana. I found it even more motivating when I realized the twist was more into the technological area. Esi Cleland and Adwoa Perbi are the co-founders of Afro-chic. These two self-...
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Edward Amartey-Tagoe posted an article on Tagoe blogger - Jul 8, 2010, 6:24 am
On 6th March 2010, Ghana's Independence day, the President of Ghana, H.E John Atta-Mills, reviewed his second Independence Day Anniversary Parade as President. The day being a special one, brought joy and satisfaction to the many school children at the parade who were neatly dressed in their well-ir...
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