It has become clear by now that digitalization has an obvious, lasting, and even revolutionary impact, not only on the economic systems and commercial players but increasingly on the lives of individuals and on society at large.
2021 will see these changes applied and for Ghana and other African digital economies to grow, we must push for enforcement and compliance, and fall in line with the international standard set by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The rapid growth of Internet access and connectivity has paved way for the development of a digital economy across the world. The World Economic Forum estimated in 2019 that 133 million new roles will be created by 2022 as a result of the new division of labour between humans, machines, Read more…
The Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) with its partners Codie it!, and TinkerToys, from Leipzig, Germany on 3rd May 2021 successfully launched its Digital Design and Creative Coding Hub in Accra. The event had a splendid setup, hosting about 35 children with their parents, and other invited guests. The Read more…
Information Systems (IS) become more and more complex as the number of solutions in the IS space keeps rising; each solution promising different but convergent gains. The question no longer remains how to transform your IS strategy to meet your organization’s digital needs but how to remain resilient in uncertain Read more…
Prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the question about who is leading the Digital Transformation (DT) in an organization has usually been a tussle between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) andChief Technology Officer (CTO) / Chief Information Officer (CIO) as ICT gurus argue for or against any of the C-level leaders.
This paper suggests that a “whole government” and more collaborative approach be explored in ensuring the effectiveness of digital service regulation in Ghana. Beginning with stakeholder identification, an agile digital transformation team must be created and equipped with the necessary skills, tools, authority and financial resources with the aim of bringing about effective digital regulation.
The possibilities are enormous; however commercial viability of the business cases must be quickly validated to understand the ecosystem better. With Telcos and hyperscale cloud providers leading the charge, we can harness the full potential of the various propositions in this promising era of 5G, Edge computing and SD-WAN.
In identifying and developing the right use cases, analytics or the ‘right’ analytics plays a crucial role in giving insights that decision makers will need to embark on a digital transformation journey. Data is everywhere and a lot of companies have stacks and pools, even seas of data that do not provide any meaningful insights.
Internet companies must assist women to use the internet safely by providing training that helps in identifying online threats and providing tools for controlling privacy and security settings. Additionally, applications must allow victims of online abuse to report perpetrators.
To begin with, we need a National Digital Skills Development Strategy that will harness the strengths of relevant public, private and civil society organizations to tackle the issue of the digital skills gap.
The first and proven step to guide these transformations is education on the possibilities, benefits and applicability of IT in businesses. An objective analysis of the company and the joint creation of a digital strategy helps owners of SMEs to overcome their doubts.
The debate on digital literacy is hot. Frequent discussions in the media space as well as quotes from international development agencies claim that now, in the second decade of the 21st century, it is mostly the digital divide which is holding people back in their development, rather than access Read more…