Vodafone donates US$1 million COVID-19 vaccine storage equipment to Ghana
Vodafone Ghana, through the Vodafone Foundation, has made a significant contribution to improving Ghana’s health infrastructure and fight against the pandemic with the presentation of a Covid-19 vaccine storage equipment worth US$1 million to...
MTN donates another GHS5 million to COVID fight in Ghana
MTN Ghana Foundation has donated another GHC5million to National Covid Trust Fund to support government’s effort in combating the corona virus pandemic in the country.This presentation brings MTN’s total contribution to the National...
Redbird connects over 400 pharmacies to 42,000 plus patients for rapid medical testing
Any pharmacy you go to in Ghana and see a Redbird signage, it means you can ask for a rapid medical test and the result will be delivered to you under five minutes, and...
MTN SA offers employees one-week fully-offline holiday to avoid fatigue from Covid-19 pressure
Mobile operator MTN is offering all employees an opportunity to apply for a fully-paid, fully-offline one-week holiday, over and above their annual leave allocations to avoid being fatigued by Covid-19 pressures."The pandemic has upended...
MTN, AU bring Ghana 165,000 AstraZenca vaccines
As part of MTN’s US$25 million donation to support the African Union’s (AU’s) COVID-19 vaccination programme, the telecoms giant has supplied Ghana with at least 165,000 AstraZeneca vaccines for health workers.The vaccines arrived...
GSMA details health and safety measures for MWC21
Stephanie Lynch-Habib, CMO at the GSMA, has expressed a desire to demonstrate to the world that the mobile ecosystem can make a comeback and convene at MWC 2021 Barcelona in June, as the organization...
Fake COVID-19 vaccine network busted after INTERPOL alert
South African authorities have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines following a global alert issued by INTERPOL warning vaccines would be a prime target for criminal networks.Some 400 ampoules - equivalent to around 2,400...
Covid-19 vaccines expected in Ghana March
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that Covid-19 vaccines are expected in Ghana by March this year. He made the announcement in his 23rd address to the nation on COVID-19 status and measures to...
Health to be on cyber-security’s front line in 2021
Covid-19 catapulted the health sector to the forefront of cyber-security in 2020, but the next year is likely to see the dangers continue and evolve.Threats from nation states and criminals to the health system...
159 telecoms masts attacked in UK over Covid-19, 5G conspiracy theories
UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom has revealed 159 operator masts have been attacked so far in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 (coronavirus)-related and general anti-5G conspiracy theories, causing base station downtime adding-up to 170,000...