Technology Policy • 8 Jun 2024 5Fs for Ghana’s 5G Policy Here are some possible words to grade Ghana’s recently announced 5G policy: Fumble, Falter, Flounder, Flop, and Fail. They all share one letter: F. 5 Fs, to be precise. And a clear stop short of “G”. More to the point, they represent a series of mistakes of escalating significance and... read more
Technology Policy • 2 Jun 2024 “State Enchantment” hijacks 5G in Ghana Last week, Ghana’s Minister of Communications (and “digitalisation”) held a press conference in the heat of controversy about the government’s decision to award the country’s only 5G telecom license to a shadowy entity called, Next Gen Infraco Ltd. In a letter to the lead regulator of the telecom sector, the... read more