Communications and Digitization Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised cyber fraud and \u2018sakawa\u2019 boys to take advantage of Twitter headquarters establishment in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social media platform, Twitter announced its presence in Africa with its headquarters to be situated in Ghana, its founder, Jack Dorsey disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making the disclosure via Twitter on April 12, Jack Dorsey wrote; \u201cTwitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and @NAkufoAddo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo welcomed the good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a virtual meeting with the Twitter founder, the President said;\u00a0\u201cThe choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter\u2019s Africa operations is EXCELLENT news. Gov\u2019t and Ghanaians welcome very much this announcement and the confidence reposed in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs I indicated to @jack in our virtual meeting of 7th April 2021, this is the start of a beautiful partnership between Twitter and Ghana, which is critical for the development of Ghana\u2019s hugely important tech sector. These are exciting times to be in, and to do business in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing the issue on Peace FM\u2019s \u201dKokrokoo\u201d, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful stated that the Twitter move will create more jobs for the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She urged the youth to acquire and upgrade their computer skills in order to qualify for employment saying \u201cfor me, it will be a big waste if Ghana doesn\u2019t benefit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the cyber fraud and sakawa group, the Minister advised; \u201cTake advantage of this opportunity and acquire more skills and you will know this will clean up your basic knowledge and help you to do something different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Communications and Digitization Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised cyber fraud and \u2018sakawa\u2019 boys to take advantage of Twitter headquarters establishment in Ghana. Social media platform, Twitter announced its presence in Africa with its headquarters to be situated in Ghana, its founder, Jack Dorsey disclosed. Making the disclosure via Twitter on April 12, Jack Dorsey wrote; \u201cTwitter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n