Pre-order the TECNO Phantom X for a flagship experience

From Monday 28th June 2021, you can pre-order the TECNO Phantom X from your nearest TECNO accredited shop with a GHS 400 down payment.

TECNO is seeking to consolidate its current reputation as the leading smartphone brand in global emerging markets by redefining the Phantom models of smartphones as its flagship sub-brand, as part of its ambitious global expansion plan. And what better way to do so than with the exciting TECNO Phantom X — a premium device that screams class and sass.

With the TECNO Phantom X, there’s much expected as this is the company’s opening statement at the premium devices conference and it can’t afford to goof. So here’s what we can say about the soon-to-be-released device.

Borderless Display of Elegance

6.7″ AMOLED screen to project a finest and fluid vision of the vivid world to you. This display of elegance is achieved through:

• 90Hz Refresh Rate to provide smoother web browsing and social media brushing
• Ultra High Colour Gamut of TYP 103% to provide vivid colors
• Corning Gorilla GG5 cover to provide break free using experience

TECNO Phantom X: What to expect

The makers of this device took time to design a piece that feels good in the hand. The attention given to an ergonomic design gives the Phantom X a good feel when held. With the technology TECNO packaged into this device, users can either be photo masters, video experts or just the cool mobile games player.

For the video mandem

If you’re a video content enthusiast and you love creating things to that effect then, this device should excite you because of the following video capabilities.

Night video algorithm

The algorithm-based camera in this device enables the user capture more than the naked eye can manage in dark environments. This results in clear, highly defined colors in the finest details.

Video Portrait Mode

The real-time Video Portrait Mode technology blurs out cluttered backdrops and puts you sharply in focus, even when you are on the move.

960fps Slow Motion

With The TECNO Phantom X’s cutting-edge sensor rivalling that of digital cameras, every fleeting moment can feel like memories frozen in time.

4K Time-Lapse

With the video technology available in modern times, every video enthusiast is in love with 4K and this is why the Phantom X’s 4K time-lapse will leave you in awe because the interval between shots is automatically and intelligently fine-tuned to cater to where you’re filming.

The Mobile Gamer’s delight

256GB +8GB

Editing your gameplay or simply saving your screen recordings for future reference? The Phantom X comes with enough storage and RAM for your pleasure. Not only will the 8GB of RAM and 256GB ROM process tasks more smoothly and efficiently, but they would also provide ample storage for all the videos and photos you’d want to capture. 

HELIO G95 Processor

For gamers across all platforms, lag is the one thing that is dreaded. The TECNO Phantom X eliminates that problem with the HELIO G95 processor powering the engine to bring you a lag-free user experience.

4700mAh+33W Flash Charge

The device uses low power consumption efficiency, allowing the 4700mAh battery to last up to 29 hours without charging. With a 33W super-flash charger, 30 minutes of charge can pump 70% battery life with 60 minutes of charge pumping 100%. Sweet!

For the Photography enthusiast

50M Ultra-Night Camera + 1/1.3-inch Ultra-Large Sensor

Our industry leading 50MP Ultra-Night Camera with 1/1.3-inch Ultra-Large Sensor, can just make you easily shoot crisp and professional photos. The 1/1.3-inch Ultra-Large sensor with a pixel area of 2.4μm in 4-in-1 brings a wider ISO range and less noise, enabling users to take purer image even under dim light.

48M Ultra-clear Selfie Camera with 105°Ultra-Wide Angle

The front 48M Ultra-clear Selfie camera can capture your beauty with all glory. Skin textures are clearer, facial features are sharper and your smile brighter. Perfect Selfie can be taken layered with AI to add extra glimmer and sparkle.PHANTOM X will also automatically expand the field of view to 105°ultra-wide angle, fitting more in your shots with ease. 

Super Night View 3.0/Super Night Portrait

By combing flash, low light HDR and AI technology, together with the increased 4-in-1 pixel size, PHANTOM X can turn the night alive and capture more in your images than the eye can see.

Full Pixel Dual-Core Focus + Laser Focus

Find focus in a flash with full pixel dual-core focus and laser focus. The laser focus brings the extremely fast focusing experience, using an additional sensor to focus on even distant objects in lower light conditions.

50mm Golden Portrait

PHANTOM X uses 50mm Golden Portrait to present natural images without distortion, capturing and enhancing the finest details. By accurate scenery separation and aesthetic spot effect, each portrait is perfection.

Portrait Light Effect

PHANTOM X’s 7 portrait lighting effects mode lets users choose the lighting without the need to change surroundings.

Where to buy the Phantom X

You can pre-order the device from any TECNO accredited shop across the country or order online via https://www.tecno-mobile.com/gh/stores/. You only need a GHS 400 down payment to do that.

 

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Regarding illegal streaming of the Ghana Premier League

StarTimes is the leading Pay TV service provider in Africa and the exclusive lawful licensee of the Media Rights for the Ghana Premier League on television and OTT.

It has come to the attention of StarTimes that some radio stations and online portals are promising their listeners live video coverage of the upcoming SUPER CLASH between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko on their social media handles. This would constitute infringement on the media rights of StarTimes.

StarTimes is by this communiqué calling on all media houses, online portals and the general public, to desist from unlicensed streaming of the SUPER CLASH between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko and all other Ghana Premier League matches.

StarTimes together with the GFA will avail themselves to all legal and regulatory avenues to seek redress for the breaches of their rights.

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Ghana’s wolf_hunters take top honours in the Africa Cyber Defense Forum’s Cyberlympics 2021

Four aspiring cybersecurity professionals from Ghana bested more than 50 other teams this week to win the Cyberlympics 2021 competition organised by the Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF) and sponsored and facilitated by CompTIA, the leading non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce and a global provider of IT learning tools and certifications.

Competitors tested their cybersecurity knowledge and skills by completing hands-on lab simulations created by TryHackMe, an online platform that teaches cybersecurity through short, gamified real-world labs that reflect the threats organisations face today. The competition addresses the cybersecurity skills gap and digital divide that persist in Africa by developing new STEM talent to support the continent’s growth as an emerging technology hub.

The winning team – the wolf_hunters from Ghana – successfully completed 51 of 58 cybersecurity challenges during the 24-hour event. Team members are Eric Sowah Badger, Saeed Bala Ahmed, Stephen Hasford and Arnold Kyei Baffour.

First runner-up in the competition was the BlackFire team from Ivory Coast – Bisso Guy Selassi, Souleymane Coulibaly, Mohamed Coulibaly and Konan Samuel.

Another team from Ivory Coast, with teammates Khalil Thiero, Jesse Michel Edi, Adbul-Baacit Coulibaly and Idris Kader Kone – claimed the second runner-up position.

Other countries represented at ACDF’s Cyberlympics 2021 included Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan.

Members of the top three teams each received a complementary exam voucher to test for CompTIA Security+, a globally recognized certification that validates baseline skills in cybersecurity. Public and private sector organisations around the world rely on CompTIA Security+ for many of their technology professionals because it validates the hands-on practical skills IT professionals need to perform core security functions in today’s cyber environment.

The top three teams also received free access to CompTIA’s comprehensive eLearning courseware, CertMaster Learn for Security+, to help them prepare for the exam.

About Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF)
The Africa Cyber Defense Forum is a continental platform for public-private cooperation. The forum through its well curated and world class content, engages Top level government officials, Technology experts, business leaders and other leaders of society to shape the continental, regional and industry agendas in the African cyber space. Our activities are anchored in our passionate pursuit of better and safer technology and we are seeking to shape the future of information security through progressive and inspiring conversations in technology and offering thought leadership to both governments, society and private sector.

We believe that technology has the potential to bring transformative change in the continent, but we must ensure that it is equally secure. This is why by bringing together experts from all walks of life in a business conscious platform we can make a positive change in our society. We bring together open-minded, creative, forward-thinking ICT experts, entrepreneurs, and individuals at the frontline of information security, cyber defense technology, technology review, and Business executives through high-level panels and speakers to create deal flows, partnerships and inspire. Visit https://africacyberdefenseforum.com/.

About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. Visit  https://www.comptia.org/.

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MTN Ghana recognised for its outstanding contributions to sustainable development in Ghana

MTN Ghana has been recognised with three awards at the third edition of the Health, Environment, Safety and Security awards ceremony held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.

MTN was awarded ‘The most outstanding for its contributions for Sustainable Development’. The company also received ‘The Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence award’ and the ‘Telecoms Facility Excellence award’.

Receiving the awards, the Senior Manager for Security Risk Management, Mr Foster Kplomdo expressed his appreciation to the organizers for the recognition given to MTN’s contribution to sustainable development initiatives within the communities it operates and the management of its facilities.

MTN Snr. Mgr for Employee Relations- Alberta Fiamor Receives Award on Behalf MTN, supported by the Security & Safety Team

He dedicated the awards to the Security, & Safety and the MTN Ghana Foundation team at MTN for their commitment to ensuring that staff, customers and stakeholders of MTN are always safe especially in this period where the world is battling with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commenting on the awards, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh commended the Safety and Security Team of MTN and the MTN Foundation for their steadfastness in ensuring MTN provided a safe and secure environment for staff, customers and the general public.

He said, “your approach to managing the security and health of both staff and stakeholders within our communities during the pandemic is commendable”.  There was business continuity as customers were engaged in a safe environment. Our communities bonded with us more because we demonstrated our concern with the PPEs and Vaccines we donated during the COVID 19 pandemic last year.” He added, “We are excited the awards Board of HESS has recognised our contribution conferred these awards on us. We hope to do more in that regard.”

The HESS awards was organised by Ianmatsun Global Services Ltd, organizers of the Sustainability and Social Investment Awards and publishers of the Sustainability Report Magazine in partnership with Firmus Advisory a leading Research Company in Ghana.  It is designed to identify, publicly recognize and celebrate outstanding companies for exceptional performance and innovations focused on occupational Health, the Environment, Employee and Stakeholder Safety and security.

This is the second time MTN has participated in the awards program and continues to be recognised for its dedication to ensuring employees and stakeholders health and safety remains paramount. This year’s awards program was under the theme: ‘Building a resilient workspace post -COVID -19; The role of HSSE initiatives.

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Everyday can be World Music Day with these popular music apps from Huawei AppGallery

Nothing beats the sound of your favorite track coming on! We all agree that Music plays an essential role in our lives and can have so many benefits. It can lift our mood, ravish old memories, boosts creativity, and helps for relaxation and much more.

In celebration of World Music Day on June 21st, AppGallery, Huawei’s official distribution platform and one of the top three marketplaces globally invite you to discover the three most popular music apps in AppGallery.

These apps support listening to Music on the move, creating playlists of your favorite tracks, discovering new local artists, identifying songs, and many other features.

Deezer: play new Music, live radio & any MP3 song:

Deezer is an online music streaming service. It allows users to listen to music content from record labels and podcasts on various devices online and offline.

Listen to playlists packed with top songs and sounds by the hottest artists. Download any MP3 from the latest albums and sing along to your favorite tune with on-screen lyrics. Listen to your music on-demand, online or offline, wherever and whenever you want, and have Music at your fingertips for waking up, chilling out, and living life.

HUAWEI Music:

The HUAWEI Music is a music app that comes pre-installed on Huawei phones or downloaded from AppGallery, Huawei’s official distribution platform. It allows you to stream songs from the vast database across Huawei devices.

Free Music for Soundcloud:

Free Music is a third-party free music player client for SoundCloud®. It allows users to listen to songs freely without a subscription limit.  To discover more music apps on AppGallery, click here.

About AppGallery – Top 3 App Marketplaces Globally

AppGallery is a smart and innovative ecosystem that allows developers to create unique experiences for consumers. Huawei’s unique HMS Core allows apps to be integrated across different devices, delivering more convenience and a smoother experience – and this is part of our wider “1+8+N” strategy at Huawei.

Huawei’s vision is to make AppGallery an open, innovative app distribution platform that is accessible to consumers, and at the same time, strictly protects users’ privacy and security while providing them with a unique and smart experience.

Being the top 3 global app marketplaces, AppGallery offers a wide variety of global and local apps across 18 categories, including navigation & transport, news, social media, and others. AppGallery is available in more than 170 countries and regions with over 540 million monthly active users. Huawei has partnered with 2.3 million developers across the globe, and the total app distribution from AppGallery has reached 384.4 billion times within 2020.

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Wimbart launches third edition of PR Office Hours

Wimbart, the Public Relations agency specialising in Africa & emerging markets, returns with the launch of its third PR Office Hours programme. The programme has been designed to equip African and Africa-focussed startups with the PR tools required to support and achieve their business goals and will be delivered in partnership with Ventures Platform and Techpoint Africa, who will share their expert knowledge on how to connect and secure with investors, journalists and how to communicate with key stakeholders.

Wimbart Office Hours is targeted at early-stage startups and with a focus on companies building tech solutions for Africans on the continent or the Diaspora. Eligible startups must be less than two years old, have a minimum viable product available and may have secured investment(s) at no later than a seed-level stage.

20 start-ups will be selected by the Wimbart team to participate in the free programme. Applications to be part of the third cohort are now open and will close on Monday 12 July, 12pm BST. 

Wimbart is one of the most active PR agencies focused on tech sector companies in Africa having worked with over 60 start-ups and high growth companies, including AppsFlyer, IROKOtv, Sokowatch and Gokada. The team behind the Wimbart Office Hours programme will work with Cohort three to build a broader understanding of how PR and communications should be an integral part of early-stage tech start-ups’ planning and growth, helping them to realise their vision as they scale. Wimbart Office Hours alumni from cohorts one and two include Afriktrip, Nuguvu Health and Vybe, amongst others.

Successful applicants will join an in-depth all-cohort PR webinar + Q&A with the PR agency’s founder and CEO, Jessica Hope as well as individual sessions led by partners Kola Aina, founder of Ventures Platform and Múyìwá Mátùlúkò, CEO of Techpoint Africa.

These sessions will be followed by three dedicated one-on-one office hours sessions with senior members of the Wimbart team,  where each company will deep dive into their communications challenges and ask questions that are specific to their business needs in order to help them attract customers, investments and talent.

Speaking on the launch of the third edition of Wimbart Office Hours, founder and CEO, Jessica Hope says, “It has been a challenging period for technology start-ups and we see that now, more than ever, honing and refining strong communications skills and weaving PR into marketing activities, whether it is for growing customer base or connecting with investors, is more crucial than ever when building and scaling a business on the continent”.

Kola Aina, founder and general partner of Venture Platform says, “We are looking forward to working with early-stage tech start-ups to equip them with communications strategies they require at investor level. There is incredible talent within the African tech space breaking through and we are privileged to be on this journey with them”.

Múyìwá Mátùlúkò, CEO of Techpoint Africa says, “Techpoint is very happy to be a part of Wimbart Office Hours for the second time running. We have no doubt that, at the end of the programme, all participating startup founders will leave with valuable insights around brand awareness, building reputation and scaling their company through media.”

Tech start-ups interested in applying for the third edition of Wimbart Office Hours can find out more and apply for the programme via the Wimbart website. Applications close at 12pm BST on Monday 12 July and successful companies will be notified by Tuesday 20th July.

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MultiChoice Africa appoints new Managing Director for Ghana operations

Pan African Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Africa has named Alex Okyere as the new Managing Director for its Ghana operation. His appointment is expected to further strengthen the operations in Ghana. He takes over from former Managing Director Cecil Sunkwa-Mills who is leaving the business effective 1^st June 2021.

During his over 14 years of stewardship, he led the business along a path of steady growth and a position of prominence in the Ghanaian market. He is leaving to pursue other interests but will continue to consult for the business.

According to MultiChoice Africa Regional Director for East, West and Central Africa, Maharage Chande, this appointment comes at a critical time for the video entertainment business and cements MultiChoice’s market leadership position as Ghana’s most loved storyteller, committed to providing great entertainment and investing in the future of our people by harnessing the transformative power of media on society.

“Our strategy is to continuously provide customers with more of their favorite content and thus providing unmatched value. This new appointment will play a major role in delivering the experience our customers are accustomed to and we are determined to continue putting this at the center of our corporate culture and values,” said Maharage Chande, MultiChoice Africa Regional Director for East, West and Central Africa.

Prior to assuming this new role, Alex Okyere was the Chief Customer Officer at MultiChoice Ghana. He has held various roles at MultiChoice including, Regional Finance Director for East, West and Central Africa, Finance Director for the West & Central Africa Region and Finance Director for MultiChoice Kenya.

Alex brings over 15 years of experience in finance, accounting, commercial and general management in various industries and multinational organizations such as MultiChoice Africa, Weatherford International, Schlumberger, Newmont and PricewaterhouseCoopers (pwc).

He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana). He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Ghana.

Alex said: “I am delighted to head-up Ghana’s leading video entertainment company and looking forward to leading this business at what is an exciting time for the industry and the Multichoice Group. My focus will be to increase our subscriber base by upholding our excellent offering, and service both new and existing customers”

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