{"id":155731,"date":"2015-09-22T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=155731"},"modified":"2015-09-29T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:51:00","slug":"cititrends-episode-26-making-ghanaian-innovators-global-players-vrs-tech-hubs-in-ghana-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/cititrends-episode-26-making-ghanaian-innovators-global-players-vrs-tech-hubs-in-ghana-for-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"#CitiTrends Episode 26: Making Ghanaian innovators global players vrs tech hubs in Ghana for growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a week it has been on the technology front in Ghana and what an amazing show it was on Citi 97.3 FM.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the show started off with a chat about why technology innovators from Ghana and Africa seemed not to be making the global impact they should be making despite the amazing solutions they provide. Data and devices manager at MTN Ghana, Abdul-Latif Issahaku joined the chat to share his views.<\/p>\n<p>We also visit the Innovation Week or \u201ci-week\u201d which is an initiative of Ghana \u2013 India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and aims at showcasing ICT innovations in Ghana and her ECOWAS neighbours. #CitiTrends sat in one of the sessions that focused on technology hubs and how they are preparing local tech startups and innovators for \u2018global domination\u2019. In the session were Elikplim Sabla of Mobile Web Ghana, Dorcas Okyere from Penplusbytes and Victor Ofebu of impact hub accra. The session was moderated by mac Jordan Degadjor.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Ama Agyemang Asante shares three interesting apps on the APPS segment of the show called \u2018Hooked\u2019, \u2018Curiyo\u2019 and \u2018Realarm\u2019. 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