Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

KWAMI AHIABENU     17 OCTOBER 2017 Software powers our information society. Each of the billions of people on the surface of the earth today, makes use of the new digital technologies either directly or indirectly on daily basis. From making a phone call, to driving a car or following your favourite sport on television, software is the invisible tool which makes it all possible. Most computer or information technology systems are made up of essentially four critical components; hardware- which is the most visible aspect-process, people and software. Computer software, or simply software, can be described as a set of instructions, applications, operating systems and documentation that instructs a computer or related equipment on what to do, and how to do it. For example, a banking software is basically a series of instructions and associated documentation which directs a banking system that accounts to credit or debit and under what circumstances.  There are ...

An IT expert has revealed some technical flaws in the recently launched 2.5 million-dollar Ghana PostGPS system that has been touted as the solution to the decades of poor addressing system in the country. Stefan Froelich who works with WITS Ghana, an IT solution company, after reviewing the technical element of the application said the system is fraught with some technical issues, some of which he described as amateurish.  In his estimation, the system "is poorly designed, ineptly built and has no chance of yielding anything close to the results it has been touted as capable of bringing". He concluded that Ghana may have been ripped off in the deal, saying "right now, this looks like money poorly spent!" adding Ghana has lost an opportunity do demonstrate to the world that it can develop a homegrown solution to its problems. Source:  http://3news.com/65053-2/