Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

Messaging services power modern communications. WhatsApp is no doubt one of the most popular messaging service, standing tall among other services such as Viber, Google hangouts, Signal, Hipchat(now Stride ), Skype, Facebook Messenger, We Chat, Line, MessageMe, Piip,Tango , KIK and AIM. Currently, WhatsApp is so pervasive in Ghana that we can estimate 90 per cent of information flows around WhatsApp, actualised by a myriad of groups and broadcast lists covering all aspects of society; political groups, social networks, business, board level. There are ad hoc groups discussing serious issues, making important decisions, and even fun and mundane type conversations. History After leaving Yahoo, Brian Acton and Jan Koum, the founders of WhatsApp, applied to work with facebook but their job application was rejected. The rejection turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it gave them the opportunity to create WhatsApp in 2009 powered by the vision of ensuring that people...