Google Maps Polling Stations Ahead of Elections.
Fiifi Baidoo, a GASP program coordinator, today held a Google MapUp event at the TechHub. The event was aimed at mapping polling stations ahead of the 2012 General Elections in six days time. Edmond Asewe Aduni and Asiedua Debrah-Apomah, Google Student Ambassadors at KNUST, were also on hand to ensure the success of the event. The MapUp started with a brief introduction by Edmond in which he...
Read MoreIDEO.org & Water + Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) Visit mFriday
Molly Norris, Robin Bigio and Faustina Asante who are working together on a USAID-funded project paid a visit to mFriday on November 27, 2012. They represented the organizations IDEO.org and Water + Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP). They were hosted by Bobby, Emmanuel, Godwin and Chris on behalf of mFriday. After a brief introduction, Molly walked mFriday through their Clean Kumasi project...
Read MoreAnis Haffar on Education, iLab & TechHub.
Anis Haffar of the GATE institute was at mFriday to engage the whole community on the Topic “The Future of Higher Education, Clues from Harvard University’s Innovation Lab”. He really made a great and engaging interaction with the community as is his style of making illustrations to make the presentation very lively. He stated that with the advent of the the mFriday...
Read MoreVodafone partners mFriday to activate TechHub at KNUST
A centre of technology has been activated at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as an innovative hub for students with ideas to solve socio-economic problems. The TechHub serves as the foremost mobile and web laboratory in Ghana where students are trained as ICT developers and future socially responsible entrepreneurs in the high-tech industry. Vodafone Ghana...
Read MoreMr. Adjei of Printing & Imaging Solutions (PIS) Donates a Server to mFriday
On Saturday, August 25, 2012, Mr. Eric Osiakwan of Kuzima and Mr. Joe Adjei of Printing & Imaging Solutions joined the mFriday co-founders and core group for a CEO round table discussion. The mFriday management were planning the activities for the remaining quarter of 2012 and it was only fitting to invite Messrs. Adjei and Osiakwan over to take part. This was done to demonstrate our “Show,...
Read MoreFarmerline @ World Summit Youth Award to be held in Canada
Farmerline has once again placed mFriday and other associated Tech organisation on the global map. This time, Farmerline has been adjudged the winner of the 2012 World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) to be held in Canada. The WSYA selects and promotes best practice in e-Content. It demonstrates young people’s potential to create outstanding digital contents and serves as a platform for people...
Read MoreOperation: Clean Campus
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been the victim of vandalism for some time now. What is so surprising is that these acts of vandalism are being conducted by none other than its very own students which it is training to take up leadership roles to turn the fate of the country around. These students, who are attending the best tertiary institution in West Africa,...
Read MoreFirst Ever Mobile Web App Development Training Outside Accra
The 17th of May saw the mobile web application training organized by the coalition of mFriday and Mobile Web Ghana take off. This much awaited workshop was the very first to be organized outside the capital, Accra. It was centered on training its thirty-two applicants in mobile web development, mobile app development, business models, business plans and start-ups. The thirty-two trainees were all...
Read MoreUC Berkeley Ph.D Candidate, Lindsay Bayham Visits mFriday
As mFriday continues to stick to its vision of innovation and churning out socially responsible people in society, it’s not strange that in barely eight months of being in existence, we are contacted by various change makers and change seekers all around the globe. Our online presence and blog has also given us leverage when it comes to people contacting us to discover and find out the exciting...
Read MoremFriday/MWG Vacation Training: 100% Expectation Met
So as part of the partnership between mFriday and Mobile Web Ghana (MWG), a Web Foundation initiative, there is an ongoing training for mFriday members. Only a week into the training, trainees are poised to become the changemakers that the world needs. All of them are thinking really hard and implementing mobile applications to make the world a better place. Pictures at the training are available...
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