Joseph-Albert Kuuire

Ghana’s telecom regulator has given operators more time to apply for 5G spectrum, while tightening the rules on who can win it. The National Communications Authority (NCA) issued a consolidated response on July 31 revising the timetable and eligibility criteria for its 5G spectrum award process. The changes touch nearly every stage of the process, from application deadlines to rural coverage targets, and offer the clearest picture yet of how Ghana intends to structure its 5G rollout.

WhatsApp is quietly testing a fix for one of its most persistent annoyances: the flood of business messages that bury personal conversations. The Meta-owned app is piloting a new “Offers & Updates” folder that will automatically sort messages from large businesses — banks, airlines, delivery services — out of the main chat timeline. Messages will move to the folder after a set delay, with Meta testing windows of up to 24 hours, TechCrunch has learned exclusively.

This September, more than 200 young innovators from over a dozen countries will spend 48 hours in Accra building working AI a government-backed bet that the continent can turn its strategy documents into something people can actually use. Africa is not short of artificial-intelligence strategies. Nearly a dozen governments have published national AI plans in the past three years, and Ghana added its own earlier in 2026.