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SHS Girls in Ashanti Region Benefit from MoCD & Huawei Partnership Cyber Security Training.
Cyber Security Training is the way forward.
The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation has partnered with Huawei Ghana to organise Cybersecurity training for 20,000 Senior High School (SHS) Girls in the Ashanti Region.
The partnership is under the first phase of its Seeds for the Future- Women in Tech programme aimed at empowering more women and girls in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
A joint statement issued by the two institutions said the training which was under the Ministry’s National Girls-In-ICT programme would engage 11 schools at the Senior High level.
It said it was to equip them with the fundamentals of cybersecurity and enable them to stay safe in the cyberspace
Beneficiary schools for the first phase include Kumasi Wesley Girls SHS, Yaa Asantewaa SHS, St Louis SHS, Serwaa Nyarko Girls, Kumasi Girls, Adventist Girls SHS, St Mary’s Girls, Afua Kobi Ampem Girls, St Monica’s, TI Ahmadiyya and Prince of Peace Girls.
The statement said the second and third phases of the training would take place at the Central and Eastern Regions and it was expected to double the number of beneficiaries.
Mrs Ama Pomaa Boateng, the Deputy Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, said the initiative was part of efforts to continue empowering the youth with the technological skills urgently needed to thrive in the digital era.
She expressed the hope that much enthusiasm would be generated among the girls to enhance ICT education in Ghana.
Mrs. Jenny Zhou, the Director of Public Relations for Huawei Ghana, said Huawei would continue to provide support for initiatives targeted at empowering more females to take up roles in the tech space.
“In the digital era, the most important measure to bridge the digital gender gap is through education. Whether it’s college education or social training, we need to give women more opportunities to participate in the digital profession,” she said.
The Cyber Security Training, which began October 16, 2021, focused on Information Security, Cyber Bullying and Attacks, Child Online Protection Provisions in the New Cyber Security Act 2020, and tips on how to stay safe online.
The girls were also sensitized on the need to report all cyber-related issues to the National Cyber Security Authority by sending SMS the shortcode 292 for prompt response and assistance.
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SOURCE: GNA
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Apple annual hardware and software event is around the corner. As expected new hardware device and software update will be announced.
The software announcements is expected to feature the following software updates from the iOS, watchOS, ipadOS and macOS. The iOS 16 updates come with some unique and easy customizable features to user in the apple ecosystem. Despite all this, not all devices will receive such updates.
Usually these upgrade in software also requires certain kind of hardware to bring its full feature functionality to the users. And in times like this, the old devices are sacrifice to outdoor the future updates of the software. Apple in particular is known for providing a longer software support for its devices. For instance the iPhone 5s received software support for for six years before finally given up the ghost. iPhone 6s and 6s plus users has also enjoyed a longer software support on these devices from iOS 9 til iOS 15.
Can iPhone 7 Get iOS 16?
Before apple annual WWDC event , most users anticipated that Apple will drop support for the iPhone 6s and 6s plus models and probably give the iPhone 7 and 7plus an additional one year software support update, unfortunately the opposite has just happened as apple has dropped support for the iPhone 6s ,iPhone6s plus, iPhone7 and iPhone 7plus models.
The iPhone 7 and 7plus model is still a great device. It uses Apple A10 Fusion 64-bit system-on-chip, which consists of two low-power cores and two high-power cores (only two cores are used at any point in time).
The A10 chip also features a hexa-core graphics chip capable of “console-level gaming.
The same chip is featured in the sixth generation iPad, seventh generation iPad, and seventh generation iPod Touch.
iOS 16 is compatible with these devices.
What iPhones can get iOS 16?
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
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watch WWDC22 event below
The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has announced an extension to the deadline for the
SIM re-registration exercise to September 2022.
According to the minister, the extension had become necessary due to the various challenges registrants are facing to complete the exercise. One major factor can be attributable the issue or acquisition of their national identification cards.
This has led to several calls on the government and the ministry to extend the exercise to September 30.
“Upon consultation, Government has decided to grant a final conditional extension. The programme will be extended to September 30 to end on the anniversary of its commencement, that will give us one full year of SIM re-registration,” the minister stated.
“It will be reviewed at the end of this month [July] and any SIM that has not been fully registered by the end of August will be barred from certain services including voice and data. It will also be more expensive to use unregistered SIMs,” she added.
The full range of punitive measures, the Minister noted will be announced at another press briefing which will be held in September this year.
Apple usual annual Developers Conference (WWDC22) has just ended and the annual software preview has been launched. The event was overhauled with software updates from the iOS, watchOS, ipadOS to macOS. These upgrade in software also requires certain kind of hardware to bring its full feature functionality to the users. And in times like this, the old devices are sacrifice to outdoor the future updates of the software. Apple in particular is know for providing a longer software support for it devices. for instance the iPhone 5s received software support for for six years before finally given up the ghost. iPhone 6s and 6s plus users has also enjoyed a longer software support on these devices.
With the released of iOS16 most users anticipated that Apple will drop support for the iPhone 6s and 6s plus models and probably give the iPhone 7 and 7plus an additional one year software support update, unfortunately the opposite has just happened as apple has dropped support for the iPhone 6 ,iPhone6s plus, iPhone7 and iPhone 7plus models.
below are the iPhone models that will receive ios 16 software updates.
iOS 16 is compatible with these devices.
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
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iOS 16 is Compatible with only these devices.
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SIM Card Registration: How to Register Starting October 1, 2021.
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