{"id":608293,"date":"2019-04-17T19:42:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Vodafone Ghana<\/p>\n2019-04-17\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/4563"},"modified":"2019-04-17T19:42:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:42:43","slug":"vodafone-empowers-students-in-blockchain-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/17\/vodafone-empowers-students-in-blockchain-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone empowers students in Blockchain technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Vodafone Ghana<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/45632125.295.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Mensah Poku Vodafone\" title=\"Angela Mensah Poku Vodafone\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Angela Mensah-Poku, Enterprise Business Director at Vodafone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Digital Innovation through Blockchain technology will take center stage when this year\u2019s HackLab Foundation\u2019s Hackathon opens on Friday April 19th at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. <\/p>\n<p>The programme is borne out of a partnership between Vodafone\u2019s Enterprise Business, Stanbic Bank, IBM and The HackLab Foundation to digitally empower technology students at the University.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cCan Blockchain Technology transform the Services Sector?\u201d is expected to create a spark and revolutionise the thinking of the student developers on campus. The event will bring together 600 developers from over 18 institutions across Ghana to find plausible and scalable solutions for the Ghanaian and African market using Blockchain technology. Vodafone is also expected to support the best developers in implementing their ideas at the end of the session. <\/p>\n<p>Blockchain technology remains a very popular technology across the world and it will be interesting to see how the students will use it to tackle pertinent issues in the services sector.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting ahead of the event, Angela Mensah-Poku, Enterprise Business Director at Vodafone said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are always excited about the opportunity to unearth young talents in the digital technology sector. Blockchain technology is a very fascinating concept which has captured the attention of the world and this hackathon is a demonstration of our commitment to lead a digital revolution in Ghana. Our status as a leading telecom company in Ghana means we have the power to drive change in our society and this is one of the many avenues we are deploying to accelerate Ghana\u2019s digital journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over three years, Vodafone has succeeded in executing a strategy of igniting a digital revolution in Ghana, leaving no one behind. The impact of this is felt in several platforms and initiatives including the yearly Hackathons, National Digital Coding, Instant Schools online portals and the youth skills &amp; jobs portal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Source: Vodafone Ghana 2019-04-17 Angela Mensah-Poku, Enterprise Business Director at Vodafone Digital Innovation through Blockchain technology will take center stage when this year\u2019s HackLab Foundation\u2019s Hackathon opens on Friday April 19th at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. 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