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Twitter delivered a surprise for Africa when it said it was establishing a regional headquarters in the West African nation of Ghana, triggering vigorous debate about the business environment for technology start-ups across the continent.
For the social media giant, its decision was based on shared values - Ghana supports free speech, online freedom, and the open internet .
The fact it also serves as the HQ for the African Continental Free Trade Area - established to accelerate intra-African trade and freedom of movement - seems to have cemented Ghana s appeal as a gateway to the region.
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TWITTER delivered a surprise for Africa when it said it was establishing a regional headquarters in the West African nation of Ghana, triggering vigorous debate about the business environment for technology start-ups across the continent.
For the social media giant, its decision was based on shared values – Ghana supports “free speech, online freedom, and the open internet”.
The fact it also serves as the HQ for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area – established to accelerate intra-African trade and freedom of movement – seems to have cemented Ghana’s appeal as a gateway to the region.
Ghana was a way of becoming “more immersed in the rich and vibrant communities that drive the conversations taking place every day across the African continent”, Twitter said.
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The United Nations, Women, has said females are high achievers when in leadership position.
A representative of the UN, Women, Ms Deodata Mukazayire, at a webinar organised by United Nations Association of Nigeria, thereby requested that special measures should be put in place to create opportunities for more women to get into leadership positions.
The webinar which was titled, ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World,’ was organised to celebrate the International Women’s Day 2021 and the Women in Leadership Award.
Mukazayire said, “Women have been on the frontline, they are among the leaders who have kept the COVID-19 prevalence lower and help reduce the spread of COVID-19; we are seeing it in UN leadership too. When women lead in government we see progress. If they are in the parliamentary, the country adopts more stringent climate change policy. Men are essential part of our society but special measures to get m