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It was like a dream to see myself and my bicycle float on the sea. What a wao! Kofi is riding on the sea, I told myself. It all started in my quest to reviewing and putting to test new inventions, I met Frank Darko, a 27year old student who resides in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana.    An interesting invention he calls a trifad which had caught the attention of the world through BBC was the trending news then. The Trifad as he calls it is bicycle that moves on water. Frank told me he designed the bicycles that move on water for school kids in deprived communities. "I was watching a documentary and I saw school children swimming to cross a river before going to school at the next village. The children had to wait to be dried before wearing their school uniform. They do this every day. When I saw that I said to myself how can we help these children with such an issue. The first solution that came to my mind was the construction of a bridge. That was ...

Yes I am a phone addict. But am I becoming a Junkie ? Jumping from Facebook to WhatsApp, to YouTube, to everything internet on my phone. The first thing I do when I wake up from bed is to check my phone for messages or calls I could not pick while in the “wonderland” and the phone is the last thing before I get to bed. Obviously, there are some serious ramifications to having a cell phone habit. But mine is some way, I think. Yes in the discharge of my duties as a journalist, I do accept that the phone plays a key role but do I become a slave to my phone? Just thinking aloud. I must admit that I drive text or WhatsApp most of the time.   According to the US Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention , mobile phone use is partially to blame for the distracted driving that kills an estimated nine people each day and injures more than 1,000. The prevalence of texting while driving has reached epidemic proportions. A 2010 study by the Pew Research Center said nearly h...

Apple has long assembled the iPhone in China. Why not here, in the United States? “We are building things in the United States,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said, speaking in Chicago at a taping of  Revolution: Apple Changing The World , a special collaboration between  Recode  and  MSNBC . “It’s not true that iPhone isn’t built in the United States.” “What people fixate on,” Cook said, is that the final assembly is done in China. But in a “global world,” you do things in a variety of places — components from some places, assembly in others. The iPhone’s display glass, for example, comes from Kentucky, Cook said. Chips are built all over the U.S., as is equipment for manufacturing the iPhone. The FaceID module on the iPhone X will be built in Texas. Plants are going up in many places. What about Donald Trump’s pressure to do more manufacturing in the States? (Remember when the  president said that Cook “promised”  to build “three big plants, beautiful plant...

0       8   Share 0 HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, believes Nokia 1 will win the Ghana phone Market. Independent check by kofiGadget Proves that Nokia 1 will soon be the new thing in every home in some few months to come KofiGadget see this us a breakthrough for Nokia in accessible technology.  The Nokia 1 delivers smartphone essentials, refreshingly familiar design and the reassuring quality of a Nokia phone to fans around the world. Running the latest Android Oreo™ (Go edition), a version of Android for devices with 1GB RAM or less the Nokia 1 delivers extraordinary value with an exceptional experience encompassing all the features Ghanaians expect from a quality smartphone. Quality of Nokia smartphones for everyone The Nokia 1 is the champion of giving more people access to technology. With the reassuring quality and design expected of a Nokia smartphone, it keeps users connected with all their smartphone essentials and apps. ...

Mobile phone prices  are likely to face drastic reduction upon the suspension of Import VAT by Ghana Revenue Authority. Ghana Revenue Authority has suspended the collection of Import VAT on 64 commodities and this may positively affect the prices of some commodities especially  mobile  phones. These 64 commodities include; Mobile phones, electrical transformers, tractors for agricultural purposes, solar cells, musical instruments, outboard motors and other devices. A statement signed by the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, indicate that, the suspension of the Import VAT and the Fumigation Levy has become necessary as a result of the “unintended hike in import charges.” The statement added that the decision was agreed on after an extensive consultation between various stakeholders and government.

The Founder of the All Peoples’ Convention (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has started a social media campaign to discourage people from talking on their phones while charging them. Mr Ayariga nearly got his ears and chin burnt had he not dropped a call while his Samsung Galaxy S5 was being charged on Sunday morning. He said after receiving a call around 9:30 AM he heard a pop sound similar to the what carbonated drinks make when they are opened. When he checked to his amazement, the Samsung phone was already burning. “Imagine what would have happened if had not ended the call? ” he Said Usually, this kind of stories, which look fabricated are read on social media but the politician says “it is real.” To him, he could have suffered shocks and burns had he extended his conversation on the phone. “Good Morning fellow country men and women, at around 9.30am today after receiving a call from a friend I left my phone on charge and less than 5 mins my Samsung galaxy S5 started burnin...

There are a lot of fake phones in Ghana. I will be telling you about it very soon