20 % and AirtelTigo had 19 %. Busy , Surfin , Telesol , and Broadband Home have broadband wireless subscriptions comprising 81 %, 11 %, 6 % and 2 % of the market , respectively .

Ghana has five submarine cable providers ; SAT-3 , MainOne , WASC , Glo and ACE . The first submarine fibre cable was landed in Ghana by the SAT-3 consortium which included the Government of Ghana through Ghana Telecom .

Last year , the carrier-neutral , colocation Tier IV Onix Data Centre in Accra , Ghana , connected with Angola Cables Global Data Centre Interconnect . This integration will enhance international connectivity in Ghana and Senegal , offering access to 66 additional data centres , 8 OTTs , CDNs , and 21 IXPs .

Clients will benefit from a variety of secure digital solutions and managed services through these stateof-the-art facilities .

English-speaking Ghana , which is only four hours ahead of the US East Coast during half of the year and five hours the other half , has a growing BPO industry . TechGulf , a partnership with US based Overland Tandberg , launched a 50-person call centre in Accra in 2022 . Several local ICT services companies provide services to the United States market from Ghana .

This is part of Onix ’ commitment to build a dense ecosystem of partners .

The 2000 m 2 data centre has been designed to cater to the growing demands of business in Ghana and the region . The facility already hosts primary banking and financial clients and has been specifically designed to

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