On Monday, 12th of April, 2021; Twitter tweet about their recent progress about having an office in Ghana.

Jack Dorsey CEO of Twitter made this known on Monday.

🇬🇭 Twitter is now present on the continent.

Thank you Ghana and @NAkufoAddo. #TwitterGhana https://t.co/tt7KR3kvDg

— jack (@jack) April 12, 2021

Twitter said the main reason of opening an office in Ghana is mainly based on some factors. He said the factors were the country’s AfCFTA negotiations, internet access, online and offline free speech policy.

“As a champion for democracy, Ghana happens to be a supporter of free speech, online freedom, and the Open Internet, of which Twitter is also an advocate, “Twitter reveals in a statement’.

In continuation, Ghana’s recent appointment to host The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area centres with our overarching goal to establish a presence in the region that will support our efforts to improve and tailor our service across Africa.

Ghana Relationship With Twitter 

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo – Addo expressed delight at Twitter’s decision to open its African headquarter in the country.

Look at what Akufo Addo Tweeted

The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is EXCELLENT news. Gov’t and Ghanaians welcome very much this announcement and the confidence reposed in our country. 1/3 #TwitterInGhana #TwitterGhana https://t.co/HdCqFgXK0x

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) April 12, 2021

The Ghanaian President revealed that he met with Dorsey virtually on April 7, where they both reached an agreement on Twitter’s activity in Ghana. Akufo – Addo said the contract “is the start of a beautiful partnership between Twitter and Ghana, which is critical for the development of Ghana’s hugely important tech sector.

‘These are exciting times to be in and to run business in Ghana’.

FACTORS BEHIND TWITTER NOT CHOOSING NIGERIA

Many citizens of Nigeria are very disappointed about Twitter’s choice of having its office in Ghana and not Nigeria where tech space looks ripe for the company’s presence in Africa.

According to global digital insights providers, Datareportal.com said there were 85.49 million internet users in Nigeria in January 202. The number of internet user in Nigeria increased by 2.2million [+2.6%] between 2019 and 2020. Internet penetration in Nigeria stood at 42% in January 2020. But according to this results, Ghana outranked Nigeria with these figures: Internet Users in Ghana at 14.76million. The number of internet users in Ghana increased by 1.0million [+7.5%] between 2019 and 2020. Internet penetration in Ghana stood at 48% in January 2020.

Take A Glance Through What Twitter Users Are Saying 

Twitter setting up its African HQ in Ghana is a clear message to the idiots in power in Nigeria.

— Henry Shield (@henryshield) April 13, 2021

Why did Twitter choose Ghana as HQ?

1. Champion for democracy,
2. Supporter of free speech, online freedom, and the Open Internet,
3. Ghana’s hosting The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

Tweet was signed by a Nigerian working in Twitter

— Kalu Aja (@FinPlanKaluAja1) April 12, 2021

Ghana 🇬🇭 has made a lot of progress in the last decade and there is so much Nigeria 🇳🇬 can learn from them.

First of, peace and stability helps. We need to significantly deal with insecurity in Nigeria.

Then, the constant policy summersault and irrational regulations must end.

— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) April 12, 2021

Why Ghana?
“Ghana’s recent appointment to host The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area aligns with…efforts to improve and tailor our service across Africa.”
As promised #AfCFTA = Jobs for Ghanaians. More to come! 🇬🇭 https://t.co/tMky8uO2ke

— Alan John Kyerematen (@AlanKyerematen) April 12, 2021

I hope you have created 100 jobs in the last 5 years before saying Twitter going to Ghana 🇬🇭 instead of Nigeria 🇳🇬 is not a big deal. If you haven’t created jobs, please don’t embarrass yourself.

— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) April 13, 2021

US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has disclosed that the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump as early as this week if Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet refuse to remove him from office in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

This ultimatum was delivered by Pelosi in a letter to colleagues on Sunday night, describing the president as an urgent threat to the nation.

The House will move forward with a non-binding resolution that calls on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, and strip Trump of his presidential authority today, January 11. If the measure fails to receive unanimous support, as is expected, the House will vote on the resolution on Tuesday. Vice President Pence would have “24 hours” to respond, according to Pelosi.

Next, Pelosi said the House “will proceed with bringing impeachment legislation to the floor.”

“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both,” she wrote. “As the days go by, the horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action.”

Pelosi also noted urgency was required because Trump was due to leave office on 20 January.

She explained that the resolution called on Pence “to convene and mobilize the cabinet to activate the 25th amendment to declare the president incapable of executing the duties of his office.”

Under the procedure, the vice president “would immediately exercise powers as acting president,” she wrote.

On Sunday, Pelosi told 60 Minutes Trump was “a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the United States,” adding that he has done something “so serious that there should be a prosecution against him”.

Here’s?Pelosi?’s letter to her colleagues.

US lawmakers decried an attempted “coup” against the US government Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump smashed into the US Congress and shut down legislative sessions.

“A mob storming the US Capitol to overturn an election. A coup in progress,” said Representative Val Demings in a tweet

This is anarchy. This is an attempted coup. And it’s happening in America because of lawless lawmakers,” added another congressman, Seth Moulton.
Others also characterizing the assault as a coup attempt blamed Trump for inciting the protesters, who halted the confirmation by Congress of Joe Biden as the winner of the November 3 election.

“The president is inciting domestic terrorism,” said Representative Mark Pocan.