British High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Iain Walker, writes on the UK-Ghana prosperity partnership to accelerate a shared Ghana Beyond Aid vision. When it comes to building a more prosperous future, the UK-Ghana partnership is driving the agenda at the UK-Africa Investment Summit. Ghana is changing the narrative around the future of the African continent. Last year, the nation captured international headlines and energised the global African Diaspora through the ‘Year of Return’. The real story of Ghana is out there - one of aspiration, ambition and energy, and a journey to greater economic self-reliance. The UK Government shares His Excellency President Akufo-Addo’s ‘Beyond Aid’ vision for Africa. The Continent has 8 of the 15 fastest growing economies in the world but currently receives less than 4% of foreign direct investment. It is in all our interests to change this paradigm. Link to full article in first comment #africa #futureoftech #ghana #aws #azure #outsourcingit

The Hidden Costs of Cloud Computing Starting with your cloud infrastructure was simple. You ran up a few instances, maybe created an AD structure, added some storage; as it's easily scalable you added a few more things and the pay for what you use pricing seemed ideal. But very quickly you've added even more services and when you receive your next invoice you've been landed with an unexpectedly high bill. Now you start to analyse the invoice but there are thousands of line items and it can be almost impossible to identify what is needed, what is underutilised or poorly optimised so I'd like to give some pointers into ways that you can tame those costs and identify where the hidden extra charges may be hiding. 1. Unused Instances As it's so easy to run up an instance in the cloud it may not be surprising that one of the biggest unnecessary costs is unused instances, so you end up paying for services you are not utilising. Managing change control should include turning off instances when they are no longer being used. 2. Under Used Instances read more of the article (link to article in first comments) #aws #azure #outsourcingit #ghana

Happy New Year to all our followers. We hope you all had a wonderful festive season and are ready to take on 2022. We have begun our 2022 with some exciting news! Resilience Energy Technology has been named one of the "Top 5 Renewable Energy Solution Providers in the UK" by the technology magazine Energy Tech Review. Have a read of the article to explore how our REenergy platform is making innovative change in the way we interact and balance the National Grid, whilst creating an opportunity for installers and homeowners to earn revenue at the same time. Get in touch if you'd like to join us in shaping the future of green energy. #renewableenergy #greenenergy #energy #technology #cleantech #change #future Bethnal Green Ventures Tilix Maximeyes Group Puredrive Energy Ltd https://lnkd.in/eqZ86FKk

Data feels lightweight and fleeting, but its storage - essentially underwriting our world - weighs heavy on our limited resources. We talk to Andy Long about their green data centre Hydro66 | Green Cloud Infrastructure. How are they disrupting the data storage industry, and lightening the load? Join our conversation on our Facebook live on Friday 5th February at 3pm GMT.

We are going live on Facebook @3pm this afternoon with the 4th discussion in our Resilient Future series. This month we are discussing the renewable installer market and how our platform is revolutionizing this space. Why not join us this afternoon and challenge us with any burning questions you may have! Bethnal Green Ventures Tilix Maximeyes UK LtdAceOn Group https://fb.me/e/7MQ9rGKMX

I know its a sunny Friday and you have probably got better things to do this afternoon but have you ever considered the effect of a sunny day like this will have on our electricity grid? We will be discussing the topic of flexibility during our second Facebook live event this afternoon! 3.00pm on our Facebook page Here is our last discussion introducing us and our series of talks: https://lnkd.in/gfT4G4Z #energyindustry #batterystorage #electricity #event #innovation TilixStuart DawesBethnal Green VenturesOptimeyes Energy LtdDoogheno