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Zeepay becomes first non-bank institution to secure mobile money license

Ghanaians will by the end of this month to enjoy the use of a universal QR (Quick Response) Code in transacting business as part of the country’s digital payment agenda, according to Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.

A SIM Box syndicate operating at Community 11 in Tema in the Greater-Accra Region has been busted in a combined operation by officials of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), KelniGVG and the Ghana Police Service.

Ghana’s telecoms regulator, the National Communication Authority (NCA), has been hauled before the Supreme Court of Ghana over its decision to introduce Conditional Access for Free-to –Air TV broadcast following the revision of its policy on the transition from analogue to digital television in 2019.

Ghana's Communication Ministry has set the middle of 2020 as the time for the final switch over from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) system.

MTN Ghana has recognised and honored some distinguished individuals and corporate institutions for their significant contributions in diverse ways in championing the case lite agenda through MTN Mobile Money in Ghana over a decade.

Ghana’s Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has revealed that between 2015 and first quarter of 2017, government lost GHC300 million in VAT, Communications Service Tax (CST), National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) and GETFund Levy because telecom operators in the country under-declared their revenues.

MultiChoice Ghana has launched a battery of self-service platforms to help customers better manage their DStv and GOtv service during the festivities. 

Ghanaian – founded Farmerline’s proprietary software, Mergdata has been named by TIME magazine, to be among the 100 Best inventions of 2019. 

With prices as low as USD$50, Ghanaian Smartphone lovers can now get for themselves brand new 4G and 3G entry level smartphones that run on the android Go Operating System.

Customers of Ghana’s leading network operator MTN and Ecobank Ghana can now walk into any of the 54 MTN Service Centres across the country to purchase any Samsung smartphone devices and pay in installments over a period of 6 to 12 months, thanks to a new Customer Device Financing programme rolled out by MTN, Ecobank and Samsung in Accra.

Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Nigeria and other African countries, has acquired e-Clat Healthcare Limited, a Nigeria-based health technology company that aims to improve healthcare delivery in Africa.

Vodafone Ghana has appointed Haytham Ammar and Tawa Bolarian to its Senior Management team in line with a company strategy of charting a leadership path in innovation and creativity. 

Employees of Vodafone Group will now be enjoying 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave following the introduction of a new global policy, designed to support families by giving every parent the opportunity to have more time with children new to their family.

Verve, a leading payments technology and card business in Africa, has partnered with the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) to launch its e-payment platform and trade partnership in Ghana.

100 students selected from the country’s public universities have received part payment of their scholarship funds on their hand held mobile devices as part of the MTN Bright Scholarship initiative at a colorful event held at the famous MTN House in Accra.

The Director-General of National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye, has said that the Interconnect Clearinghouse (ICH) for the telecom industry is now up and running.

Mobile network subscribers will be required to re-register their SIM cards from January 1st to end of June, 2020, according to the Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful.

Ghana’ s Deputy Minister of Communications, Vincent Sowah Odotei has revealed that one of the key ways to minimize significantly further divide between the developed and developing world digitally, is for the African continent to invest heavily in data centers.