Author: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie
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Huawei smartphone shipment sees steady increase
Huawei, a technology development firm has said it maintained the second place in global shipment quantity with an increase of 28.2 per cent despite the Google ban. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the International Data Corporation (IDC) a premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services for information technology, telecommunications, and…
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UBA Ghana to expand branch network in 2020
The Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications of UBA Ghana, Efo Kwame Dzakpasu, has said that bank is in the process of expanding its reach to about five extra operational areas in the coming year. He said the bank had started work on branches in Ashaiman and Kasoa to beef up its physical relationship with…
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Consumers to enjoy free mobile roaming services in ECOWAS countries – Ursula
From January 2020, mobile phone users would be able to travel throughout the West African sub-region operating their mobile phones without any extra charges, Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has disclosed. This comes into effect years after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) approved the decision in 2017. Parliament earlier in the week…
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Vodafone Ghana affirms commitment to bolster 4G infrastructure in 2020
Telecom giants, Vodafone Ghana has expressed its commitment to building a robust network to satisfy the needs of Vodafone internet subscribers. By this commitment, Vodafone would invest in more cell sites in different parts of the country to propel its 4G spectrum that was launched earlier this year. Mr. Gayheart Mensah, Director of External Affairs,…
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Kpone- Katamanso Assembly cuts property rate by 50%
The Kpone- Katamanso Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region has reduced its property rate by 50 per cent. The move was triggered by the frequent appeals by residents for a reduction in the cost of the rate. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Noble Atsu Ahadzie, KKMA Budget Analyst, noted that most residents…
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Construction of livestock market commences in Gushegu
The Ghana Developing Communities Association (GDCA) in partnership with Gushegu Municipal Assembly, has cut the sod for the construction of a modern livestock market with auxiliary facilities in Gushegu in the Northern region. It is being executed through GDCA Community Life Improvement Programme with funding support from the Acting for Life. The market project, which…
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Customers of collapsed banks, microfinance firms to get 100% deposits – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that customers of indigenous banks that lost their licenses due to the financial sector clean-up exercise will receive full payment of their locked up cash. He said the same would be done for customers of collapsed microfinance institutions and savings and loans companies. The president made this known in his…
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Over 3,000 Groupe Nduom employees jobless after banking sector clean-up – Nduom
The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum, has disclosed that more than 3,000 of his employees lost their jobs as a result of the banking sector clean-up. Dr. Ndoum’s GN Bank which was one of his numerous businesses, was downgraded to a savings and loans company in the early part of 2019. One…
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Cosmys Ghana launches Nkomo App to make communication easier
As communication via data and airtime becomes a little more expensive especially in sub-saharan Africa, people are looking for cheaper and yet reliable ways to communicate. Against this background, Cosmys Ghana Limited, one of the leading telecom and ICT solutions providers in Ghana, has launched its new App called the Nkomo App. The app provides…
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Tuobodom tomato farmers cry over low sales due to importation from Burkina Faso
The continuous importation of millions of dollars’ worth of fresh tomatoes from neighbouring Burkina Faso into Ghana, is taking a huge toll on tomato farmers in the country. The Federation of Tomato Growers Association at Tuobodom in the Techiman North Municipality of the Bono East Region, which produces a chunk of tomatoes, says its members…