Author: Ellen Dapaah
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Mobile network consumers express mixed reaction to reduction of ‘talk tax’
The reduction in the Communication Service Tax (CST), which took effect on Tuesday, September 15 has received mixed reactions from mobile network consumers. The reduction of the tax, from nine to five percent, as promised by the government, was done to support Ghanaians during these times of COVID-19. Citi Business News, in an interaction with…
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COCOBOD closes purchases for 2020 light crop cocoa season
This year’s light crop cocoa season has been closed from today, Thursday, September 17, 2020. “It is hereby notified for the general public’s information that purchases for the 2020 Light Crop Season would cease at close of business today, Thursday, 17th September 2020,” a statement from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) noted. Ghana’s cocoa season…
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Women in technology call for government policies to sustain start-up businesses
Stakeholders in the technology space have urged the government to put in place deliberate structures to support young women entrepreneurs involved in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). This, they believe, will positively impact the nation’s development while ensuring employment for many. Over the years, the issue of inequality in the technology space has been discussed…
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Reduction of ‘talk tax’ from 9% to 5% takes effect from September 15
Mobile subscribers and data users will from Tuesday, September 15, 2020, enjoy longer durations of voice and data bundles but pay the same amount of money for recharges. This is because mobile network operators will be reducing the Communication Service Tax (CST), also known as “talk tax” charged on the use of communication services in…
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Unemployment: Planned redundancies twice the rate of last recession
Employers in Britain are planning more than twice as many redundancies than they did at the height of the last recession, new figures show. About 180,000 job cuts were planned from January to March 2009, while 380,000 were planned from May to July this year. Completed redundancies could reach 735,000 this autumn, researchers say. The…
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DKM customers will be paid by end of September – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has promised to pay all customers of Diamond Microfinance Limited (DKM) in full by the end of September 2020. Speaking at a gathering of chiefs and people of Wenchi in the Bono Region as part of his presidential tour, the President stated that everyone who was owed money by the microfinance company will…
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COVID-19 vaccine: 8,000 jumbo jets needed to deliver doses globally – IATA
Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the “largest transport challenge ever”, according to the airline industry. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. There is no COVID-19 vaccine yet, but IATA is already working with airlines, airports, global health bodies and drug…
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British Airways owner IAG to cut more flights
British Airways owner, IAG, is cutting more flights over the next three months as it adjusts to the continuing collapse in demand for air travel. IAG, which also runs Aer Lingus and Iberia, said quarantine restrictions meant capacity this autumn would be 60% below 2019 levels. The group said it had seen a “delayed recovery”,…
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Sellers of local artefacts hopeful of increase in sales after airport reopening
Dealers in locally made artefacts are looking forward to the government’s intervention to boost their business in these times of COVID-19. These dealers, who heavily depend on purchases by foreigners to push their businesses say the initial closure of the airport and other borders have drastically reduced their income level. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has…
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Telecoms Chamber wants specific plan for implementation of national roaming policy
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications is expectant of specific details on how a national roaming policy will be rolled out. This comes on the back of an announcement by the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, on the introduction of a national roaming policy which would allow telecoms service users to automatically switch to the strongest available…