Category: TECHNOLOGY
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Telcos start payment of interests on mobile money for 2019
Users of mobile money services of the various telecommunication companies should be receiving interests on their wallets for the first quarter of 2019, by the end of this week. It comes on the back of the publication of the interest payment calendar by the Bank of Ghana. The payment calendar for interests on mobile money…
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MTN not sabotaging Mobile Money Interoperability– GhIPSS
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has confirmed that the challenges that customers of MTN are having with sending money from the network to others has to do with capacity issues which all stakeholders involved are working on to resolve. This follows several complaints by customers of MTN over persistent challenges with the…
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Over 1,000 tech startups benefit from digital enterprise programme
Over a thousand technology startups are set to benefit from a digital enterprise programme this year. The Ghana- Oracle Digital Enterprise program is a partnership between government and US tech company, Oracle, which will help the startups develop and sustain their digital skills. The partnership between government and Oracle will provide mentorship to the selected…
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Fight against money laundering must focus on mobile money–GIABA
GIABA, an Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering is urging Ghana to adopt new and modern ways of fighting illicit money transfer to control crimes related to it. The group is calling for a relook of new methods of money transfers including mobile money across countries in the West African sub-region to detect money laundering…
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Patricia Obo-Nai heads Vodafone Ghana as new CEO effective today
Vodafone Ghana will from today April 1 2019, be headed by Mrs. Patricia Obo-Nai as its new Chief Executive Officer. Patricia is the first Ghanaian to be appointed CEO of Vodafone Ghana. Her appointment follows the return of Ms. Yolanda Cuba, the immediate past Vodafone Ghana CEO to Vodacom Group in South Africa, after successfully…
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More education needed to curb cyber crime—Ken Ashigbey
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Kenneth Ashigbey says more education is needed to reduce the menace of Cyber Crime in the country. Mr. Ashigbey is of the view that intensifying education on cybercrime is crucial in order to reduce the number of cases recorded. As at 2017, Ghana lost 97 million…
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MTN to host technology experts to discuss ‘Location Intelligence’
MTN, Ghana’s leading Telecommunications Company and Business World, Ghana’s foremost business magazine will host leading Technology Experts at the 25th MTN Business World Executive Breakfast Meeting. The much anticipated event, on the theme ‘Location Intelligence: The Driver for Business Success’ will take place on March 28, 2019 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in…
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Vodafone launches 4G services; intensifies competition
Vodafone Ghana has officially launched its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) service The service represents the next stage of the mobile data revolution. It is designed to work efficiently than any other before it; allowing customers to experience fast speeds, high-end network quality, faster downloads and uploads. The LTE technology operates in the 2x5MHz frequency block…
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MTN Ghana launches 4G+ service to provide faster data speed
MTN, Ghana’s leading telecommunications service provider, has launched its 4G+ service to provide faster data speeds with widest coverage for its customers. The 4G+ service runs on 4G LTE Advanced technology using the combination of the 800MHz and 2600MHz for carrier aggregation which is an enhancement on the 4G LTE experience. This provides more capacity…
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Vodafone Ghana rolls out 4G services next month
Telecommunications Company Vodafone is preparing to roll out its 4G services next month after securing the spectrum for $30 million last year. Vodafone will be the second telecommunications company to operate on the 4G spectrum after MTN which secured the LTE license in 2015 at $67.5 million . Citi Business News has gathered that Vodafone…