Category: TECHNOLOGY
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SMEs skeptical of mobile money services (Audio)
Businesses are still skeptical of the use of mobile money despite the boom in patronage of the service. Citi Business News’ checks with some small scale business owners show mixed reactions to the use of mobile money services. This means more needs to be done to increase patronage. In the build up to the Financial…
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#CitiBizFestival: Banks, telcos partner to fund women entrepreneurs
Some players in the financial industry have called for collaboration between banks and mobile money operators even as banks seek to create access to funds for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs in Ghana have over the years lamented the difficulty they face in securing loans needed to start up and expand their businesses. According to the financial players…
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Telecom Chamber pledges support for CMP
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has stated that it will ensure the success of the Common Monitoring Platform (CMP) operated by Kelni-GVG, as long as it doesn’t compromise the privacy of its customers, and the security of its networks. According to the CEO of the chamber, Kenneth Ashigbey, the chamber will do all it can to help in…
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MTN launches its IPO today
MTN will today launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to allow it raise some amount of money from the public. The company is by this exercise give at least thirty-five percent access to the general public to own a stake in its operations. The move is also to allow the telecom company fulfill a regulatory…
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MTN launches IPO next Tuesday
MTN will launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO) next week Tuesday, May 29, 2018. The exercise is to allow the public access to own a part of the telecom company. Following the completion of the process, the public will have access to thirty-five percent ownership in MTN. The decision to allow public ownership, forms part…
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Fibre cuts major cause of poor telecom services
Fibre optic cables have aided the connection of platforms for improved service delivery by telecom operators. However the challenge of dealing with their regular destruction, has left most telecom operators desperate. The phenomenon not only drains resources but creates a gloomy picture for improved services. Citi Business News has been engaging industry players and they…
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Glo serves only a third of expected coverage area
It has emerged that telecoms company, Glo, covers only a third of the total number of districts it is to cover in terms of its 3G coverage obligations. This is the conclusion of a first quarter Quality of Service Monitoring conducted by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The company is therefore expected to improve upon…
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Naomi Amoah wins MTN Heroes of Change season 4
The newly crowned winner of the MTN Heroes of Change, Season Four competition, Naomi Esi Arku Amoah, has called for increased support from corporate institutions for individuals who are impacting their communities. According to Madam Amoah, more lives could be saved or improved if change agents are given the needed support. Madam Amoah, an evangelist…
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Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia opens Ghangeria Rising Conference
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will be opening this year’s edition of the Ghangeria Rising Conference in Accra. The conference is scheduled for Thursday, 10th May, 2018 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra. It will assemble key investors, businessmen and women, policy makers and regulators to discuss trade, business and investment opportunities between Ghana and…
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Mobile money interoperability goes live on May 10
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has disclosed that the mobile money interoperability will go live on Thursday, May 10, 2018. According to the CEO of GhIPSS, Archie Hesse, the rolling out of the system will follow the launch by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The mobile money interoperability is the first…