Category: TECHNOLOGY
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NCA steps in to save local 4G companies from collapse
Citi Business News has gathered the National Communications Authority (NCA) will soon step in to save local companies with the 4G license in the country from collapse. Majority of data companies awarded Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses in the 2500 to 2690 MHz band have been saddled with financial and operational challenges. The NCA issued…
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2016 MasterCard Foundation competition launched (photos)
The 2016 edition of the MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity competition has been launched in Accra to allow young Africans generate ideas that can be implemented to change the lives of people living in rural areas. According to the foundation, applications are being expected from Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique , Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda…
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NCA launches 20th anniversary celebrations (photos)
The National Communications Authority (NCA), has launched activities to mark its 20th Anniversary milestone as the regulator of the communications sector of the country. The 20th anniversary celebrations are aimed at telling the story of how the NCA begun, the challenges and breakthroughs experienced. The theme for the yearlong celebration is “NCA, 20years…
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MasterCard organizes competition to improve rural lives
Organizers of the MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity have urged Ghanaians to take part in its next competition to help improve lives of Ghanaians living in rural areas. The 2016 edition, which opened on April 14, will allow people from selected countries including Ghana to design innovative ideas that can be implemented using ICT…
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Vodafone Ghana appoints new HR director
Vodafone Ghana has appointed Hannah Ashiokai Akrong as its new Director of Human Resources, effective April 1, 2016. She joins the company from Honeywell in the United States, a Fortune 100 company where she had global HR management responsibility for teams in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Hannah takes over from Stella…
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CEO of MTN honoured at Kwahuman Achievers Awards
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Ebenezer Twum Asante has been named the CEO of the Year in the Directors/CEO category of Kwahuman Achievers Awards at Obo in the Eastern region. This was announced during the third Kwahuman Achievers Awards ceremony organized as part of the Kwahu Easter Festival. [contextly_sidebar id=”3WY7veHDX1v8QGP4yl8nOgIKI9zUpoJ2″]In his acceptance speech,…
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Vodafone to get no cash from assets hand over to Govt
Vodafone Ghana has rejected claims that it is being forced by government to handover some core assets including the Ghana Telecom University. [contextly_sidebar id=”42dNhd7XzpRFnLtmv6vEd6wH4snWYkK0″]According to Vodafone, the handing over is being done out of a good gesture in the interest of the country. The Education Ministry in a statement earlier announced the taking over of…
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BoG Governor must work to reduce interest rates
Players in the financial industry want the new BOG governor, Dr Abdul Nashiru Issahaku to amend and push policies that will help reduce interest rates in the country. [contextly_sidebar id=”y7FMiSoIR854G1r6KBl7KecjbpKti9yy”]President Mahama on Tuesday appointed a new governor for the bank of Ghana following the retirement of the former, Dr Henry Kofi Wampah. Speaking in an…
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Tigo directs agency to withdraw policy on maternity leave without pay
Tigo Ghana has directed Reliance Personnel Services to rescind its decision of not paying female employees during their maternity leave. [contextly_sidebar id=”t1V3ZAkRppcK4AqKMFkmpCHMMqSyD0op”]A statement signed by the CEO of Tigo Ghana, Roshi Motman, described the policy as, “unfair and does not meet the standards of Tigo’s commitment to diversity and inclusion especially at a time when…
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Tigo maternity leave row; Labour activists want agency’s license revoked
The Labour Department has been urged to revoke the certificate of Reliance Personnel Services if it insists not to pay employees during their maternity leave. [contextly_sidebar id=”Ad14z3sr1QvyJrXDB8jIEelUS2kUQrGm”]This is the suggestion coming from some labour advocates including a former head of industrial relations and social protection at the Trades Union Congress, Seth Abloso. “If it is their…