Tag: Digitization agenda
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MASLOC begins training of staff on nationwide digitalization roll out
As part of the nationwide digitalization roll out at the Accra digital center, the Micro Credit and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) has started a two-day training exercise for its workforce. The two-day training session, which is planned for the 4th and 5th of October 2022, is intended to familiarize employees with a new software that…
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Digitization agenda: Collaboration vital to growth of Ghana’s fintech space – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has highlighted the need for a unified effort between stakeholders in Ghana’s fintech space in pushing the use of the universal QR code. This, he said, will fast-track the achievement of the cash-lite agenda. Ghana is currently going through a digital transformation under the leadership of the government spearheaded by…
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Failing to digitize our economy will have far-reaching consequences – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has justified the government’s unending focus on the digitalization of the Ghanaian economy saying the benefits of such an agenda are in the interest of the country. According to him, the previous systems of going about business transactions without technology have been disadvantageous. Speaking at a public lecture themed “Transforming…
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Telcoms Chamber advocates for digitization of payment of tax
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Ken Ashigbey, says the government’s agenda to digitize the economy will make it easier for payment of taxes, especially by the country’s informal sector. Collection of taxes from people within the informal sector has remained one of the biggest challenges for the Ghana Revenue Authority.…