Tag: Ursula Owusu Ekuful
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PAC commends GIFEC for its prudence and strong liquidity position
Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), an Implementing Agency of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation responsible for programmes to close the Digital Divide, has been commended for its strong operational and financial position by a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament – Isaac Yaw Opoku – Member of Parliament for…
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SIM card registration exercise will not be extended again – Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
The Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has warned that the deadline for the registration of SIM cards in Ghana, will not be extended for a second time. The exercise which began on 1st October, 2021, was originally scheduled to end on 31st March, 2022, was extended by the sector Ministry to 31st July,…
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Unregistered SIM cards after 6-month deadline will be deactivated – Ursula
Days into the SIM card registration exercise, the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has reiterated that all persons and businesses that fail to register their SIM cards by the end of the 31st March 2022 deadline, will have themselves to blame. According to her, unregistered SIM cards used by individuals and businesses after…
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Telcos Chamber refutes Ursula’s claims of understating revenue
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has once again, raised concerns about the claim that mobile network operators in the country understate their revenues to the government. This comes after the Communications and Digitalization Minister-designate, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful’s recent assertions that telcos under-declared their income flows to avoid tax charges. She made these statements while justifying the…
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Consumers to enjoy free mobile roaming services in ECOWAS countries – Ursula
From January 2020, mobile phone users would be able to travel throughout the West African sub-region operating their mobile phones without any extra charges, Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has disclosed. This comes into effect years after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) approved the decision in 2017. Parliament earlier in the week…
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Consumers angry as cost of internet shoots up after NCA directive
Customers of mobile telecommunication companies are beginning to feel the pain of the increase in the cost of the internet packages after the implementation of a host of directives from the regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA). The regulator last month had directed the telcos to stop charging consumers upfront the nine percent Communication Service…
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Communications Minister asks int’l community to probe application of cyber-space laws
The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has asked the international community to interrogate the application of international law in cyberspace. According to the Minister, further clarity is needed on this issue with the growth of the global digital economy. Delivering a keynote speech at the formal opening of the Octopus Conference 2019 in Strasbourg,…
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Ursula Owusu-Ekuful sued for ordering telcos to cease upfront CST deductions
The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has been sued for ordering the telecommunication companies to stop the upfront deductions of the 9% Communications Service Tax (CST). The Minister was sued together with the Attorney General and the Mobile Telecommunications Networks by a private citizen called Dzifa Gunu. In his writ, Dzifa Gunu argued that the Communications…
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Communications Ministry urges funding for cyber-security in 2020 budget
Ahead of the presentation of the 2020 budget on November 14, 2019, the Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has called for a comprehensive statement in the budget about how government intends to fund cyber-security in Ghana. Latest figures from the Cyber-Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has shown that…
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Telcos still charging consumers CST upfront on recharge despite Minister’s directive
Consumers of mobile telecommunications services are still being charged the 9 percent communication service tax upfront on recharges, more than a week after the Ministry of Communication demanded a halt to the practice. The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful last week told a press conference the telcos are being disingenuous in their handling of the…