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972 The Minority in Parliament wants the government to reconsider the proposed 2.5 percent upward review of the Value Added Tax. Speaking to journalists, the Ranking Member on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee of Parliament, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, bemoaned the impact of such a move on consumers. He lamented the hardships already facing […]
1,191 Poised to give customers access to cellular service via a virtual SIM, network operator AirtelTigo introduces Embedded SIM (eSIM) service in Ghana. This means that users with eSIM compatible phones will no longer require physical SIM cards, allowing them to use different providers on the same phone. This makes AirtelTigo the first network operator […]
1,352 Estelle Wellington of Digital Innovation has underscored the importance of digital platforms for growth in businesses hence the MTN MoMo Accelerator. Speaking at a press briefing, Estelle Wellington said their mission in the garden city is to introduce the MTN MoMo Accelerator to tech-hubs and start-up businesses to be able to leverage Ayoba as […]
826 MTN Ghana Foundation, the Corporate Social Investment arm of MTN Ghana has won four awards at the just ended Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) awards night in Accra. The awards are: Best Company in SSI Project of the year (Socio-Economic), Best Company in Educational Sponsorship Project, Best Company in Economic Empowerment and Best Company […]
698 From the sources at the Procurement Department of NLA it is emerging that by the end of 31st December 2022 or 1st quarter of 2023, the National Lottery Authority(NLA) would give new 5/90 Lotto Short Codes to companies belonging to Kennedy Agyapong, Alpha Lotto and a very close relative of Nana Bediatuo Asante. The […]
795 The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana is calling for a reduction in the 1.5 percent electronic transfer levy rate to 0.1 percent in the upcoming 2023 budget presentation. The 1.5 percent levy which was introduced in the 2022 budget forms part of the Government’s efforts at raising revenues locally. But Momo transactions have […]
1,278 THE Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA) has won an appealed case which sought to interdict an embattled former Eastern Regional Chairman Mr. Francis Akaglo . The legal tussle which began four years ago after the suspension of Mr Francis Akaglo, the former Eastern Regional Chairman from the Association for allegedly squandering the Association’s fund […]
605 MTN Ghana has along with seven (7) other MTN operations, launched the Data Science Analytics training program. The program forms part of the MTN Skills Academy’s work to promote digital skills for digital jobs, in turn supporting MTN Group’s strategic intent of providing digital solutions for Africa’s progress. To address Africa’s digital skills gap, […]
782The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has told the Ad-hoc committee of Parliament that an amount of US$100.7 million which was realised from the lifting of 944,164 barrels of oil in the Jubilee fields and Anadarko CWTP Company in the first half of 2022 was not paid into the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). […]
676The Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana (CLAAG) has said some officials of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), and members of the security services have vandalized some lotto kiosks with the bat of guns, harassing and arresting some Lotto Agents and Writers in Accra. Executive Secretary, CLAAG Kwaku Duah Tawiah in a press statement lamented […]