ICT

Mobile Money vendors in Upper West have urged other telecoms to explore innovative methods of improving their mobile money services to match MTN’s whose services have been rated as dependable, prompt and superior. The vendors said due to the superior quality services MTN rendered many customers were shifting their grounds …

Government through the Ministry of Communications has invested $3.4 million in campus internet networks under the Tertiary Institutions Access Project (TIAP) in eight public institutions. This connectivity among the institutions, will not only advance research and education locally with opportunities such as e-learning and cloud computing, but equally benefit scientific …

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has initiated measures through the E-Waste Management Ghana (E-MAGIN) to contribute to the effective implementation of the hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act 917. E-MAGIN seeks to formalize the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), establish a collection mechanism for e-waste, build …

One hundred (100) rural telephony sites have been constructed and activated to over 400 communities, which did not have access to mobile services. Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, who announced this said, added this were 85 repeater sites. The next phase of the project, which involved the deployment …

MTN Ghana has expressed the need for the country to move towards digitizing all forms of payment to enable individuals, institutions and the economy reap the benefits associated with it. Madam Ruth Badoo, Operations Manager of MTN Ghana, who made the call, said digitized payments would go a long way …

With more than half of Nigerians obtaining credit from informal sources, especially from family and friends, Paylater mobile app is revolutionizing credit acquisition by issuing instant loans up to one million naira to customers without seeing or speaking to them. No collateral or paperwork is needed to obtain the loans …

There is an increasing shift away from the use of cheques to electronic payments channels for various transactions, the half year summary performance of GhIPSS products has shown. The report showed that although cheques continue to have the single largest share, its dominance is on the decline while other electronic …

The GhIPSS Instant Pay (GIP) has recorded a massive increase in patronage in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year. The GIP is an electronic payment system that enables a customer to transfer money from one bank account to another of a different bank …

The absence of e-waste recycling centres in the country as well as systems for the collection, transportation, treatment, storage, recovery and disposal of obsolete electronic devices is hampering sustainable and environmentally sound e-waste management. Mr Alhasan Kassim, Deputy Central Regional Chairman of the Ghana Electronic Service Technicians Association (GESTA), made …

Following the decision of one of its Board members to resign from the Board of Directors for personal reasons, Twitter Inc. yesterday announced the appointment of former Finance Minister of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick as new independent directors on board with immediate effect. Executive Chairman of …