ICT

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said for Ghana to achieve economic transformation, it hinged on the utilisation of the information and communication technology (ICT) in delivering services to the citizenry. He said a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the ICT sector in the ever-evolving world would …

Mr David K. Gyewu has been appointed Acting Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) with immediate effect.  A statement issued by the Ministry of Communications and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Mr Gyewu is an experienced business operations strategist and technology specialist with experience at a …

The 2018 edition of the IFA Global Press Conference, the event that hosts the largest number of the world’s technology journalists and writers, some 360 from 50 countries will return to Italy. The last time the event took place in Italy, it was held in Sardinia in 2013. The press …

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister of Communications, has inaugurated seven biometric e-Gates at the International Arrival Hall of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Two other e-Gates are being installed at the Departure Hall, while in the near future others would be installed at the new Terminal Three after Airport construction …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that the Government would launch the financial interoperability payment system in May, this year, to bring everybody into the financial system to ensure financial inclusion. He said the system would ensure that, everybody could easily move money from his or her bank account …

Ghana’s leading telecommunication giant, MTN is set to inject over $144 million of capital expenditure towards expanding quality network services. MTN has a market share of about 17.8 million mobile subscribers therefore it was important that the company invested in its operations to meet the growing customer demands. Mrs Pala …

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, has announced the launch of NCR SelfServ™ 80 Series, a new family of ATM solutions that will help financial institutions redefine the banking experience and change the way consumers interact with the ATM forever. A statement from the company made …

The Bank of Ghana would soon require financial institutions to publish bank-specific cyber security policies in line with the provisions in the Payment Systems and Services Bill which is expected to be passed by Parliament soon. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison, who announced this on …

Statistics has revealed that 69 per cent of fraud cases recorded in 2017 in Ghana, had insider involvement, Mr Alex Oppong, the Principal Consultant, e-Crime Bureau, has stated. He said 31 per cent of fraud cases within the 2017 period were conducted by external perpetrators which did not include any …

Ghana is one of the 163 United Nations member states that agreed and signed up to work towards achieving universal, affordable Internet by 2020 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, but funds raised for the purpose sit idle, a new UN report released today says. Ghana alone, the report …