Ghana's only telecoms industry interconnect clearinghouse (ICH), Afriwave Telecom, is now fully connected to all four telcos and carries all interconnect voice and SMS communication traffic in the country. 100 percent interconnect traffic, according to Afriwave, comes to an average of about 600 million minutes of calls month on...
Financial technology company, IT Consortium, has launched a new application that allows individuals and organisations to create groups to raise money through crowd funding. Known as “Chango”, the App offers a collective point/avenue to put funds together and allows users to contribute though mobile money or their Visa Cards. The App...
In keeping with its commitment to be the number one go-to SME Bank, Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has organized its fifth SME engagement with customers, through a capacity building workshop in Takoradi. The workshop was aimed at empowering SMEs with knowledge on digitalization for business growth in partnership with...
AngloGold Ashanti has launched the first of its kind Remote Operations Centre As-a-Service program, in collaboration with specialised systems integrator Ramjack Technology Solutions (RAMJACK). With an emphasis on improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), the program – which makes use of Ramjack’s Remote Operations Centre (rROC) in Johannesburg – is designed...
Risk perception of Ghana’s securities on the Eurobond market seems to be returning to normalcy as investor confidence takes a new turn, data from the Cbonds - a platform that tracks bonds globally - have shown. Per the data, Ghana’s sovereign US$ yield to maturity (YTM) index - which tracks...
Beaufort Properties has announced a joint venture with CityBlue Hotels, Africa’s fastest-growing local hotel chain, owned by The Diar Group. Under a long-term arrangement, the two companies will build and operate two apartment buildings in premium locations of Accra. Pinewood Residences by CityBlue, will be a 30-unit development at Airport...
Loses GH¢1.9bn in market cap Composite Index dips 7.06% The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has continued its decline over the course of the past four weeks - with its benchmark Composite Index (GSE-CI) falling by 7.06 percent over the period after breaching the 3,000-point mark - from...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zonda Tec Ghana Limited, Madam Yang Yang, has won two prestigious awards at the just-ended Sustainability and Social Investment Awards 2021 in Accra. Her company was adjudged best company for its initiatives in Promoting Road Safety and Practice, and Sustainability and Social Investment in Road...
sector’s share of national budget still less than 1% A drop in budgetary allocation to the Food and Agriculture Ministry to GH¢1.1billion in 2022 compared to the inflation-affected allocation of GH¢1.2billion in 2021 – with GH¢1.18billion being actual allocation for this year, will make the agriculture sector budget...
…a blend of the old guard and fresh blood A five-member Board of Trustees for the Ghana Association of Phonographic Industry (GAPI), has been sworn in by Dorothy Habada on behalf of the Attorney General at the Copyright Office, Accra- Ghana. The ceremony follows an opening of polls which saw the...