In June 2018, Huawei released the all-scenario smart life strategy: simplified as ‘1+8+N’, ‘1’ refers to the smartphones that users frequently use on a daily basis, while ‘8’ includes wearables, headphones, PCs, tablets, speakers, glasses, vehicle-mounted devices, and Huawei Vision. Those are non-smartphone products which are frequently used in...
The Ghana Association of Bankers has described the decision by the Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement System’s (GhIPPS) to end the waiving of fees it charged on services including Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI), GhIPSS Instant Pay (GIP) and ACH Direct Credit as unilateral and bad for the image of...
First National Bank Ghana has launched ASPIRE (Accelerated Support for Pandemic Intervention and Relief Effort) to assist the government and its stakeholders in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ASPIRE is a rapid response fund to address the critical and immediate health care needs in Ghana. Richard Hudson, CEO...
As part of efforts towards combatting and containing the COVID-19 pandemic, ZEN Petroleum Limited, a leading, Ghanaian owned Oil Marketing Company (OMC) has made donations to the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital. This was done in a bid to shore up reserves of crucial personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essential...
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through the world with its resulting impact threatening the survival of businesses, more and more companies operating in Ghana say they have no option than to jettison staff or, at best, cut their salaries in order to keep their businesses afloat. With the local tourism...
set to charge fees on Instant Pay, MoMo interoperability & ACH Direct waivers affecting GhIPSS’ sustainability fees charge takes effect from May 23 The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) has said it is unable to continue waiving the fees it charged on services including Mobile Money...
 AirtelTigo has announced its partnership with one of the world’s most popular mobile web browsers, Opera Mini, to offer free data and browsing on the Opera Mini browser and Opera News App for three months. Through the partnership, both new and existing AirtelTigo customers will automatically receive free 50MB data...
Global smartphone shipments fell by 11.7 percent in the first quarter, according to IDC - a market intelligence firm. As the coronavirus epidemic spreads around the world, shipments of the top-3 phone brands have been hit to varying degrees. Affected by the coronavirus epidemic, the mobile phone market - which...
Prudential Bank Ghana Limited has donated essential items worth GH¢50,000 to the Ghana Tourism Authority to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The items are made up of 825 boxes of sanitisers, 360 packs of tissue towels, 1,320 boxes of liquid soap, 1,000 packs of reusable nose...
The Enterprise Group has announced changes to its Executive Management Team effective May 1, 2020. Daniel Larbi-Tieku, the former Chief Finance Officer, has been promoted to Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer while Cleland Cofie Bruce takes up a new role as Executive Consultant in Charge of Expansion in West Africa. Nigel...