The Internet of Things (IoT) is not just a technology but also new commercial ecosystem. Before it is applied to a vertical industry, the product and service should be integrated through collaboration between various key stakeholders. It increasingly offers new opportunities for communication and to improve business efficiency. These opportunities...
There is no one way to tackling cybercrime, but an effective stakeholder collaboration across the board could lead to tangible results, Akinwale Goodluck, Head of sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA, the body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, has said. “There is no single solution to the risks associated with...
MTN Ghana has responded allegations of telcos' complicity in mobile money fraud in an article published in The Finder newspaper on October 23rd 2017, under the headline Mobile Money Fraud alarming. In the publication, the newspaper alleges amongst other things that staff of Telecom companies are involved in Mobile Money...
Ghana’s target to perform better than the 46th position on the World Bank doing business index has received a boost with rollout of an e-certificate platform on the e-Registrar portal. The roll out marks the successful implementation of the online registration of companies, as well as the authorization of...
Mobile money is a fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and initiating other transactions using a mobile phone and other mobile devices. It is seen as an opportunity to cross-sell financial products, playing an important role in extending financial services to the unbanked...
A little concession on the part of government, in the form of tax incentives to platform operators and possibly end-users, could be the catalyst for speeding up the process of introducing the cash-lite society Ghana deserves, George Babafemi - Chief Operating Officer eTranzact Ghana, an e-payment solutions provider -...
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communication, on Wednesday said information collected for the National Digital Property Addressing System would be kept under lock and key. According to her the system would also make it difficult for criminals to hide in the country as well as prevent them from accessing or hacking...
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), Archie Hesse has urged trainee teachers, nurses and students in general, to cultivate the habit of using their e-zwich cards to make payments. Speaking in an interview, Mr Hesse said the use of the cards to make payments...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, launched the automated and online portal of the Registrar General’s Department to enhance business registration processes. He said the e-Certificate and e-Payment system would facilitate the registration of businesses and prevent the long delays associated with business registration. He, therefore, urged the Management and...
The economy’s transformation depends largely on government embracing technology and viewing it as the panacea to challenges confronting the country, said CEO of MOBEX Africa George Spencer Quaye. “We believe that if we have to be a successful and a prosperous nation, one of the most critical things to do...