The promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies is a requisite for sustainable development, and this requires great efforts on all fronts including control over arms flows and crimes, as highlighted by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. However, the widespread of small arms and light weapons constitutes one of...
MTN Ghana has withdrawn its application filed at the Supreme Court to challenge a judgement declaring the company as a Significant Market Power (SMP). The company explained in statement that it reached the decision after engaging with the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ministry of Communication in a concerted...
The Discussions, which are being organised by CUTS Ghana - research, advocacy and consumer protection organisation in collaboration with Consumer International - aim to spread awareness on sustainable consumption and promote the habit of sharing resources within communities to get people to buy less, or at least to buy...
To mark International Day of the Girl, Plan International – Ghana, a development and humanitarian organisation that advances children's rights and equality for girls, has launched the “FreeToBeOnline” campaign to protect girls from online abuse and harassment. The campaign seeks to create awareness on online safety and abuse as well...
MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer for MTN Liberia Lonestar Cell. Rahul De, the current Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Nigeria, will take the helm at the company on November 1, 2020. Rahul replaces Uche Ofodile who departed Lonestar Cell MTN in July...
As part of its commitment to see the rate of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) literacy rise significantly in the country and beyond, leading Information Technology (IT) firm, Slamm Technologies, has launched the ‘Slamm1million’ campaign. The campaign, by the firm, which has offices in the Virginia and Massachusetts in the...
Huawei has introduced the fully-open capabilities of Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) ecosystem which empowers partners to innovate and achieve digital transformation at HUAWEI CONNECT 2020 in Shanghai. Zhang Ping’an, President of Consumer Cloud Service, Huawei Consumer Business Group as part of his keynote speech titled, ‘Together, Let’s Play with HMS’,...
GCB Bank Limited, Ghana’s largest and first indigenous Bank has partnered Eliho Ghana Ltd. to facilitate the transfer and receipt of funds in the cocoa farming and purchasing ecosystem, using the G-Money platform. The G-Money/Eliho partnership is an outcome of the Bank’s interest in providing financial inclusion for the partially...
Powered by Ericsson IoT Accelerator, Telenor Connexion will provide global connectivity to Wayout's sustainable micro-factories starting in East Africa and expanding into the Middle East, Asia Pacific and other markets in 2021. Wayout has engineered plug-and-play micro-factories for local production of clean, filtered water, with a minimal eco footprint. Powered...
On the 1st of October 2020, the Global System Mobile Association (GSMA) released the ‘Mobile Economy sub-Saharan Africa’ report which forecast the mobile economy in Africa into 2025. A positive outlook to start the month of October and last quarter of 2020. The highlight of this forecast is that by...