Entrepreneurs are born in many ways. Some say they got their business ideas in a dream. Others say they got it from observing a problem; and others say through their upbringing they developed entrepreneurial instincts. This week in B&FT’s Inspiring Startups, we talk to a young man whose interest...
Thirteen weeks and six days – that’s how far along Charity Offei, 19, was when she found out she was pregnant with her first child during her first-ever ultrasound scan. Charity, who helps her mother sell goods at a local market in Ghana, would not ordinarily have had access to...
Several ground-breaking innovations have been birthed during this pandemic as companies and industries are at their wits’ end, figuring out how to lessen the financial burden on their customers. One of the most pioneering initiatives during the period was introduced by Vodafone Cash as part of its comprehensive support for...
Safaritech Ghana Limited, the company whose work led to MTN Ghana being slapped with a controversial tax liability of over GH¢8.2billion, has had its headquarters in London dissolved since March 16, 2021. Additionally, the company has only maintained virtual addresses in London since 2016; and also had a dormant account with only £100 balance since...
MTN Ghana has been awarded Investors in People Platinum Accreditation by the United Kingdom based Investors in People (IiP) International. The Platinum Accreditation is the High-Performing standard on the IiP accreditation model and the highest level on the IiP Standard.  MTN is the first company in Ghana to receive...
MTN Ghana has revealed that since the beginning of this year it has collaborated with the Cybercrime Unit at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to arrest over 40 Mobile Money (MoMo) fraudsters in various parts of the country. According to the telecom giant, it...
Children and their wellbeing within the cyberspace space should be classified among a country’s critical infrastructure and given as much attention as all others, the Executive Director of Child Online Africa, Awo Aidam Amenyah, has said to African leaders. According to her, communication is one of the most important aspects...
MTN Ghana, as part of its 25th Anniversary celebration, has committed an amount of GH¢10 million to the Ministry of Communication and Digitization in support of the Girls in ICT project. Girls in ICT programme is an international initiative adopted in 2012 by all ITU Member States including Ghana. The...
Kwaku Sakyi-Addo was driving on the Accra-Tema Motor Way in March 2011 when he received a phone call from someone he did not know about a job vacancy - the Chief Executive of Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Telecommunications that was being established. He was at the end or approaching...
Vodafone Ghana topped the list of winners at the Instinct Women Excellence Awards, with five prestigious awards including the Gender-Oriented Company of the Year. Vodafone was celebrated for leading the diversity and equality agenda in Ghana with its various initiatives. Vodafone's female executives also received various awards for their excellence...