National Communications Authority (NCA) has said that all telecommunication companies operating in the country provided data to assist the Ghana Health Service contact trace persons suspected to be COVID-19 positive. The clarification comes a few days after a group calling itself STRANEK-Africa and a private legal practitioner, Francis Kwarteng Arthur,...
The spread of COVID-19 has touched every part of Africa. Governments’ lockdown restrictions to limit the spread of the virus have meant many people have felt isolated from their friends, families and colleagues. But Africans are increasingly turning to mobile tech solutions, including Over-the-Top (OTT) applications, to keep in...
It is an undisputable fact that competition exists in every field, and remains an important tool in many industries. Competition leads to innovation, product quality, and improved customer experience among others. Every company in their respective industry is usually compelled to compete for customers and subsequently turn them into loyal...
Many a time, people tend to fault government on many of its decisions due to propaganda rather than appreciating its genuineness to create as much as possible an equitable advantage to the entire populace. Who knows, most decisions may be for the good of the country after all; which...
Our attention has been drawn to some information circulating on social media and online news websites concerning ‘breaches’ in the privacy rights of Vodafone Ghana customers. This information is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. In March 2020, The President of Ghana, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, passed an Executive Instrument (E.I....
Vodafone Cash has introduced a new feature that offers customers interest-free flexible payment options for various products and services, including smartphones, laptops, home appliances and travel packages. The new service, known as Pay Small Small (PaySS), allows customers to conveniently make payment in instalment over a period of three to...
The decision by the government through the Ministry of Communications and the National Communications Authority (NCA) to take measures to enforce the provisions of the Electronic Communications (EC) Act 2008 and the National Telecommunications Policy to address glaring disparities in market and revenue share in the sector should be...
A leading research and public policy think-tank, CUTS Ghana, has called on the Ministry of Communications and National Communications Authority to ensure that measures taken to enforce provisions of the Electronic Communications (EC) Act 2008 and National Telecommunications Policy in addressing market and revenue share disparities within the telecom...
A member of Parliament’s Committee on Communications, George Samuel Nartey, has described as unfortunate the decision by the Ministry of Communications to direct the National Communication Authority (NCA) to enforce the provisions of the Electronic Communications (EC) Act 2008 and National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) to address MTN’s dominance in...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has donated assorted items to the Lepers Aid Committee (LAC) to support Leprosaria in Ho, and the group of cured lepers in and around Wa, as part of the mobile industry’s effort to support the national fight against the coronavirus disease. LAC is a non-governmental...