The GRA back tax conundrum and its impact on foreign direct investments

February 28, 2023 Ghana is in dire need of unconditioned revenue to keep its economy afloat and tax income is its surest bet. As talks with the International Monetary Fund drags, the state tax collector...

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February 28, 2023 / Comments (0)

Rate of increase in value of MoMo transactions dipped in 2021

February 1, 2022 The value of mobile money transactions in Ghana witnessed a significant dip in its rate of increase in 2021 when compared to the rate of increase in 2020. This is according to data from the...

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February 1, 2022 / Comments (0)

MoMo transactions exceed cheques’ by GH¢389 billion in 2020

February 15, 2021 The total value of mobile money transactions far exceeded the value of those of cheque by GH¢389 billion last year, data from the Bank of Ghana has revealed. Whilst the total...

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February 15, 2021 / Comments (0)

Implementation date for demanding IDs from MoMo customers extended to April 1

January 20, 2021 The General Manager of Mobile Money Limited, Eli Hene, has told Citi Business News that MTN Ghana has decided to extend the intended date on which  MoMo users will be...

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January 20, 2021 / Comments (0)

Govt to buy Airtel Tigo as Bharti Airtel exits

October 28, 2020 Bharti Airtel’s board has cleared the sale of its Ghana joint venture – Airtel Tigo – to the Ghana government. It is taking an impairment charge of about $25million for the...

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October 28, 2020 / Comments (0)

NCA to roll out SMP guidelines for telcos

October 14, 2020 … as MTN withdraws Supreme Court case   The National Communications Authority (NCA) is to roll out its Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines for telecommunication companies in...

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October 14, 2020 / Comments (0)

NBSSI, GIZ to partner in digitising MSMEs

October 12, 2020 As part of its continuous line of measures to revitalise businesses affected by the ongoing pandemic, the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), is set to launch another...

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Telcos reduce Communications Service Tax

September 16, 2020 Mobile network operators have effected the four per cent reduction in the Communications Service Tax (CST) for customers, as directed by the government. The reduction, which took effect...

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September 16, 2020 / Comments (0)

Fraudsters look beyond MoMo wallets as they target bank accounts

July 14, 2020 But the caution is that, users must be wary of fraudsters who may not only be seeking to empty their mobile money wallets but may also target bank accounts linked to mobile money accounts....

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National Communications Authority reassures customers of data security

June 20, 2020 The National Communications Authority (NCA) has described as misleading claims that there has been a breach in the privacy rights of customers of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the...

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