Dakar, Senegal, October 27, 2017 – Wari Group, a Senegalese financial services company, announced that it has sent to Millicom International Cellular (MIC) an official letter, dated October 18th, 2017, confirming its availability to carry out the full payment of the transaction for the acquisition of the mobile operator, Tigo.
Category: Mobile & Telecoms
BoG: 22 Million Mobile Money Accounts Attract Fraudsters
Accra, October 27, 2017//-Mobile money regulator, Bank of Ghana (BoG) has identified the overwhelming growth in mobile money wallets/accounts, over the last two years, as the main attraction for fraudsters.
MTN Ghana Sanctions 3000 Mobile Money Agents
Accra, October 26, 2017//-MTN Ghana announced that it has sanctioned 3,000 mobile money agents on its MTN Mobile Money service for fraudulent transactions in the last quarter of this year.
MTN Ghana: Mobile Money Remains Safe, Secure and Reliable
Accra, October 25, 2017//-MTN Ghana says it is remained committed to the fight against mobile money fraud which is becoming rampant in the country.
22 Year-old Ivorian Wins Anzisha Grand Prize
Johannesburg, South Africa, October 25, 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation announced that a 22 year old, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate from Cote D’Ivoire has been awarded the top prize at the seventh annual Anzisha Prize awards gala.
MTN Mobile Money Fraud – An Inside Job?
Accra, October 25, 2017//-Mobile money is great. However, MTN Mobile Money is far from great. In fact, it appears to be an endless case of fraud peddling from its mobile money vendors.
Tigo-Airtel to Launch New name November as Redundancy Debate Heats Up
Accra, October 24, 2017//-The new name for the merged Tigo and Airtel will be put out officially on November 10, 2017.
GRA Boss Refuses Vodafone Ghana’s Application for 30% Waiver
Accra, October 23, 2017//-In a dramatic turn of events in the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Vodafone Ghana tax dispute before court, the Acting Commissioner-General of the GRA has refused to grant a waiver of the payment of 30 per cent of the value of tax in contention.
MTN, UNICEF in Landmark Mobile Phone Platform Pact
Accra, October 23, 2017//-UNICEF Ghana has renewed its commitment with Ghana’s largest mobile phone network operator MTN to provide the ‘Agoo’ mobile phone platform.
Vodafone Ghana Remits GH¢2.1B to Parent Company in UK
Accra, October 22, 2017//-The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) disclosed that between 2012 and 2016, Vodafone Ghana has remitted GH¢2.1 billion to its parent company outside, the Vodafone Group, UK but the company still owes corporate income taxes in Ghana for the past six years.









