Accra, Ghana, July 30, 2019//- MTN Ghana has appointed Bernard Acquah as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with the responsibility of managing all aspects of IT strategy, budgets, applications, network, hardware and management of its large IT team.
Category: Mobile & Telecoms
MTN Worst Hit by Rising Battery Theft
Johannesburg, South Africa, July 29, 2019//-MTN has lost 125 batteries last week amid a surge in theft and vandalism at cell phone towers across the country.
2019 Mid-year Review: ‘Petrol, Mobile Tax to Go Up’
Accra, Ghana, July 29, 2019//-Pro-government newspaper, The Daily Statesman, has hinted that the Finance Minister will announce an increase in petroleum and mobile tax today.
MTN Spends R40 Billion on Network Upgrades
Johannesburg, South Africa, July 24, 2019// – MTN has invested over R40 billion ($2,8 billion) in the past four years to build South Africa’s best network, the company disclosed as it announced it was developing a software-defined Wide-Area Network (SD WAN) and re-purposing thousands of sites across the country.
5G is Here: Opportunity Awaits Telcos, Others
July 24, 2019//-5G is now upon us, bringing with it the promise of a host of exciting new services.
Report: MTN Ghana is the Fastest Mobile Network in Ghana
Accra, Ghana, July 23, 2019//-Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) has been declared the Fastest Mobile Network, Best Coverage Network and the Best Mobile Network in Ghana based on Ookla’sSpeedtest Data from Q1-Q2 2019.
Heavy Taxation Weighing Down Mobile Services
July 21, 2019//-Heavy taxation on mobile services by governments in sub-Saharan Africa is weighing down the providers, with industry captains citing the action among factors likely to undermine its gains.
Ghana’s Fintech Industry Depends On MoMo For Survival
Accra, Ghana, July 20, 2019//-The current growth in financial technology (fintech) and its promise to democratize financial services in Ghana is heavily depended on the country’s mobile money (MoMo) payments sector.
GSMA, Vodafone and GIFEC Partner to Deliver Connectivity to Rural Ghana
Kigali, Rwanda, July 18, 2019//-The GSMA today announced a new partnership with Vodafone Ghana and the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) to support the deployment of innovative mobile internet connectivity solutions for unconnected rural communities.
Mobile Money Agents: Making a Living Would Have Been Difficult Without MoMo
Accra, Ghana, July 17, 2019//-The revolution of mobile money transactions in the Ghanaian economy sparked by MTN Ghana is generating thousands of direct and indirect jobs for teeming youth in the country.











