Some banks are impressing on the Bank of Ghana the need to possibly streamline the regulations for Mobile Financial Services. The Central Bank announced a new set of guidelines for the service about a year ago to improve money transfer via mobile phones. The new regulatory regime among others empowered telecom companies to also own … Read more
At least 34,651 cases of rape were reported across India last year, statistics released by the country’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) have revealed. The figures, released on Tuesday, showed that victims ranged from female children younger than six years old to women over 60 years, with those aged between 18 and 30 reporting the … Read more
The drones were being flown around HMP Pentonville over the weekend of 12-14 August Drones carrying large amounts of drugs and mobile phones have been intercepted by police as they were being flown near a north London jail. One device crashed after it was tracked flying over HMP Pentonville on 14 August, while another drone … Read more
Twenty-eight suspected criminals have been arrested in three separate swoops in some parts of Accra. The suspects, aged 20 to 36, are believed to be behind robbery attacks on traders and buyers at gunpoint in the central business district (CBD). They are also suspected to be drug peddlers, bag snatchers, dealers in stolen mobile phones … Read more
Anafobiisi, a community engulfed in teenage pregnancies in the Bongo District of the Upper East region of Ghana, has resolved to impose restrictions on the use of mobile phones among its youth. Clan heads of the community say they are very resolute about the move, not bothered what critics may say, because the trend of … Read more
Abidjan, May 31st, 2016 – The insurer AXA Côte d’Ivoire and Jumia, the ecommerce leader, launched yesterday Monday, May 30th, the first online sales service for mobile phones insurance in Côte D’Ivoire. Two products under the name “ASSUR’MOBILE” are now available through Jumia at annual flat rates. Taking advantage of the Mobile Week that started … Read more
The Police service is warning motorists who ply the Graphic road, George Walker Bush Highway and other key roads in Accra to be cautious of criminals. In a statement, the Police also mentioned areas such as the Accra Mall roundabout, Awudome Cemetery road, Pokuase-Amasaman road and the La Beach, on the Teshie- Nungua road, as … Read more
A member of a gang of suspected swindlers operating within the Accra Central Business District has been busted for allegedly posing as a spiritualist to defraud a 27-year-old woman at Tudu, in Accra. The 32-year-old man, who told the police he was called Issah Alhassan, and his gang have been on the police wanted list, … Read more
Are you in the category of individuals who pick up their phones as the first thing they check when they wake up? Are you always on social applications for long hours? Do you feel uneasy when you do not have your phone around even for a few hours? Well, well, well, I do not need … Read more
Vodafone Ghana has revealed its plans to launch the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in Ghana. The move comes two weeks after the devices global launch, which saw the masses line up in order to pick up the devices. According to Vodafone Ghana, the network will offer 15GB of data, which will be valid for … Read more
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people’s health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now the most toxic place in the world … “Eleven years ago Agbogbloshie was an amazingly beautiful place with rivers, a lagoon … Read more
PayPal has signed up “tens of thousand” of Nigerians in its first week of operating in Africa’s biggest economy, with consumers already purchasing items from Britain, China and the United States via its online platform, a company official said. E-commerce remains in its infancy in most of Africa but is growing exponentially with the advent … Read more
PayPal is entering 10 new countries this week, including Nigeria, providing online payment alternatives for consumers via mobile phones or PCs in markets often blighted by financial fraud. Rupert Keeley, the executive in charge of the EMEA region of PayPal, the payments unit of eBay Inc, said in an interview on Monday the expansion would … Read more