Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) recorded more than 4.4 million transactions in its first year of operation. Beginning with just 96,907 transactions in its first month, public usage of the cross network platform grew phenomenally to 422,275 transactions in December last year and 502,873 transactions in May this year. MMI or seamless cross mobile money network transactions became possible in May last year, following a challenge thrown to the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), the Telcos and financial institutions by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The Chief Executive Officer of GhIPSS, Archie Hesse in an interview described the MMI initiative as successful. He said it has provided a very efficient way of funds transfer for many people, opening up the mobile money payment platform, enabling people and businesses to use it in different ways. Before MMI came into being, cross network transactions through the ‘token’ system was hovering around 90,000 t...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday commissioned 54 Officer Cadets into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) with a call on them to safeguard the national sovereignty, territorial integrity and the peaceful development of the country. Whilst congratulating them on their achievement, the President urged them to maintain high levels of discipline and strive not to compromise on their professional ethics. He said diligence, integrity and honesty must be their watch word to safeguard the nation. “As the Principal Service of our entry point, the Immigration Service is critical to the security of our borders and in the prevention of Cross border and transnational crime. It is indeed at the forefront of regional effort to combat terrorism,” he said. The parade, which is the 9 th Batch of Officer Cadets to pass out, was made up of 34 males and 20 females. It was held at the Vigilance Square of the GIS Academy and Training School at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The...
The Hunger Project-Ghana, and the Hunger Project in Burkina Faso, have jointly launched the Socio-Economic Development Project at Barre in the Nahouri Province of Burkina Faso. The effort is to improve on the living standards of onchocerciasis patients and the less privileged in eight communities within the two countries. The six-month pilot project would benefit the Namoo and Feo communities in the Bongo District, Widnaba in the Bawku West District and Mayooro in the Kassena – Nankana Municipal of the Upper East Region, while the beneficiary communities in Burkina Faso include Barre, Kolinia, Nariguia and Bingo. It is valued at CFA 144 million and funded by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Speaking at the launch of the project, Mr Samuel Erasmus Afrane, Country Director for The Hunger Project (THP)-Ghana, said THP is an international organisation that operates in 22 countries with eight in Africa and four in West Africa. He said the Project operates in Ghan...
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