Tag: Local Content
GRA-Tata questionable contract: Prof Stephen Adei threatens one-man demo against deal
Former Board Chairman of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Professor Emeritus Stephen Adei has declared that he will go on a one-man demonstration if Tata...
The Liquified Petroleum Gas Sub-Sector in Ghana; local content under threat?
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) downstream sub sector is similar to the other petroleum products downstream with the same regulator, the National Petroleum Authority...
Elephant in the room: Over-pampered Huawei sues NCA, rejects local partnership
Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has for more than a decade, controlled an overwhelming majority of technology support services for both state and private...
Kenya to tax TV stations that show foreign soap operas &...
The Kenyan government has proposed a new 50% tax or more on local TV stations that air foreign film content like soap operas, telenovas...
Starlink banned in South Africa over lack of local content
South Africa’s ICT regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has asked IT Lec, a local Internet service provider (ISP), to stop...
Ghana’s Telecom Industry – Time to Bring in Home-made Players Â
MTN, since its entry into the Ghanaian telecoms space, has constantly posted impressive growth while its multinational counterparts, Vodafone and AirtelTigo seem to struggle...
MTN missing from BoG’s list of approved Mobile Money operators
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has released a list of 26 approved electronic money issuers (mobile money operators) and payment service providers in the...
Local fintechs, tech startups are the future employers – Zeepay CEO
Chief Executive Officer Zeepay, Andrew Takyi-Appiah has predicted that the budding locally-owned Fintechs and tech startups of today are the big employers of tomorrow...