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Mr Selorm Adadevoh, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, announced this at the virtual Annual General Meeting of the company on Tuesday.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, says the digital economy desired by the country, can only be achieved if government, telcos and other stakeholders collaborate.

The Group President and CEO of MTN, Ralph Mupita has saluted the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) for its role in the ‘Ghana Cares’ national socio-economic priorities that is going to be critical for Ghana’s development going forward.

The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has climaxed its 4-Kindred projects with a Computer Laboratory commissioning for the Ofankor M/A 3 JHS pupils at Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region.

Over the last year, Helios Towers has been seeking to expand rapidly throughout Africa. Back in September 2020, part of this expansion was realised with the purchase of 1,200 towers from Senegalese operator Free for €160 million.

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the St. Gregory Catholic Hospital at Buduburam in the Central region.

Vodafone Group agreed a six-year partnership with Google Cloud to jointly develop data services, which will then be sold to customers worldwide, as part of an increasing trend of collaboration between operators and technology giants.

The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, says the regulatory environment for fintech has been revamped to ensure a more competitive and innovative industry.

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced the launch of the Fraud Control Dashboard, an initiative by mobile network operators (MNOs), the central bank and the police to tackle the rising incidence of fraudulent activities in mobile money operations.

The Western Regional Police Command has sensitised mobile money vendors on security and safety measures to enable them to operate in safe environments and protect their clients.