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Ghana's digital ecosystem week in review: MTN to increase data price, tech for job fair launched, GRA withdraws its back-tax demand on MTN, ayo insurance winning, Ghana-EU agri platform launched...
Accra Digital Digest No. #000010
Date: Jan 30, 2023 – Feb 5, 2023
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The market leader in internet data, MTN, is set to increase its data prices by 15% this week. Tell us about the impact that the rising cost of data will have on your company via accradigitaldigest@nodeeight.com
Digital infrastructure & platforms
News updates
MTN to increase data prices from February 7, 2023.
MTN Ghana has announced that data prices on its network will go up by an average of 15 per cent beginning February 7, 2023. The company had earlier announced there was going to be data price increases on November 14 last year, but that was suspended following what they called “further consultation”.
Vodafone, Ghana Statistical Service (GSS Flowminder Foundation renew Data for Good Partnership .
Phase 2 of the Data for Good Partnership Agreement that enables Vodafone Ghana, the Flowminder Foundation and GSS to continue – and enhance their collaboration in using anonymised and aggregated mobile operator data to estimate population distributions and trends of population movements across Ghana for development and humanitarian purposes.
Ghana businesses told to use .gh domain names to promote local Internet economy
The Ghana Domain Name Registry (GDNR) has called on stakeholders, including businesses, to buy Ghana domain names (.gh) to promote revenue generation in the local Internet space for economic development.
Digital governance
News updates
MTN Group CEO calls for modernisation and harmonization of regulatory frameworks.
Ralph Mupita, the President and CEO of MTN Group has called for modernisation and harmonisation of regulatory frameworks to ensure Africa can deliver universal broadband coverage by 2030. He made these remarks at the Africa Prosperity Dialogues’ maiden edition held at Aburi in the Eastern Region.
Office of the Registrar of Companies strikes off over 500,000 businesses from its register.
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has begun steps to remove the names of some 513,338 businesses from the companies’ registrar for non-renewal of certificates.
Digital Cooperation Organization to host 2nd General Assembly in Riyadh
The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) will host the 2nd General Assembly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the 5th of February, bringing together DCO Member States to discuss strategic directions and initiatives to enable digital prosperity for all nations.
GRA withdraws $672m back-tax demand from MTN Group
MTN Group Limited, has said a GH¢8.2 billion ($672 million) tax bill it received from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been scrapped.
Op-ed
Kaunda Ibn Ahmed explores the practice of parents sharing information, photos, and videos of their children on social media.
Digital finance
News updates
aYo Insurance covers over 8m lives in 5 years
aYo Intermediaries Ghana (aYo Insurance), the mobile-based microinsurance wing of MTN Ghana, has reported providing insurance cover for at least eight million Ghanaians to date; representing about 25 percent of the country’s population.
BoG-led policies drive financial inclusion up to 68%
Policies spearheaded by the Bank of Ghana (BoG), particularly those driven by mobile money, led to a rise in financial inclusion to 68 percent in 2021 from 22 percent in 2011.
Zeepay Granted Approval To Operate In Zambia
Zeepay, a remittance fintech based in Ghana, has been granted approval by the Central Bank of Zambia to operate in the country to operate a new remittance outbound service directly from its Zeepay Mobile Money Wallet
Partech released its 2022 Africa Tech fundraising report. Take a look at which start-ups got funded and who is investing in Africa
Digital entrepreneurship
News updates
Ghana and EU launch agribusiness platform to boost trade
An online platform that will directly link Ghanaian Agribusinesses to counterparts in the European Union (EU) market has been launched in Accra.
Opportunities
Applications for the Norrsken 2023 Accelerator cohort which offers $125,000 is open for startups with an Africa startups.
Digital talents
News updates
IIPGH, AFOS Foundation and partners launch Tech Job Fair (TJF) 2023
The 2023 edition of the Tech Job Fair (TJF) scheduled to come off on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) will be held under the theme ‘Leveraging technology to create inclusive and sustainable jobs’
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