Mobile Money accounts grow to 1.2 billion in 2020 – GSMA
Data released by the GSMA indicates that an acceleration in mobile transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions. The report published in its annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, shows that the number of registered accounts grew by 13 per cent globally in...
Saudi Prince to Take Over French Ligue 2 Football Club Châteauroux
La Berrichonne football club of Châteauroux will officially become the property of Saudi prince Abdullah bin Mosaad. The businessman has indeed confirmed to AFP the imminent takeover of the French football club with the ambition to "bring back to the highest level" the current 20th and last of the French Ligue 2 (2nd division) championship.
Nora Al Matrooshi will be the first Arab woman in space!
Late last week, the United Arab Emirates announced the names of the two new astronauts who will join the country's space program in collaboration with NASA: the "2021 Nasa Astronaut Candidate Class"! And among them? The first female astronaut from an Arab country. An Emirati woman ready to launch into space
Kumasi: MoMo merchants protest over MTN’s decision to block their SIM cards
Some mobile money merchants in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, on Tuesday massed up at one of MTN Ghana’s main offices after the company blocked the SIM cards they use for their businesses. According to MTN Ghana, the affected agents failed to comply with the rules and regulations of its newly introduced ‘no ID...
Give us alternative income source –Charcoal Dealers to government
As climate change intensifies in the area, experts say there will be dire consequences in the coming years, if the menace of logging and commercial production of charcoal is not halted. Therefore, a have been concerns over the effects of deforestation in the Savannah Ecological Zone. To this end, the Savannah Regional Minister on...
We’re engaging with ECG for loadshedding timetable – GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has indicated that the country may in the coming days experience intermittent power outages for which a schedule will soon be drawn and made public. The power transmission company says the expected outages are to enable various maintenance and repair works to be carried out within the power transmission...
Saudi Arabia: The first solar car is born
This Thursday, in Jeddah, at Alfaisal University, the College of Engineering revealed its first solar and electric car, a happy event for all of Saudi Arabia. This new fully electric and sustainable car has been produced, after several years of research and work, by the team led by Habib Farooq and in partnership with Boeing. SEE ALSOLebanon...
Piccadilly Biscuits donates to Muslims ahead of Ramadan
Piccadilly Biscuits Limited in partnership with Hi-Lynks Communications has presented a gift package of assorted confectionery products to the Muslim community of Ghana as Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan. The donation, according to the Managing Director of the company, Roy Somers, is a gesture of solidarity to Muslims in Ghana as...
Yendi: Farouk Aliu Mahama donates 1,000 bags of sugar to Muslim community
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, the Member of Parliament for Yendi, has donated 1,000 bags of sugar and assorted items to the Muslim community in his constituency. The gesture is aimed at supporting Muslims within the constituency to carry-out their month-long Ramadan fasting. The donation was made...
Use Ramadan period to pray for Ghana’s sustained growth – NPP to Muslims
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged Muslims to pray for leaders, government and the nation, to overcome all obstacles that will impede Ghana’s sustained growth and prosperity. This request is because Muslims across the country and the globe have begun their month-long Ramadan fasting. The General Secretary of NPP,...
