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SIM re-registration will not compromise privacy — NCA Boss
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (306+ words) Director-General of the NCA, Rev Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko The Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko, has assured Ghanaians that privacy protections will be central to the upcoming SIM card registration exercise. The exercise, being prepared by…...
Telecel donates cash, food supplies to Muslim community for Eid-ul-Fitr
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (406+ words) Telecel Ghana visits the Chief Imam and donates assorted food supplies and cash of GHC 50,000 towards Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Telecel Ghana has donated assorted food supplies and a cash gift of GHC 50,000 to the National Chief Imam, His Eminence Sheikh…...
Telcos to bear SIM re-registration cost, not Ghanaians – Lamtiig Apanga
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (276+ words) Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, Lamtiig A. Apanga The Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, Lamtiig A. Apanga, has dismissed concerns that the planned SIM card registration exercise will impose an…...
SIM re-registration exercise “unproductive” – UP Policy Director
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (305+ words) Director of Policy for the United Party (UP), Dr. Nana Yaw Adutwum Director of Policy for the United Party (UP), Dr. Nana Yaw Adutwum has described the government's decision to undertake a fresh SIM re-registration exercise as unproductive, urging a…...
Mahama: Previous SIM registration was flawed
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (237+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has defended plans for a new SIM card re-registration exercise, describing the previous process as ineffective and lacking credibility. Speaking during the Resetting Ghana tour in Sunyani in the Bono Region on Thursday, March 19, the President…...
Poland plans to ban mobile phone use by under-16s in schools
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (168+ words) Poland plans to ban the use of mobile phones by "under-16s in schools from September 1, "the education minister said on Wednesday, March 18, joining a growing list of countries moving to limit "children's screen time and social "media use. Countries including…...
SIM registration audit reveals zero biometric match with NIA database – NCA
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (342+ words) Director-General of the NCA, Rev Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko The National Communications Authority (NCA) has disclosed that an audit of 2021-2023 SIM card registration data revealed zero fingerprint matches when cross-checked with the national identity database, raising concerns over the integrity of…...
One-fifth of Australian teens still use TikTok, Snapchat after social media ban
1+ week, 2+ day ago (490+ words) One-fifth of Australian teenagers "under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, "industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of their age-gating methods. The number of 13-to-15-year-olds using TikTok and…...
NCA Director-General urges telcos to make strategic investments
1+ week, 5+ day ago (312+ words) Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV's The Point of View on Monday, March 9, Ing. Fianko emphasised that telcos need to invest to take advantage of market remedies and opportunities. He highlighted a metric introduced by…...
New SIM registration must be transparent and well-structured – Telecoms Chamber
1+ week, 5+ day ago (369+ words) Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah, is admonishing that lessons from previous SIM registration exercises must guide the upcoming new exercise to avoid consumer frustration and operational challenges. In a Citi Business News interview, Sylvia…...