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Payment service providers operating in silos are weakening Ghana’s fight against fraud — Ebenezer Boffour
The Head of Internal Affairs at Hubtel, Ebenezer Baffour, has warned that the lack of collaboration among payment service providers (PSPs) is undermining efforts to combat fraud in Ghana's rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem.
Telecel Ghana announces 2026 FESSP cohort to help close STEM’s gender gap
Telecel Ghana has unveiled the ten outstanding final-year female students selected for the 2026 cohort of its Female Engineering Students Scholarship Programme (FESSP).
World’s largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increase
The world's largest chipmaker has told the BBC that inflation is pushing up the cost of doing business and has not ruled out price rises.
France becomes first European country to ban social media for children under age 15
French lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban social media use for children under the age of 15, making it the first country in the European Union to introduce such an age limit. Australia made history late last year when it implemented the first ban on social media for under-16s. The British government announced similar restr...
Italy regulator drops investigation into Meta’s WhatsApp AI bot
Italy's competition authority said on Monday it had dropped an investigation into Meta Platforms over allegations that the company abused its dominant position by installing its artificial intelligence tool on the messaging service WhatsApp.
WAJESHA launches website to support specialised journalism across West Africa
The West African Journalists for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (WAJESHA) has launched a new website aimed at helping journalists report on climate, health, science and agriculture issues across the region. The website, www.wajesha.org, will allow members to share stories, access resources, connect with e...
Samsung launches first US credit card with Barclays, signals ambitions for deeper financial services push
Samsung Electronics on Monday launched its first U.S. co-branded credit card with Barclays, deepening its push into the financial services space in the country and signalling plans to broaden its offerings in the future.
Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictive
Meta Platforms faces trial in Tennessee on Monday over the state's claims that Instagram's design is to blame for a youth mental-health crisis
How to spot and avoid task scams on WhatsApp, Telegram
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a consumer alert warning the public about the growing threat of task scams, also known as gamified job scams, which are increasingly being used to defraud individuals through messaging platforms. According to the FTC, these scams begin with an unexpected messa...
MTN Partners with Ant International to overhaul its Mobile Money platform
MTN Group Fintech has announced a strategic partnership with Ant International, the global payments and fintech arm of Alibaba’s Alipay, to rebuild and expand its MoMo mobile money platform across Africa. The deal is set to launch in Nigeria next quarter and could reshape how tens of millions of users interact with dig...
NCA extends deadline for 5G spectrum licence applications to 27 August
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has extended the deadline for applications for spectrum licences in the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 3 GHz mid-band frequencies, which are expected to support the rollout and expansion of 5G mobile broadband services in Ghana. The revised deadline is Thursday, 27 August 2026, at 5:00...
Tech firms are blaming AI for mega device and console price rises
Apple and Microsoft's Xbox have joined the firms hiking prices for devices and games consoles which are years old.