The government of Ghana has completed the takeover of the ownership of AirtelTigo, Bharti Airtel has disclosed in a regulatory filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. “This is in further to our announcement dated October 27, 2020, and April 16, 2021, regarding Government of Ghana’s takeover of ownership of Airtel/Tigo Joint Venture. We wish to […]
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghanaians and foreigners who do not have the Ghana Card cannot re-register their SIM cards beginning October 2021. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Accra on Sunday, she said the exercise is mandatory for all citizens and non-citizens living in Ghana. Owusu-Ekuful announced that […]
Ghana is to start national roaming and interoperability for all mobile telecommunication companies by the end of 2021. This will mean that in areas where a network provider has no coverage, the sim will automatically port unto the available network for the period of time that the subscriber is within the said no coverage area. Subscribers will therefore not need […]
Preparations are rife for migration from Analogue Terrestrial Television (ATT) transmission in the country onto a Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system. According to the Minister of Communications and Digitisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the government was in the process of identifying people to manage the platform, adding that the migration “will be done soon”. “The only […]
Stakeholders at a consultative meeting on the passage of a broadcasting law to regulate broadcasting activities in the country have unanimously agreed that the time for such a law is more rife than ever. According to them, the lack of a law to regulate the activities of the media was causing a lot of threats […]
Parliament has by consensus, approved an additional 16 ministerial nominees. This brings to a total of 29 ministerial nominees by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who have been approved by Parliament for his second term in office. The approval of the additional 16 on Thursday night came after a unanimous voice vote from both sides of the […]
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has slammed Broadcast Journalist and show host with Multimedia Group’s Adom FM, Captain Smart for calling her names. The radio presenter seems very convinced that Government dolled out money to pay artistes who performed at the launch of the COVID-19 tracker app and its launch at the virtual concert. BestNewsGH.com has […]
Dr. Sam Owusu Ekuful, husband of the Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has tested negative for COVID-19. This was after he had self-isolated himself for the mandatory 14 days, after his arrival from the United Kingdom a fortnight ago. Mrs. Ekuful who broke the news of her husband’s self-isolation to the media, said they usually […]
The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has revealed that her husband, who recently returned from a trip to the United Kingdom to Ghana has quarantined himself as part of measures to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). She said they serve him food by leaving it at the door to […]
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has impressed upon delegates of the party in the constituency to retain her as the ruling New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary candidate to enable her continue to transform lives and bring real change to the constituency. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful who […]
The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has bemoaned the poor road networks in the constituency, saying she hardly sleeps as a result. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful who is also the Minister for Communications made the disclosure on Thursday, January 16, 2020 when she inspected repair works […]
On Friday, January 10, 2020 at Shiabu Chemuenaa near the ‘Wallace Park’, the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency and Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful engaged constituents in Shiabu on the newly constructed ‘floating’ footbridge, which lies on the Chemu River, and also on other matters of concern to the community. […]
