Samsung Electronics West Africa has been recognised by the Association of Ghana Industries and the Ghana Chamber of Commerce for investments made in communities and for corporate social responsibility activities it implemented in 2011 and …
Farmer Organizations Forum links farmers to markets and financial services
"Smallholder farmers are critical to meeting the food security demands of
the future,"said FOSCA Lead Coordinator Fadel Ndiame. "Farmer
organizations empower and…
Airtel Ghana has handed over a refurbished three classroom block with offices and a playground to the Salvation Army School at Adaklu Abuadi in the Volta Region. Airtel committed to renovating the school block which had no roof and was col…
In line with its commitment of providing value to its customers, Samsung Electronics has partnered with Spinlet Digital Music, a music streaming portal to provide its customers with exclusive music tunes composed by its brand ambassador, S…
Increased Targeting of Key Populations Can Accelerate End of
Global HIV Epidemic New Studies Show Potential Impact of
Programs for Sex Workers, People Who Inject Drugs, and Men
Who Have Sex with Men WASHINGTON, November 28, 2012 As…
The second annual South African wind conference, Windaba, jointly organised
by SAWEA (South African Wind Energy Association) and its partner, GEWC
(Global Energy Wind Council) was held on 22 to 24 October in Cape Town.
The SAWEA Industr…
GSK today welcomed the publication of the third Access to Medicine (ATM)
Index, which measures the performance of the top 20 pharmaceutical
companies on their efforts to improve access to medicine and healthcare in
developing countries.…
The first ever Tigo Fire Race is set to take place at Tamale in the Northern region this Saturday, December 1, 2012.
The 42.2km race is part of activities marking this year's Fire Festival of the chiefs and people of Tamale. It will featu…
ABN Productions, the eventing arm of CNBC AFRICA and Forbes Africa, will
be hosting the 'Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012' on 29 November at
the Porsche Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The event celebrates the most
influential person of …
As a global brand with footprints all over the world, one of the drivers of our growth has been our focus on delivering great customer experiences on our network and at all customer touch points
Every single offer, product or service bea…
Airtel Ghana is continuing with the roll out of customer-driven offers with the announcement of an international bonanza nicknamed 'Global-Local', a special offer that gives customers reduced rates to a number of destinations in North Amer…
The much-anticipated Tigo Festival Train rolled into Anloga, Volta Region sending celebrants of the Hogbetsotso festival back to their homes with the fondest memories of a festival well-celebrated.
Visitors and natives of the town from fa…
The Africa CEO Forum Awards 2012: Four Winners From The African Business World Recognized For Their Dedication To Promoting Growth In Africa
The first Africa CEO Forum has honoured four representatives from among the businesses and invest…
As part of its CSR initiatives, Tigo Ghana has handed over a Street Library Tent to street Library Ghana at Ahwerase community a town near Nsawam, Eastern Region on Thursday, November 15, 2012.
The presentation was the culmination of the …
Partners Ericsson for comprehensive upgrade of network to deliver superior service
Bharti Airtel ('AirtelÂ') (http://www.airtel.com), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, …
CIMG Telecoms Company of the year, Vodafone Ghana in its commitment to bring cutting edge technology to their customers and lead in innovation, has worked with Microsoft to allow the seamless integration of their mobile broadband devices i…
Traditionally, adoption of mobile technologies in Africa has been very strong. In fact, the continent is the second biggest market in the world when it comes to mobile and is also the fastest growing. Tablet computers have especially been …
Inter-Royals Football Club, an Accra-based colts football team has been presented with $7,000 cash and $3,000 in football gear for winning the maiden edition of the Africa Airtel Rising Stars football tournament played in Nairobi, Kenya. T…
International Partners Pledge Continued Support in Recognition of Burundi's Achievements and Commitments
The country's development partners noted significant progress in recent years
At today's meeting of the Burundi Configuration of th…
The Volta Regional Directorate of the Local Enterprises and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP), has begun a series of youth targeted-interactions to get young people out of their fixation for formal sector jobs.
As part of the Global E…
Ghana's Most Respected Telecommunications company, Vodafone Ghana, has partnered the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology and mFriday to launch the first-ever Technology Hub in Ghana that will provide an invaluable opportunity …
ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices and Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, t…
Footballer John Mensah has received an award for his sporting achievements at an international awards ceremony celebrating achievements within the British Ghanaian community.
The Ghanaian defender and former Sunderland player was one of 2…
Network launch in Tanzania to be followed by extension of mobile broadband network to Uganda
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is to enable the African wireless service provider Smile to introduce 4G mobile broadband services…
Worlds' first intercontinental roaming facility offering free incoming calls leverages Airtel's network reach in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
To benefit African businessmen, tourists and students traveling to the Indian sub-continent
…
The International Renewable Energies tradeshow brought the African private and public stakeholders of energy management together
The International Renewable Energies Tradeshow (7th to 10th of Novembre 2012) and the Lighting Africa forum (…
The World Banks fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent needto make sure the worlds most vulnerable have a real chance at a decent life. A lot has happened since then.
With IDAs help, hundreds…
Round one of IPP's brings three significant renewable energy orders for world’s global technology company.
Siemens Energy has entered the South African renewable energy market. For the customer, the project companies owned by Mai…
Quantification of greenhouse gases: which are the reliable tools for measuring, monitoring and evaluation to inform policy and mitigation strategies in agriculture for West Africa?
Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture and f…
The Director of Bahass Foundation in the Upper West Region, Ilyasu Yussif Baba has on behalf of his Foundation taken delivery of a wide range of items from Airtel Ghana as part of the company's corporate social responsibility initiative, T…
Availability of high-speed Internet access, video and other consumer and business applications to be boosted by high-capacity fiber-optic communications network
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Angola Cables, a consortium…
The recently concluded 19th Africa Oil Week, Africa's premier oil and gas event, brought together key industry players from Africa and the world at large to Cape Town, South Africa. Over 1,000 delegates representing 600 companies from a cr…
Global Electronics leader, Samsung is once again demonstrating its commitment to making life better for its customers this festive season with exciting offers on its products with unique technologies - Duracool refrigerators, Eco bubble wa…
The Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund, The Carlyle Group and Standard Chartered Private Equity Invest $210m in Export Trading Group, a Global Agricultural Supply Chain Manager
This is the first investment by Carlyle's Sub-Saharan Africa …
Over 50 off-grid village communities have been connected across Niger, allowing an average of 1,200 people in each location to benefit from mobile telecoms services for the first tim
Altobridge (http://www.altobridge.com), a technology su…
Representatives of various local, regional and international development agencies and from different levels of Government met in Ouagadougou to discuss the funding of a sanitation project in the peri-urban areas of Ouagadougou, estimated a…
Students and inmates of the Agona Swedru Junior Boys Correctional and National Vocational Training Centre in Central Region were excited when Tigo Ghana visited the facility for a mentorship session on Friday October 26, 2012 as part of it…
Region Leads World in Mobile Growth, Mobile Internet and Mobile Money Transfer,
But Further Growth Is Held Back by Inadequate Spectrum Allocation and High Taxation
The GSMA today revealed that sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing mo…
Company also Shortlisted for Prestigious AfricaCom 2012 Award for Best Pan African Initiative
SkyVision Global Networks Ltd (http://www.skyvision.net), a leading global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fibre optic systems, a…
We write in response to the story on the above subject published on your website www.ghanaweb.com on Monday November 5, 2012.The story presented a gross misrepresentation of the facts. We therefore request that in the interest of fairness…
Samsung Electronics West Africa has signed on music icon Michael Owusu popularly known as Sarkodie as its brand ambassador for its mobile devices for the next one year. In this role, Sarkodie will be working with Samsung to raise awareness…
RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine reduces malaria by approximately one-third
in African infants
Results from ongoing Phase III clinical trial announced
International African Vaccinology Conference, Cape Town, South
Africa-Results from a …
Our customers are the very core of our business, and as we grow our company we
know it is important that we continue to invest in modernizing and improving the
network, and we are committed to doing so.
Unfortunately, as we work on opti…
In partnership with First Fidelity Health services, Tigo opened an in-house clinic on Monday, November 5, 2012 at its Head Office on the Barnes Road, Accra.
The clinic has been set up to provide periodic health checks and serve as the fir…
The ancient town of Odumase Krobo was thrown into excitement when the popular 'Tigo Festival Train' arrived during this year's Ngmayem festival held from October 25th to 27th, 2012.
Thousands of people from the town and its surrounding co…
The ancient town of Odumase Krobo was thrown into excitement when the popular 'Tigo Festival Train' arrived during this year's Ngmayem festival held from October 25th to 27th, 2012.
Thousands of people from the town and its surrounding co…
Airtel and UCC Medical School celebrate 1st anniversary of the commissioning of ultra modern Clinical Teaching Centre
Airtel Ghana and the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences are celebrating the 1st anniversary of the comm…
The Multilateral InvestmentGuarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, announced today it is supportingan investment that will supply 60,000 cubic meters of potable water per day to residents and busi…
Only 43% of Countries Disclose Public Officials Financial
Assets, Says World Bank Financial disclosure is a powerful
anti-corruption tool
Financial disclosure laws requiring public
officials to file a statement of their assets, liabi…
Airtel Ghana has handed over various prizes to two beneficiaries of their corporate social responsibility initiatives, Touching Lives. The two, Rebecca Kwapong and Emmanuel Martey, are both residences of Asesewa in the Manyo Krobo Distric…
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