Tag: Local Content
Kenya to tax TV stations that show foreign soap operas &...
The Kenyan government has proposed a new 50% tax or more on local TV stations that air foreign film content like soap operas, telenovas...
Starlink banned in South Africa over lack of local content
South Africa’s ICT regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has asked IT Lec, a local Internet service provider (ISP), to stop...
Ghana’s Telecom Industry – Time to Bring in Home-made Players
MTN, since its entry into the Ghanaian telecoms space, has constantly posted impressive growth while its multinational counterparts, Vodafone and AirtelTigo seem to struggle...
MTN missing from BoG’s list of approved Mobile Money operators
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has released a list of 26 approved electronic money issuers (mobile money operators) and payment service providers in the...
Local fintechs, tech startups are the future employers – Zeepay CEO
Chief Executive Officer Zeepay, Andrew Takyi-Appiah has predicted that the budding locally-owned Fintechs and tech startups of today are the big employers of tomorrow...