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Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has stated the cut-off date for the re-registration of SIM playing cards stays July 31. The closing date used to be in the past pushed ahead from thirty first March to thirty first July. “More time will be required to update the SIM Registration App for the registration of diplomats, while a Self-Service SIM Registration App is also being developed to facilitate registration of SIM cards for Ghanaians resident abroad.“This will be operational by…

The Minister for Communications and Digitalization Ursula Owusu has said that the government of Ghana is likely to raise Ghs500m per month from the newly introduced E-Levy. She also mentioned that the government is also likely to raise over Ghs9 billion each year from the newly introduced E-Levy. While presenting the 2022 budget in Parliament on 17th November Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said that government introduced 1.7% E-Levy payable by mobile money users per transaction over Ghs100.00 as a result of the…

Mmeber of Parliament Ursula Owusu Ekufful has reacted to the e-levy which government of Ghana has introduce and will be effective from 2022. There have been calls from the general public for government to scrap the 1.7 percent levy it will be imposing on all electronic transactions in Ghana from 2022 since it's draconian. The likes of Nana Aba Anamaoah has questioned why the government is imposing the tax on electronic transactions but lifting that of toll booth. Reacting to the ongoing conversation, the Minister…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dropped Minister of Communications and Digitization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Minister for National Security, Kan Dapaah from his 19-member cabinet list. The Minister for Gender, Women and Children Affairs and the Minister for Transport were equally excluded from the list. On Thursday June 10, The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin read out the communication from the Presidency in Parliament. Ministers like Asenso Boakye, Abdulai Jinapor, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and Hawa Koomson all…