Vodafone Ghana Foundation Donates To KNUST Food Bank Vodafone Ghana Foundation (VGF) has donated food and assorted items to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Food Bank. The donation was held in a short ceremony at the forecourt of the J. Harper building. The items donated included cartons of milo, milk, soap, tomato paste, indomie noodles, toilet rolls, bags of rice, sugar, shoes, clothes, and other items at an undisclosed amount. Receiving the items on behalf of management, the Deputy Registrar, Legal and Welfare Division, Ms. Lucy Diawuo thanked Vodafone Ghana Foundation (VGF) for their support to ease the burden of students especially in this era of Covid-19. “The KNUST Food Bank was established to eradicate extreme hunger and ensure access to food by every needy student on campus”, she said. She added that the KNUST Food Bank relies on donations from individuals and organizations. She called on other benevolent individuals and corporate societies...

  MANAGEMENT OF UNWANTED CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES  Accra, 5th August, 2021:  The National Communications Authority (NCA) in recent times has noted with great concern the spate of consumer complaints regarding the receipt and management of Unsolicited Electronic Communications (UECs), popularly referred to as unwanted calls and text messages. With Government’s strides in Digitalisation and E-Government, it is imperative for telecommunication consumers to have a sanitised space to ensure that they are able to notice important messages they have subscribed to.  Consequently, the Guidelines for the management of UECs which had been in place since 2014 has been withdrawn effective 1st August, 2021.  Additionally, the NCA in collaboration with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) has directed all Service Providers to be guided by Section 50 of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008, Act 772 and ensure that they transmit text messages to only consumers who have co...

THE USAGE OF GHANA CARD TO COMMENCE VERY SOON            In line with the directives from the Government of Ghana on the new modalities for sim registration in the country, all stakeholders are hereby directed to comply with the new and only requirement for sim registration-The GHANA IDENTITY CARD. All  identity cards have been jettisoned by the government except the GHANA CARD [ECOWAS IDENTITY CARD]. As at now, over 15 million Ghanaians have been issued the Ghana Identity Card and still counting so this new modality is not expected to cut down work flow. For every foreigner coming into the country  for up to 90 days is expected to use their international passport for sim registration. MINIMUM DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SIM REGISTRATION APP In a letter from NCA to Operators dated 17th August,2021 signed by Joe Anokye , the Director General of the NCA, the National Communication Authority refers to the sim registration exercise which is schedul...

  EXQUISITE PROFILE OF ELIJAH NUAKO FEDERAL SRC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 21 UHAS SRC As political activities are still ongoing in the University of Health and allied sciences campus towards the election of new executive officers of the student’s representative council, we bring you and exquisite profile of Master ELIJAH NUAKO who is a presidential candidate for the 2021 presidential race. Mr. Elijah filed his nomination forms successfully on the 26 th June 2021 to lead the UHAS src as the federal president for the 2021/2022 academic year. In his quest to serve and represent the interest of the student, he diligently succeeded in all the electioneering process which was captured in the roadmap by the Electoral commissioner. He hits 90.43% after carefully scrutiny, policy defense, confidence, critical thinking, useful demonstration and policy feasibility by the SRC vetting committee. BIOGRAPHY Master Elijah is a native of Dunkwa-on-Offin, the capital of the Upper Denkyira east munici...