MTN are straining to get their mobile money platform into every nook and cranny of our lives; and whilst it’s not necessarily a bad thing, they simply charge too damn much.
Paying 1% on any cash transaction, especially one designed for use by the middle and lower class, is simply exorbitant.
Recently GhanaCelebrities.Com editor Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri has been leading a ‘put them on blast’ effort to attempt to shame service providers in this country who revel in taking their consumers for a ride (basically all of them).
Large corporations are built on one bottom line, increasing profits; but whilst some do this by making their services so good that customers would keep coming back for more- more often than not in this country, the route is to fleece the customer for as long as you can, and they have to keep coming back because the alternatives are probably worse.
For some unfathomable reason, inane, unnecessary blunders are becoming something of a norm from quarters who should know better, signalling a measure of carelessness that is symptomatic of the disarray this country is in.
Yesterday the official account of the President made a similar monumental blunder, and here we have the biggest telecommunication company in the country have also fallen foul.
Some typos change the meaning of words, or lead to funny mistakes we can all laugh at. Others are matters of millions of dollars.
MTN has been having some problems in recent times with Nigeria’s telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The company was fined $5.2bn in October for failing to cut off unregistered users.
The ‘Ghana Meets Naija’ concert is largely regarded as a musical showdown of sorts to establish supremacy between two countries whose musical trends have continuously influenced and rivaled each other in every way.
If indeed, the concert is a showdown, then last year’s edition was judged by many industry pundits as being a unanimous victory in favor of the Ghanaian artistes who excited the most with their performances on the night. This year therefore, the Naija acts are pledging to bring their best performances to bear on the night.
In typical Nigerian fashion, top Naija acts featuring on the bill have stated emphatically that come the night of 30th June, 2012, they will outclass their Ghanaian counterparts.
The Nigerian acts billed to perform include African hip-hop heavyweight, MI, his Chocolate city label mate and crooner Brymo whose hit single ‘Ara’ is one of the most heavily rotated songs on local radio and on the club scene. Another Nigerian artiste taking Africa by storm, Davido, who has yet to perform his hit club banger ‘Dami Duro’ on any stage in Ghana.
Also billed to take the stage in Ghana for the first time will be Don Jazzy’s leading lady and Nigeria’s finest female act of the moment, Tiwa Savage, who has three hit songs on heavy rotation in Ghana and Africa ’Kelekele’, ‘Love Me’ and ‘Oma Ga’.
The maiden edition of the ‘Ghana Meets Naija’ musical concert was last year introduced to celebrate and unite musicians in Ghana and Nigeria. The brand is growing with exciting packages and it is swiftly becoming a force to reckon with.
The idea was conceived and birthed by MC extraordinaire, Bola Ray, nurtured by his Empire Entertainment crew to bring the two West African countries together on one stage in the musical realm.
The brand itself is a unifier with a sole aim of championing peace and co-existence between the two countries who have become role models to the rest on the continent.
Ghana Meets Naija in its second season is perhaps the first and the biggest concert on the African continent where the very best of artistes with smashing hits from the two countries are assembled on one platform to entertain thousands of music enthusiasts.
In a bid to continually deliver unmatched mobile experience to its teeming customers, Nokia the World’s leading mobile phone manufacturer has unveiled the Asha range of products into the Ghanaian market. The launch event which took place at the Silver Star Tower in Accra saw the official introduction of the Nokia Asha 201 and Nokia Asha 303 into the Ghanaian market.
Nokia asha phones are messaging devices produced with full QWERTY keypad for quick and easy text input yet quite affordable. The Asha range is available at the very affordable prize of mobile phones but imbued with the distinct features of smart phones.
General Manager in charge of Sales for Nokia Nigeria, Mr. Chris Brown said consumers can now send text messages, emails and chats with their friends with added speed advantage of the QWERTY keypad. They can also view their friends status updates and tweet right there on their home screen and download thousands of free applications from their proprietary Nokia store.
