The Ghana Chamber of Mines has called for sustained dialogue and careful consideration of the economic implications of ongoing mining sector reforms, stressing that efforts to deepen Ghanaian participation must also safeguard employment, investment and the industry’s long-term competitiveness. The Chamber’s Chief Operating Officer, Ahmed Dasana Nantogmah, said recent concerns expressed by mineworkers and host communities highlighted the importance of consultation and a balanced approach to mining policy and regulatory decisions. His comments follow protests by mineworkers at Akyem Abirem over the directive to transition certain mining operations from owner mining to contract mining. The workers have raised concerns about potential implications for job security, wages, benefits and existing conditions of service. Nantogmah acknowledged government’s commitment to strengthening local participation in the mining industry, describing it as an important national objective that the Cham...
By Majid Diallo Five innovators from the Southern Zone have booked their place in the grand finale of the Mobile Money FinTech Limited (MMFL) Fintech Lab Hackathon, after an exciting zonal competition in Accra. The Chief Products and Services Officer of Mobile Money Limited, Sylvia Otuo Acheampong, made the announcement at the just-ended MMFL Fintech Lab Hackathon - Accra. She said the hackathon is a tech-based competition for developers, entrepreneurs and startups to share ideas, and this year it was enlarged into an ecosystem platform involving partners, banks, fintechs and the Bank of Ghana. We started this journey a few weeks back when we wanted to enlarge our hackathon competition," Acheampong said. "We created this platform as an ecosystem platform. So all partners, banks, fintechs, the central bank were all involved in the launch, and the journey started from there." The competition started with zonal contests across the country. In Tamale, in the Northern Zone,...