A 2-DAY
CONFERENCE ON MOBILE MONEY PAYMENTS
IN GHANA
Venue: Ghana Technology University College, Accra-Ghana
Ghana
Telecom University College (GTUC), Accra-Ghana is looking forward to hosting a
conference on the uptake of mobile money in Ghana and is pleased announce Peter Zetterli,
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor)/World Bank Group as the Conference
Keynote Speaker. Peter Zetterli works with CGAP’s Technology and Business Model
Innovation Team on understanding and catalyzing the developing branchless
banking sector in Ghana. With the goal of raising an awareness of the product
and encouraging usage, researchers Ms. Abena Offe and Mr. Yaw Owusu-Agyemang at
GTUC in consultation with researchers from the University of North Carolina at
Pembroke, USA—Prof. Edwin Clifford Mensah and Prof. Zhixin “Richard” Kang, are
planning a 2-day mobile money conference in Ghana from March 12th -13th, 2013. The
conference will bring all the relevant stakeholders in the mobile money
industry in Ghana together to deliberate on the barriers to the adoption of
mobile money and the strategies to mitigate the barriers to promote awareness
and enhance the uptake of the product. Unlike M-PESA in Kenya, the introduction
of mobile money in Ghana, has met the reticence of Ghanaians. Unfortunately,
the high mobile phone penetration rate (over 90%) in Ghana, coupled with the millions of dollars
spent by Telcos to promote the product is yet to translate into reasonable
adoption rates.
Attendees
include:
- Telecommunication Companies (MTN, TIGO, AIRTEL)
- Government Representatives/Agencies
- NGOs
- Traditional leaders
- Women’s Groups
- Academic Researchers (International and Domestic)
- Utility Companies
- Financial Institutions
- General public welcome
We are pleased to
note that this is the first of a series of blogs to track the conference. Click
here to read more about the conference. For registration and further
information on the conference, please contact edwin.mensah@uncp.edu/zhinxin.kang@uncp.edu or the Office of
Research and Consultancy Services at Ghana Technology University College (GTUC)
on Tel: +233 302200610 / 0202698207, email: orcs@gtuc.edu.gh/aoffe@gtuc.edu.gh.
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