Vodafone Ghana has hinted that it will soon introduce mobile money services in the country. The service allows subscribers to do money transfer through their mobile phones.
MTN and Airtel are the only two out of the five telecoms companies operating in the country that offer the service.
According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Mr Kyle Whitehill, they want to want add more value to their products.
Mr Whitehill told Citi FM’s Breakfast Show host Bernard Avle last week, that even though they have not seen the huge demand from Ghanaians for the service yet, however the company is planning to launch the service. “Oh yes we have plans for that because money transfer mobile payment will really be big when people trust the mobile operator and know that they can move their money safely and securely.”
Once again, Queens is a mecca for Asian immigrants - but this time with a twist.
Along with the traditional influx of Chinese and Korean immigrants, South Asians - people from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - are a growing presence in the city’s most diverse borough.
Part of a wave of Asians moving to Queens, they are flocking to neighborhoods like Jamaica, Bellerose and Ozone Park, bringing their traditions, religions and even sports with them.
The public library branch in Jamaica now offers a Bengali story hour for kids, while groups of Indian cricket fans gather in Richmond Hill bars to watch the cricket World Cup.
It’s all part of the dramatic growth of Queens’ Asian community, which numbers more than 500,000 from Douglaston to Long Island City. The community has grown a stunning 30.6% in just 10 years.
That growth has taken place in Queens’ traditional Asian home base of Flushing, but it’s also transformed neighborhoods like Auburndale, Bellerose and Douglaston, where the white population has begun to shrink.
Udai Tambar’s story mirrors the path of many such immigrants. He arrived from India with his family when he was in second grade and settled in Queens. He and his wife still live in the borough with their two young sons.