Last week Friday, Ghanaians woke up to the news that the
Bank of Ghana had launched a new website on the re-denomination of the currency, scheduled for
July 2007.
Getting to work, I checked
Joy FM's website on the article, a story culled from the
Ghana News Agency about the initiative. It was great to see the Bank of Ghana, in a manner reminiscent of the
flyer it sent out in January with copies of the
Daily Graphic.
By clicking
http://www.ghanacedi.gov.gh, you are exposed to a fresh, rather hip webpage that is replete with funky graphics and bold colours that are pleasing to the eye. There is a
download page, where you can download videos of the now-very-popular jingles all over radio and tv. The refrain is no longer recondite:
"There is no change in value, the value is the same"
The video can be downloaded on the page listed above, along with a few other less popular jingles.
You may or may not re-call that I have blogged about
Onetouch and
areeba quite a few times. The Last time I blogged, it was about the
war between the two operators.
Even though South African giant
MTN has almost bought AREEBA, I would like to state explicitly here that though I also possess an areeba number, I am passionately a ONETOUCH promoter and supporter. Here's why:
1. Onetouch is 70% Ghanaian
2. It has FREE directory assistance (you can find out any number in the country for free!)
3. flat rate of GHC1,450, or almost $0.16/minute to ANY network, with GHC900 to landline and onetouch users during off-peak hours
4. GPRS is VERY user-friendly, enabling users to browse mobile web, with as little as GHC2000, whereas AREEBA demands you have GHC50,000 before you can browse
5. you can call a Ghana Telecom helpline for FREE, which you cannot do on any other network
Onetouch musn't get complacent, and with people like me around, I will ensure it doesn't;-) SUffice-to-say, so far, I'm very happy with them!
Good weekend!
