MTN Ghana, the nation’s premier and biggest telecommunications service provider on Wednesday launched its 20th anniversary celebration in Accra, on the theme: “Two decades of brightening lives; embracing a future of unlimited opportunities.”
The anniversary activities include mtn @ 20 mega promo, mtn festivals, 4G launch, MoMo month, a digital fair (ifest), anniversary dinners, health screening and a number of corporate social responsibilities.
Speaking at a media launch of the anniversary in Accra, Mr Ebenezer Twum Asante, CEO of MTN Ghana, noted that MTN entered the picture in 2006, and is proud to have been part of Scancom’s 20year history, responsible for half, that is 10 fulfilling years of that history, and it is indeed his great pleasure to launch the celebrations in recognition of Scancom’s twenty years of providing innovative services to Ghanaians”.
With the aim of championing Ghana’s telecommunications industry, through hardwork, MTN is currently the only telecommunications service provider in all 10 regions of the country.
“The journey has not only been exciting and eventful. It has been spiced with useful lessons and above all it had been rewarding and fulfilling. For all along, I have always harboured the idea of crusading the importance quality telecommunication service provision in Ghana”
“In March, this great country, Ghana turned 59, and we are humbled to have played an important role in the country in a significant portion of that period. Our 20th anniversary celebration is therefore not so much a time simply for festivities as it is, and will involve, reflecting on our evolution into what we are today and a view of prospects for the future.” the CEO added.
Scancom which started operations back in 1996 with approximately 20, including six Ghanaians can today boast of 1919 employees, with 685 been direct employees, 57 are contract employees and 1177 been third party contractors.
“The proactive approach of MTN Ghana has resulted in the company becoming the leading service provider in the growing and highly competitive sector.” He added.
From the year 2006, MTN Ghana has made investments in various sectors of the economy amounting to approximately US$2.5 Billion. This year the company plans to invest $96 million in the network, made up of $62 million in the traditional network, $16 million in IT infrastructure and $18 million in LTE deployment of their newly acquired 4G LTE license.
In his closing remarks, the CEO stated that the company strives at all times to offer service models that are tailor-made to our client’s specific needs, and it is in line with that the service provider has over 17million subscribers on its network.
The CEO ended by saying the company will continue to enhance customer experience and will continually focus on the customer as when they focus on the customer the future takes care of itself.
He thanked everyone who has contributed to the growth of MTN in Ghana, the team that acquired the first license and the government of Ghana who gave them the approval to commence operations.