MTN Ghana & partners empower 150 SMEs in Ashanti Region
The leading telecommunications network in the country, MTN Ghana, including Sanlam/Allianz and other partners, has held a two-day financial literacy and digital training for 150 small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Ashanti Region.
Mr. Mohammed Abubakari-Sidick,
The event dubbed “MTN Business Clinic” was on the theme: “Setting up Business for Growth”.
It is being held from 25th to 26th September 2025 at Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi.
The event in Kumasi is the fourth in a series after training programmes in Accra, Tamale and Takoradi.
Speaking to journalists, Mr. Mohammed Abubakari-Sidick, the Senior Manager SME Sales, MTN Ghana, explained that the overall goal of the Business Clinic was to empower small and medium-sized enterprises via digital transformation and financial inclusion.
“The event focuses on teaching entrepreneurs how to keep proper records (book keeping), digital tools, manage finances, and leverage the products and services of MTN Ghana to enable them to grow their businesses,” he explained.
A section of the participants
He said they also identified that most of the SMEs didn’t have websites and through the training, participants had been empowered to create websites to have their presence globally.
“MTN Ghana and our partners believe in giving our SNRs the best solutions through prudent financial book keeping, digital solutions, insurance for protection, among others,” he indicated.
Ernestina Nana Adwoa Oyelaran
He continued, “One of the challenges we identified was that most of the SMEs don’t keep proper records. There was also the issue of customer-relation gap.”
On her part, Ernestina Nana Adwoa Oyelaran, Head of Business Development & Distribution for the Corporate Commercial Business Line with Sanlam/Allianz, commended MTN Ghana for the partnership.
According to her, their partnership with MTN for the Business Clinic demonstrates their commitment to empowering people, especially SMEs, which are the backbone of the economy.
Dr. Victoria Mensah Nyamadi of Elclassy Apparell,
“Our aim is to offer the SMEs the best packages for the protection of their businesses for effective growth. All businesses need insurance protection for security in case of unforeseen circumstances. I’m, therefore, appealing to all businesses, especially SMEs and Ghanaians, to embrace insurance in all their endeavours. Insurance is not a scam; let us all embrace it for future protection,” she said.
Some of the participants, including Business Development Executive for Jackson University College, Sebastian Appiah and Dr. Victoria Mensah Nyamadi of Elclassy Apparell, commended the organisers for the impactful training.
They said the facilitators of the Business Clinic took them through financial literacy, book keeping, leverage digital space, among others.
They believed the training would go a long way to bring great transformation to their businesses.
Dr. Nyamadi remarked, “Normally, when you operate a small business, you take many things for granted. And this training has opened my eyes to take records keeping very seriously. I’m also encouraging all businesses, especially SMEs, to take proper records of their businesses. The speakers in the clinic drummed home the need for records keeping because it’s very important for business growth and this is my key takeaway from the MTN SMEs clinic.”By:Isaac Amoah/tntnewspapergh.com
