By:Isaac Amoah
The leading telecommunication giant in the country, MTN Ghana, has held its annual editors and stakeholders forum in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, to solicit the necessary feedback from major stakeholders and also showcase its achievements.
The forum, which was held on Wednesday, 24th July 2024, at Lancaster Hotel, brought together senior editors across the region and key stakeholders to review the activities of the company as part of its annual forum aimed at getting necessary feedback to improve its services to customers.
Some scenes from the forum
The Head of this year’s Ashanti Editors & Stakeholders Forum, who doubles as the General Manager of the Northern Business District, Mr Nii Adotey Mingle, revealed that MTN Foundation, over the years, had spent a total amount of GH¢106.5 million on social impact projects.
According to him, the foundation has successfully initiated and completed 166 social projects that have impacted over 4.5 million lives across the country.
Mr.Nii Adotey Mingle speaking at the forum
A section of participants
Mr. Mingle gave the breakdown of the projects as follows:
Educational Sector – 90,
Healthcare – 55,
Economic Empowerment – 15 &
Community Support Initiatives – 6.
He said as part of the company’s commitment to incorporate digital capability and skills training into its programme in order to achieve the foundation’s 75% target by the year 2025, their strategic refocus had ensured completion of a number of digital projects, including the Mamfe Girls Robotics lab, Yilo Krobo 40-seater ICT project, Wiamoase ICT facility-equipment, among others.
According to him, the company’s community support programmes centred on equipping the youth, women, persons with disabilities with digital skills training and interventions, such as vocational skills training, and educational and health infrastructure will be carried out next year.
The Head of Technical in the Northern Business sector, Mr Charles Osei Ajoto, bemoaned the continued fibre cuts and implored all stakeholders, especially the media, to educate Ghanaians to help prevent the fibre cuts.
