By: tntnewspapergh.com
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications network in the country, has been commended for its great contribution to the provision of education to brilliant but needy students under its scheme dubbed: “Bright Scholarship Awards – Honouring Students Excellence through Scholarships”.
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the scholarship awards selection panel members comprising various public universities and a section of parents made the commendation at the northern sector awards ceremony held at the Law Faculty of KNUST in Kumasi on Monday, 8th August 2025.
Some scenes from the event.
The stakeholders were highly impressed about the transparency in the selection process, as well as the package involved which consists of tuition, accommodation, stipends and laptops to ease the financial burden of beneficiaries of Bright Scholarships.
Two hundred and fifty (250) students received their awards at the Northern Business sector, after a similar event was recently held in Accra to award 250 students and teachers.
Some of the awardees displaying their laptops
The uniqueness of this year’s MTN Bright Scholarship awards is that it has increased the number of awardees from 200 last year to 300 students.
Besides, for the first time since the scheme started in 2018, 200 STEM teachers have been included in the awards.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, Mr Stephen Blewett,
in a speech delivered on his behalf by Dr Isaac Mate, General Manager, Sustainability and Shared Value of MTN, announced that the company had targeted to award additional 1,500 students and 600 STEM teachers in the next three years.
Mr Blewett said, “Today is not just about awarding scholarships, it’s about investing in dreams, your dreams, unlocking potential and securing the future of Ghana.”
“Education unlocks opportunities and powers innovation. Without it, we don’t get innovation,” he added.
The MTN Ghana CEO said the feedback and impact on the awards from the various universities had been very impressive.
According to Mr.
Blewett, ten (10) beneficiaries have graduated as valedictorians, best students, 20 have obtained first-class honours and 94 have graduated with second-class upper division.
“With investment in education, we can transform not only individual lives but also entire communities,” he pointed out.
He revealed that the 500 scholarships for the 2025/26 academic year is made up of 300 students pursuing first degrees in STEM, vocational and technical training, and 200 teachers upgrading their skills.
He also revealed that this year, they received 3,691 applications and 1,200 were shortlisted 1,200 for interviews and subsequently 500 individuals were selected for awards.
Out of the number, 187 were females, 313 males and the remaining 33 were different abled students.
Earlier, Mr. Nii Adotey Mingle, the General Manager Northern Business Sector, in a welcome statement read on his behalf by Mr. Charles Osei Akoto, stated that the company would not relent in its efforts.
He, therefore, urged the beneficiaries to take their studies very seriously so as to justify the investment in them.
A number of beneficiaries, including Seth Sackey of University of Winneba, Linda Asekiya of
C.K.Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, were very excited for the scholarship and promised to work hard to justify the investment MTN Ghana Foundation and their parents/guardians had made in them.
