MTN Ghana Blocks 4.8 Million Subscribers for Failure to Re-Register SIMs with Ghana Card MTN
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MTN Ghana Blocks 4.8 Million Subscribers for Failure to Re-Register SIMs with Ghana Card

In compliance with the National Communications Authority’s directive, MTN Ghana has taken action against 4.8 million subscribers who failed to re-register their SIM cards with the Ghana card. This move has resulted in a significant 6.3% decrease in the telecom giant’s subscriber base, which now stands at 26.8 million as of the end of 2023. Earlier this year, MTN Ghana had already blocked 5.4 million SIM cards that were not registered with the Ghana card as of May 31, 2023. However, out of those blocked, 600,000 were successfully re-registered by the subscribers. The nationwide re-registration of all SIM cards, using the Ghana National ID card, was carried out by the NCA and telecom operators, with the exercise being completed by May 2023. This initiative aims to enhance security and ensure that all mobile phone users in the country are properly identified and registered. The move by MTN Ghana to block subscribers who have not re-registered their SIM cards underscores the importance of complying with regulatory requirements and maintaining accurate subscriber information. It also serves as a reminder to telecom users across the country to ensure that their SIM cards are properly registered to avoid any inconvenience in the future. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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UER: MTN donates over 30 hampers to mothers of Christmas born babies Martin Kumobah, the Upper East Regional Team Lead of MTN Ghana
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UER: MTN donates over 30 hampers to mothers of Christmas born babies

MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country, recently brought joy to hospitals in the Upper East Region by presenting festive hampers to newborns born on Christmas Day. This initiative aligns with MTN Ghana’s dedication to community involvement and corporate social responsibility, with the goal of bringing happiness to mothers and families. Teams from MTN Ghana visited several hospitals in the Upper East Region, including the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital and the Bongo District Hospital. They distributed special hampers filled with essential baby items to the parents of the newborns. These hampers included clothes, blankets, diapers, soap, and other necessities to support the new parents. Martin Kumobah, the Upper East Regional Team Lead of MTN Ghana, expressed his delight in being able to contribute to the joy of families welcoming newborns on such a special day. He further thanked MTN customers for their loyalty and assured them that the company is continuously working to enhance its network coverage in the future. On Christmas Day, the two hospitals recorded a total of 8 deliveries each, with twin births occurring at both facilities. Anisa Abdulai, a Midwifery Officer at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, expressed gratitude to MTN for the support given to the mothers. Meanwhile, a nursing mother named Asaah Salamatu also expressed her appreciation, noting that the unexpected gesture from MTN Ghana However, in the Upper East Region, MTN Ghana donated 30 hampers to babies born on Christmas at other health facilities in the region. Source: Apexnewsgh/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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MTN customers to enjoy uninterrupted calls on Free After 1 Extra’ Plan
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MTN customers to enjoy uninterrupted calls on Free After 1 Extra’ Plan

Customers on the MTN ‘Free After 1’ call plan will enjoy an enhanced customer experience with more value-added services with the introduction of the ‘Free After 1 Extra’ service. The MTN ‘Free After 1’ service was introduced a few years ago to allow customers to enjoy longer call periods after payment for the first minute of the call. Customers can subscribe to the service by dialing *550#, selecting option 6 to activate ‘Free After 1 Extra,’ and enjoy an uninterrupted call for 60 minutes, paying only for the first 1 minute after every 10 minutes on a call. With this new plan, customers who subscribe will only pay for the first minute of a 10-minute call and can continue the call for up to an hour without any interruption. This means that the customer will be charged one minute in blocks of 10 minutes. The ‘Free After 1 Extra’ is an improvement on the ‘Free After 1’ plan, which requires the customer to end the call after every 10 minutes. Noel Kojo Ganson, Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Ghana, said, “This enhanced plan was introduced based on customer feedback. We are confident that the newly introduced ‘Free After 1 Extra’ service allows customers to stay connected and enjoy uninterrupted calls with their business associates, family, and loved ones. Motivated by our belief that ‘Everybody deserves the benefits of a modern, connected life,’ we continue to create relevant offers for each customer category to meet their unique needs and preferences.” With the changing dynamics of customer preferences in the use of telecommunications services, MTN continues to drive customer satisfaction by leveraging technology to develop products and services that deliver value. These services include ‘Free After 1 Extra,’ MTN Pulse Mashup, MTN Jara, among others. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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MTN Implements Price Increase
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MTN Implements Price Increase

Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has implemented an upward review of its voice and data prices by 15% for most of its products and services for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. The new pricing takes effect today, 28th November 2023. The price review impacts Voice, SMS, and Data as well as Fiber Broadband and Fixed Wireless Access (4G Router/Turbonet) customers. The review has become necessary due to increased operational costs. The review will allow MTN Ghana to continue to make the investments required to sustain its business going forward. Explaining the reason for the increase, the Chief Commercial Officer for MTN Ghana, Mr. Noel Kojo-Ganson, indicated that it was due to market pressures: “We are very mindful of the challenging economic conditions and the increasing cost of inputs for our business.  The price review is necessary to enable us to continue to sustain the business and make the needed investments in the network and new innovations to enhance customer experience”. MTN Ghana would like to assure its cherished customers that it would continue to focus on delivering reliable, innovative, and improved customer experience. Our customers remain our key priority and we will continue to innovate and give the best value and experience to them. To this end, MTN Ghana’s promotions, offers and loyalty schemes including the existing 50% bonus for 4G customers on myMTN App and Momo App will remain. MTN Ghana remains committed to pursuing its Ambition 2025 strategy which is anchored on five pillars – Fintech Solutions, Digital Services / Ayoba, Enterprise, Network As A Service, and an API Marketplace – to deliver a bold new digital world to customers. More information can be accessed on MTN’s website, www.mtn.com.gh, or our social media platforms. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062    

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83% of MTN Subscribers successfully gone through sim card registration MTN LOGO
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83% of MTN Subscribers successfully gone through sim card registration

During a recent Media and Stakeholder Sensitization Forum in the Upper East Region, MTN Ghana shared that out of their total subscriber base of over 27 million, approximately 22.5 million subscribers have completed the mandatory sim card registration process. This accounts for 83 percent of their customer base. There are still around 17 percent, or a little over 4.5 million subscribers, who are yet to go through the registration process. MTN, as a leading telecommunications company in Ghana, remains committed to ensuring compliance with the sim card registration requirements and continuing to educate and encourage their remaining subscribers to complete the registration process. The recent Media and Stakeholder Sensitization Forum in the Upper East Region focused on informing customers and stakeholders about MTN Ghana’s efforts to enhance the quality of customer service for their subscribers. The event, held at Akayet Hotel in Bolgatanga, had the theme ‘Leveraging Technology to Serve Customers with Excellence.’ Mrs. Adwoa Wiafe, the Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer at MTN Ghana, addressed the participants and emphasized the company’s commitment to extending its services to all parts of the country, including the hinterlands. During the forum, Mrs. Adwoa Wiafe also highlighted some of the activities undertaken by MTN Ghana in Bolgatanga. She revealed that the company has allocated $1 billion by 2025 to improve its services and provide social amenities to communities across the country. This significant investment demonstrates MTN Ghana’s dedication to enhancing their infrastructure and enhancing the overall customer experience. “We have the ambition to be the leading digital solutions provider for Africa’s progress. We are focused on Africa and have identified the continent’s needs. We are building our business to address future problems. We are also expanding our connectivity operations, meaning we are expanding our network. Between 2020 and 2025, we are committed to spending $1 billion on the network. Currently, we have invested $600 million in our network in Ghana. As we grow, we aim to positively impact our communities. Our foundation is involved in community projects, sponsoring students in universities, and supporting other institutions. We collaborate with communities to provide relevant skills and opportunities for our stakeholders.” She explained At the recently organized a Media and Stakeholder Sensitization Forum in the Upper East Region, with the aim of informing customers and stakeholders about their ongoing efforts to improve customer service quality. The event, held at Bolgatanga’s Akayet Hotel, revolved around the theme ‘Leveraging Technology to Serve Customers with Excellence.’ Mrs. Adwoa Wiafe, the Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer at MTN Ghana, took the stage to address participants and underline the company’s commitment to expanding services, even to remote areas. During the forum, Mrs. Adwoa Wiafe emphasized MTN Ghana’s dedication to digital and financial inclusion, highlighting the need to reach underserved regions. To achieve this goal, the company plans to extend its services to 374 sites as part of their rural telephony initiative. In collaboration with government entities focused on rural telephony, MTN Ghana aims to expand its reach further. The event saw representation from various organizations including the National Communications Authority, Roads and Highways Authority, and Ghana Journalists Association, similar to previous engagements of its kind. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com  

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21 days of Yello Care: MTN trains business startups on how to take advantage of social media
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21 days of Yello Care: MTN trains business startups on how to take advantage of social media

As part of their annual event, the Staff of MTN allocates 21 days in June every year, to provide voluntary services to their clients and communities as part of the company’s ideology to give back to society. For the year 2023, In the Upper East Region, the staff of MTN has focused their interest more on training Startups in dressmaking, smug weavers, and craft dealers within the regional capital Bolgatanga. Addressing the media, Martin Yaw Kumobah, MTN Upper East Regional Manager said: “This year, we targeted the dressmakers, smug weavers, and craft dealers because we believe these categories of business people are doing a lot but people are not hearing from them, so we want to impact their effort to enable their product of goods and services seen across the globe”. “So this year, we have chosen to educate these people I have mentioned on how to use social media to send their product of goods and services out to the world to enable them to increase their customer base”. He said “We are also interested in how they manage their customers, we also offer them training on how they will better handle their customers and also grow their customer base because, without a customer base, there is no business. We realized that they need a lot of customer skills to be able to increase their customer base”. “We also give them basic training on how to manage their finances. How to look at their capital and draw a budget and as well, what they can do to increase their revenue”. According to Mr. Kumobah, it is in the interest of MTN to move its customer base into the digital arena because the world is going digital. “We are doing a lot towards that space. So, we want our customer to also move towards that direction” Meanwhile, Stephen Maldima manager of Dansyn Innovation Social Organization (ISO) described Dansyn as a business hub located in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region that specializes in training and skill development in information technology (IT) and entrepreneurship with the objective of making an impact on the community in which we operate while enhancing the economic and social status of the people. Taking the artisans through digital marketing, Mr. Maldima said most businesses are suffering because they don’t understand the benefit social media can offer to their businesses. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and some other social media platform are some of the resources they can use to increase sales and moved on with their businesses. However, also advised the startups always to create their accounts with a protected password and save it where they can easily find it. Beneficiaries who spoke to the media after the digital marketing training exercise expressed satisfaction and as well extended their gratitude to MTN for such an opportunity. Indeed, they confessed the training is an opener to them when it comes to their businesses. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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MTN holds AGM, declares dividend of 12.4 pesewas per share
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MTN holds AGM, declares dividend of 12.4 pesewas per share

MTN Ghana has held its 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 30th 2023. Updating shareholders on the company’s performance for the year 2022 at the AGM, the Board Chairman, Dr. Ishmael E. Yamson, indicated that MTN Ghana’s performance for 2022 was strong with a total revenue growth of 28.4% Year-on-Year underpinned by good execution of the commercial strategy by management, resulting in growth in voice, data and Mobile Money (MoMo) revenues. “MTN is committed to improving the lives of Ghanaians through appropriate and sustainable socioeconomic interventions. Over and above the investment in MTN’s network and IT systems, the organisation allocated ¢28.3 million to undertake health, education and economic empowerment projects in 2022 through the MTN Ghana Foundation,” Dr. Yamson indicated. At the AGM, a dividend of 12.4 pesewas on ordinary shares was approved and will be paid to all shareholders on 22 June 2023. This brings the total dividend for the 2022 financial year to 16.4 pesewas per share following the interim dividend of 4.0 pesewas per share paid on 22 September 2022. This represents 70.6% of profit after tax and a 42.6% Year-over-Year (YoY) increase in dividend per share paid in 2022 over 2021. Speaking at the AGM, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh enumerated MTN’s commitment to driving growth and unlocking value for all stakeholders through its Ambition 2025 strategy. He said, “We are confident in the medium to long-term prospects of Ghana’s economy and as such, MTN commits to continue to invest efficiently in infrastructure and to improve the capacity and quality of connectivity and other related services for our customers.” Touching on MTN’s digital initiatives, Mr. Adadevoh said “MTN will continue to lead the adoption of new innovative solutions that solve relevant problems for Ghanaians. MTN will deepen the ongoing work to improve its platforms, particularly MyMTN and Ayoba Apps, as well as MoMo as part of MTN’s three-app strategy to enhance customer choice, customer experience and to deliver on MTN’s commitment of excellence to its cherished customers”. “The communities we operate in remain core to everything we do and to this end, MTN continues to extend various sustainable projects and initiatives to improve communities across the country with a focus on building and growing digital skills among the youth, with a particular focus on females”, Mr. Adadevoh stated. Since its listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in 2018, the company remains the organisation with the largest number of Ghanaian shareholders. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062

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MTN Ghana gives special treat to mothers on Mothers’ Day
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MTN Ghana gives special treat to mothers on Mothers’ Day

MTN Ghana gave a special treat to over 500 women across the country as part of activities to mark this year’s Mothers’ Day celebrations. A number of mothers were treated to the MTN Movie Mania experience at the Golden Eagle Cinema in Kumasi. Other mothers received gift items such as electronic vouchers from Max Mart and Melcom to shop online. The celebration continues on May 19, 2023, with the premiere of the ‘Fast and Furious’ movie at the Silver Bird Cinema at Accra Mall. Commenting on the celebrations, the Senior Manager for Consumer Marketing at MTN Ghana, Mrs. Nana Asantewaa Amegashie, said, “Mothers occupy a special place in the family system, working to ensure that families are well nurtured for the benefit of the entire society. “As the biggest family in Ghana, MTN decided to use the Mother’s Day occasion to allow mothers to take a break from their daily activities, have some fun and enjoy some gifts. We celebrate mothers for their priceless contributions that have contributed to the growth of the MTN brand”. The beneficiaries of this year’s celebrations expressed their gratitude to MTN for being thoughtful, and for recognising them not just as customers but as mothers making significant contributions to the development of Ghana. They congratulated MTN for its achievements over the years and especially for their Loyalty Schemes that have kept customers happy. The MTN Movie Mania is one of the innovative programs that MTN introduced 9 years ago to reward high-value customers for their brand loyalty. It provides customers with free tickets to watch movies at the Silver Bird Cinema at the Accra Mall. Mother’s Day is an occasion that is observed every second week in May in many parts of the world to show appreciation and affection to mothers. The occasion is meant to recognize the contribution of mothers to society, the nurturing and care they give to their children, and other important social roles they play. For several years, MTN has selected some mothers on its network and celebrated them with various special offers as part of the Mother’s Day celebrations. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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SCANCOM PLC Appoints Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe As Chief Corporate Services And Sustainability Officer
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SCANCOM PLC Appoints Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe As Chief Corporate Services And Sustainability Officer

MTN Ghana has appointed Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe as Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer (CCSSO) effective 1stMay 2023. In her role, Adwoa will have oversight responsibility for the Corporate Services function focusing on Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability, Corporate Communications and Commercial Legal departments. She will also serve on the MTN Ghana Foundation Board as Executive Director for the Foundation. Commenting on her appointment, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh said “I am excited about the appointment of Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe and wish to use this opportunity to warmly welcome her to the Y’ello family. With her rich experience in the corporate space over the years, I am confident that Adwoa will fully support MTN’s sustainability initiatives which is a new dimension of the business to realize MTN’s Ambition 2025. Adwoa joins MTN from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), where she was a member of the Executive team with overall responsibility for Legal and Compliance and Regulatory Affairs. In her role at GNPC, she represented GNPC before regulatory bodies, led the negotiation of major transactions, participated in the review of legislation, and served on various inter-governmental teams on petroleum industry related matters. Prior to GNPC, Adwoa worked at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands; Saah & Partners, Ghana; and The Special Court for Sierra Leone, a United Nations ad hoc war crimes court and has also consulted for the United Nations Mission in Liberia. She is currently an adjunct Lecturer for the LLM/MA in Energy Law program at the University of Ghana School of Law, Legon and has contributed to papers and publications at the national and international level. Adwoa holds a Master of Law degree (LLM) from the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University, UK; Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) from Ghana School of Law and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ghana, Legon. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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MTN considering the revise of data zone bundle as soon as possible MTN LOGO
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MTN considering the revise of data zone bundle as soon as possible

MTN Ghana, the leading Ghana’s telecommunication has hinted, they are engaging and collaborating with the Regulator, to seek alignment on a revised Data Zone bundle to be reinstated as soon as possible. This was made clear in a statement issued Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Read the statement below: MTN GHANA SUSPENDS MTN DATA ZONE BUNDLE  Accra, April 12, 2023, Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has announced a suspension of its MTN Data Zone bundle effective April 05, 2023. We apologize to our cherished customers for limiting our communications on this matter to service activation channels only. This media release is to provide more information on the issue. The suspension of the innovative Data Zone bundle is due to a review of the bundle offer in line with the Significant Market Power (SMP) directives applied to MTN Ghana in June 2020, not to be the lowest priced on any offer in the industry. We are currently engaging and collaborating with the Regulator, as we seek alignment on a revised Data Zone bundle to be reinstated as soon as possible. We will notify you in due course of further developments. Data Zone bundle is an innovation by MTN Ghana that gives customers a 1-day validity bundle at discounted rates at the point of purchase. Subscription is through the Short Code 135. MTN Ghana would like to reassure its customers that it would continue to roll out innovative and affordable products and services for the benefit of its cherished customers. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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