The Chief Executive of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh says the company has injected resources worth about GHS 1OO million to guarantee the safety and protection of staff and customers and to support government in the COVID-19 fight.
According to himthe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be far reaching than was anticipated at the beginning of the year.
Speaking at the 2020 edition of the Annual Media and Stakeholder Forum, Mr. Adadevoh however said MTN Ghana along with the MTN Ghana Foundation has done a lot to make life more comfortable for its various stakeholders so as to reduce the negative impact of the pandemic on their lives.
The CEO of MTN Ghana MTN explained that the company invested about GHS29 million to put the required measures in place to keep staff and the working environment safe.
He also indicated that additional GHS72 million has been spent on interventions that have impacted customers, while GHS6 million have been spent on initiatives to support government.
Meanwhile the specific interventions carried out by MTN Ghana include:
Staff
- Supply of PPEs for all MTN frontline staff
- Provision of relevant tools to enable about 90% of staff work from home
- Provision of 45 buses to transport MTN frontline staff to their work locations
Customers
- Boosting Network resilience (50% increase in international bandwidth, 100 new sites); to support work from home, online school, entertainment and other digital activities.
- Provision of Free access to over 200 educational websites for several educational institutions
- Offer of Free MoMo P2P transfers up to GHS100 daily from March till date
- Provision of Free access (zero rate) of the Smart Workplace portal for government workers
Government
- Donation of GhS5m worth of PPEs for frontline health workers and 4 PCR machines
- Donation of digital equipment to Noguchi Memorial worth GHS42,000; and
- Distribution of 85,000 face masks to various hospitals and clinics nationwide
- Two-month behavioral change campaign urging people to wear face mask. (Be Wise and Wear it for me campaign).
Apart from those expenses, MTN also launched the “Bewise Wise” campaign, out of which came the “Wear It For Me” campaign, creating public awareness in all countries MTN has operations about the need to wear face mask always and wear it right always.
Selorm Adadevoh also used the opportunity to confirm that MTN Ghana was on track to become a digital operator by the end of 2023.
Meanwhile the MTN Editors and Stakeholder Forum is held across the country annually to engage senior media practitioners and stakeholders of the business to share insights into the business operations for the year and for the future. Similar virtual forums will be held with the media in other parts of the country.
About MTN Ghana
MTN Ghana is the market leader in the increasingly competitive mobile telecommunications industry in Ghana, offering subscribers a range of exciting options under Pay Monthly and Pay as You Go Services and Mobile Financial Services. The company has committed itself to delivering reliable and innovative services that provide value for subscribers in Ghana’s telecommunications market. Since its entry into Ghana in 2006, MTN has continuously invested in expanding and modernizing its network in order to offer superior services.
Source: Henry George Martinson@radiogoldlive.com
