
Audio By Carbonatix
Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), new owners of the Areeba mobile network, will soon launch a Foundation to streamline its corporate social responsibility activities.
The Foundation will partner with other stakeholders to promote education, health, economic empowerment and the arts and culture to improve the living conditions of the people in deprived communities.
Brett Goschen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN, said this at a meeting with journalists in Kumasi after paying a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace.
The visit was to brief the Asantehene on the MTN and its plans for Asanteman and Ghana in general.
Mr Goschen lauded the Asantehene's effort at promoting education and health in the country and said MTN Foundation would cherish partnership with the Otumfuo Education Fund to provide access to quality education and health to many people across the country.
He said MTN was addressing challenges pertaining to the quality of its network, adding that the company had invested 150 million dollars in initiatives to improve the overall network quality in the country.Mr Goschen said the company was also expanding coverage to rural and remote areas of Ghana.Oheneba Adusei Poku, the Akyempimhene of Kumasi, commended the company for its decision to expand its services and said that would not only help to create jobs but also increase access to telecom facilities to many people.He stressed the need for the company to improve on its network service to reduce the frustrations customers go through in reaching somebody on the Areeba network.Mr Goschen also paid a courtesy call on the Ashanti Regional Minister, Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah and visited the Baba Yara Sport Stadium, which is under construction in preparation for the CAN 2008 tournament.MTN is the lead sponsor of the CAN 2008 tournament.
George Awuah, Deputy Project Manager of Consar Construction, contractors of the project, said rehabilitation works at the stadium were 82 per cent complete.
He said all the seats would be fixed by the end of July and that materials for the tartan tracks had already arrived and work would soon start on them.
Mr Awuah said the project which started in May last year would be completed by October this year, adding that the contractors were sure to complete the project on schedule.Source: GNA
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
GPL 2025/26: Heart of Lions roar back with victory over Vision FC in Kpando
28 minutes -
Solomon Agbasi: Hearts keeper in stable condition after concussion
29 minutes -
GPL 2025/26: Late Salim Adams penalty earns Medeama draw at Bechem
45 minutes -
Hearts pip Young Apostles 1-0 to end 5-game winless run
58 minutes -
Boakye Agyarko marks Easter Sunday with a call for Godly leadership ahead of nationwide campaign tour
2 hours -
Pepsi withdraws as UK festival sponsor after Kanye West backlash
2 hours -
Pope Leo calls for global leaders to choose peace in his first Easter Mass
2 hours -
Kpando MP highlights progress on road projects
2 hours -
Government secures $92m for Engineering and Agriculture University
3 hours -
Several Ghana-bound vegetable trucks detained in Nigeria
3 hours -
Black Sherif questions Wendy Shay’s absence in “Artiste of the Year” talks ahead of TGMA 2026
5 hours -
Government confirms arrival of 100 new buses to ease transport challenges
5 hours -
$600m tomato imports undermining Ghana’s economy — Chamber of Agribusiness
6 hours -
Rainstorm wreaks havoc: Faulty transformers, feeder failures leave parts of 3 regions without power
6 hours -
CUTS International calls for urgent competition law amid sachet water price hikes
7 hours