MTN Ghana had a strong performance in 2023

MTN Ghana has announced its financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2023, indicating very strong growth in key financial and non-financial metrics.

MTN Ghana blocks 4.8 million users

MTN Ghana blocked 4.8 million subscribers who failed to re-register their SIMs with the Ghana card.

The move is in compliance with the directive from the National Communications Authority.

According to the telecom giant, its subscriber base decreased by 6.3% to 26.8 million at the end of 2023.

MTN Ghana blocked 5.4 million SIMs that were not registered with the Ghana card as of May 31, 2023.

Six hundred thousand SIMs of the blocked cohort were however re-registered.

The NCA through the telecom operators in October 2021 embarked on a nationwide re-registration of all SIM cards using the Ghana National ID card.

The exercise was completed at the end of May 2023.

Source: Joy Business

MTN, Huawei partner to establish innovation lab

MTN Group and Huawei are collaborating to establish an Innovation Technology Lab at the MTN Group's headquarters in South Africa.

The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding, at the Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, Spain, this week, to strengthen their cooperation in technology development.

In a statement, MTN Group said the lab will act as a neutral platform for collaboration within Africa's digital ecosystem, accelerating the development, deployment, and adoption of digital solutions across the continent.

Why should NCA, National Security lead closure of radio stations? – MFWA quizzes

Senior Programmes Officer for Freedom of Expression at the Media Foundation for West Africa, Muheeb Saeed, has raised concerns about the government institutions that led to the closure of the four radio stations in Bawku in the Upper East Region.

The NCA, in a statement dated February 24, 2024, said it has shut down Bawku FM, Source FM, Zahra FM, and Gumah FM in Bawku based on the advice of National Security.

It added that incendiary utterances of the panelists and presenters of the radio stations have contributed to the escalation of the Bawku conflict leading to loss of lives and property in the area.

According to Mr Saeed, while they support the decision to shut down the radio stations, they are concerned about the organisations which led the charge.

Speaking on JoyFM’s Midday News on February 26, he explained that the organisation which led the shutdown was headed by political appointees.