[caption id="attachment_5151" align="alignnone" width="300"] Patricia Obo-Nai, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana[/caption]

The much anticipated Vodafone 62nd Asantehene Open Golf Championship kicks-off today, Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 at the Royal Golf club in Kumasi.

The four-day championship, a flagship event in the Ashanti Region, is bringing together 300 amateur and professional golfers across the country and the sub-region to do battle.Title sponsors, Vodafone Ghana, is using the platform to project its innovative and creative brand in the telecommunications sector.

It will also be an avenue to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders in the Asanteman region.Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai said Vodafone Ghana’s involvement has brought a renewed sense of awareness across the entire region, adding this year will present a better experience.

“We remain committed to the advancement and progress of Asanteman and we look forward to using this platform to continue building strong and lasting relationships with our customers. We also want to congratulate the Asantehene on twenty years of maintaining leadership across these parts of the country,” she said.The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to grace the golf grounds on Friday, May 10 in the company of other dignitaries, including the Sports Minister and the Kumasi Mayor, to perform a short official ceremony. Other activities lined up during the period includes a Royal Dinner at the Manhyia Palace on Saturday, May 11, for selected guests.

The championship will end on Sunday afternoon with the closing ceremony and the presentation of prizes.

Source: myjoyonline.com

[caption id="attachment_5168" align="alignnone" width="300"] Rob Shutter, MTN Group CEO[/caption]

Mobile phone company MTN said on Thursday it met its medium-term revenue growth target in the first quarter by delivering 10 percent year-on-year growth led by strong operational performance in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.

"We are encouraged by the operational progress we continue to see across the business, supported by the network roll-out we achieved and enhancements to the propositions that we offer to our customers," group CEO Rob Shuter said.
"In South Africa, we implemented changed pricing for pre-paid propositions where we reduced, materially the out-of-bundle tariffs, making data services much more affordable.”

Shuter said MTN had taken note of a provisional report from South Africa's Competition Commission inquiry into data services and would respond by June 14.

He said the company remained of the view that the release of high demand spectrum in South Africa was critical to providing affordable and ubiquitous data services for citizens.The commission found that South African data prices were high compared to other countries.

On Thursday, MTN group chief financial officer Ralph Mupita said the company's growth in service revenue was supported by the continued expansion in voice, data and fintech revenue which increased 5.9 percent, 18.3 percent and 30.6 percent respectively.

Source: African News Agency

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MTN Ghana has begun the celebration of its 9th annual Ashanti regional festival dubbed 'Ashantifest.'

The month-long celebration, from 30th April – 31st May, is aimed at celebrating MTN’s customers in the Ashanti region.

The regional festival started with the Customer Outreach Day and MTN Music Festival.

The music festival will bring together celebrated artists across the country, with key performances by Sarkodie, Rex Omar, and Okyeame Kwame.

MTN staff also went out to interact with customers in the markets in the region and in other parts of the country.

Other exciting, life enriching activities to be rolled out across the region during the festivities include the following Kotoko pitch handing over, media and Stakeholders’ forum, official opening of new MTN Service Center in Kumasi, health walk & medical screening, data/device activation, device bazaar and movie mania.

Speaking at the launch of the 2019 Ashantifest, the Corporate Services Executive Sam Koranteng said, MTN created Ashantifest nine years ago to celebrate the people of Ashanti Region..

He added that this year’s festival is very unique because it coincides with the 20th Anniversary celebration of His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

"This significant event in the calendar of Asanteman allows us to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Asantemen as we deepen customer relationships and foster business connections and growth,” Mr Koranteng noted.

He added “particularly, with the business declaration of 2019 as the Year of the Customer, we are committed to make it as exciting at all touch points.”

Ahead of Ashanifest, and in support of the development in the Ashanti region, MTN recently commissioned a Palm Oil Processing Center for the people of Juaso and also donated an amount of Ghc100,000 towards the ongoing 20th anniversary celebration of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Through the creation of the MTN regional festivals, the Ashanti region has benefitted from a lot of life-enriching projects which are brightening the lives of a larger number of the populace.

Some of the projects include the Oweriman dormitory block, Juaso – Nkyesa Basic School, Fomena Male and Female Ward and an ICT Center for Akyawkrom among many significant others.

Ashantifest is one of several regional festivals designed by MTN across the country to acknowledge and promote the rich culture of the communities in which the company operates.

Other regional festivals include Koftownfest (Eastern Region) Twin City Fest (Western Region), Suncityfest (Brong Ahafo Region) and Savannafest (for the Northern and Upper East/West Regions).

Source: Modernghana.com

Vodafone Ghana on Friday launched in Kumasi, a customer-reward promotion, aimed at helping to make life better for its numerous customers.

Mr Dennis Awuah Duah, the Manager for Mass Segment at Vodafone, said the social intervention, one of vodafone’s numerous products, is christened “Magic Recharge Promo”.

It will be running with terms and conditions applied for customers for the next 90 days, across the country.

He explained that the customer gets between 10x and 100x bonus recharges, which could be used for voice calls as well as internet browsing.

The customer, he added would need to buy a GH¢ 2.00 and above recharge card to benefit from the promotion.

“Ghanaians have come to trust Vodafone as a network, which can help them in day to day activities”, he said, adding that, over the years, the company had launched similar novelty products for its customers.

Mr Duah said the recent launch of the 4G network shot-up its customer base and the introduction of the new product, would add to the brand’s efforts at empowering the ever increasing customers.

Beneficiaries of the “Promo”, would have to recharge up to 100x bonus and share the card with two others.

Customers can also win prizes such as Hyundai Creta, motorbikes, phones, airtime and a trip to Dubai, for two persons.

Additionally, top ups through Vodafone cash attract an extra 100 per cent bonus.

Source: GNA