MTA Ghana is a 24-hour Islamic TV channel that was launched by the

MTA International MTA International (or MTA), is a globally-broadcasting, nonprofit satellite television network and a division of Al-Shirkatul Islamiyyah which was established in 1992 and launched the world's first Islamic TV channel to broadcast globally. It c ...

network, the first country-exclusive channel by the network, and based in

Accra, Ghana Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

. It is broadcast on the terrestrial platform and airs content in a number of local languages like

Twi Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ ...

, Fante and Hausa. The channel, which is operated by the Wahab Adam Studio, is run by 17 full-time staff, and over 60 volunteers for various departments.

History

Prior to the launch of MTA Ghana, the MTA network covered the country through its two other satellite-based African channels,

MTA Africa 1 MTA International (or MTA), is a globally-broadcasting, nonprofit satellite television network and a division of Al-Shirkatul Islamiyyah which was established in 1992 and launched the world's first Islamic TV channel to broadcast globally. It c ...

and MTA Africa 2, the latter of which was mainly for viewers of

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, which were launched back in August of 2016.

References

External links

Official website
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