Vodafone Ghana, formerly Ghana Telecom, is the national

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s company of

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. The company in Ghana operates under Vodacom Group - Africa's leading mobile telecommunications company. As of January 2020, it had around 9.3 million mobile voice subscribers, representing 13.81% of the Ghanaian market shares.

Patricia Obo-Nai Patricia Obo-Nai is a Ghanaian engineer, the first Ghanaian to become Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana. Her appointment on 19 February 2019 took effect on 1 April 2019. She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, (GHIE) and Vo ...

was appointed as the first Ghanaian female CEO of Vodafone Ghana. They were certified by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer in Africa for the third consecutive year in January 2021.

Vodafone - Ghana Telecom Deal

On 3 July 2008 it was announced that Vodafone had agreed to acquire 70% of Ghana Telecom from the Ghanaian government at a cost of US$900 million and a total enterprise value of approximately US$1.3 billion. After the transaction closed, Vodafone had a 70% stake in the company, while the Ghanaian government retained a 30% stake. The acquisition was consummated on 17 August 2008. The sale was supported by president

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, but strongly opposed by the opposition party, which would win the presidential elections a few months later. The new president

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, head of the National Democratic Congress party (NDC) also launched an investigation into the deal after being elected president a claiming that the government "did not get value for money". Despite these claims, a few months later Vodafone would write down the value of its stake in Ghana Telecom by £250m as the economic climate worsened, damaging the business's prospects. On 15 April 2009, Ghana Telecom, along with its mobile subsidiary OneTouch, was rebranded as Vodafone Ghana. In 2016, Vodafone Ghana was the country's second largest operator with a market share for April 2016 as 21.92% and 25.32% of data behind African communications giant

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. In December 2019, Vodafone Ghana announced its acquisition of all of the Vodacom Group's stake in Vodacom Business Ghana.

Philanthropy

Vodafone Ghana was recognized as the top Philanthropic and Health Support Institution by Media Men Ghana at the 2017 People's Choice Practitioners Honours. The company, in collaboration with

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, established the Vodafone Scholar Project which will provide full and partial scholarships to female high school and undergraduate students studying

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subjects who don't have the financial means to pursue continued study. In 2016, Vodafone made a deal with

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a public University of Ghana that focuses on science and technology. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country, as well a ...

(KNUST). In the agreement, the company agreed to provide an enhanced high speed internet and

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connectivity to all faculties across the University's campuses in

Awards and recognition

* 2019 Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Above-The-Line Commercial of the Year (2 Moorch Data) * 2019 Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Below-The-Line Commercial of the Year (4G GigabitNet launch) * 2019 Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) TV Programme of the Year (Healthline TV Programme) * 2020 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards - Telecom CEO of the Year (Patricia Obo-Nai) * 2020 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards - Telecom Business of the Decade * 2020 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards - Customer Experience of the Year * 2020 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards - Digital Enabler of the Year * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards Best COVID-19 Health Care Response Initiative(Vodafone Ghana Foundation) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards Innovative Project of the Year(Vodafone Ghana Foundation) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards Best Employee Volunteering Initiatives(Vodafone Ghana Foundation) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) AwardsBest Company in Project Eradicating Streetism (Vodafone Ghana Foundation) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards SSI Project of the Year(Vodafone Ghana Foundation) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards SSI STEM Leadership Award(Patricia Obo-Nai) * 2020 Sustainability and Social Impact (SSI) Awards SSI Emerging Personality of the Year(Amaris Nana Adjei Perbi) * 2020 National Communication Awards Telecommunications Personality of the Year (Patricia Obo-Nai)

References

External links

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*https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/ghana-news-vodafone-ghana-appoints-patricia-obo-nai-as-first-ghanaian-ceo.html *http://www.ghanatelecom.com.gh *https://site.gtuc.edu.gh

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Vodafone - Ghana Telecom Deal

Philanthropy

Awards and recognition

See also

References

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