Evaluation of the Telecommunications Sector in Ghana by Samuel Addo of MTN

Samuel Addo, General Manager for MTN Business, shares his evaluation of the trends in the telecommunications sector in Ghana.

“Ghana was one of the first African countries to deregulate and liberalize its telecommunications sector. In 1996, it privatized and instated its own Ghana Telecom. Immediately after that, there were quite a number of industry players that came into the country. Today, there are five players, for a total of 34.57 million subscribers. Comparing that number to our population is 119% penetration. 97% of the subscribers are prepaid and pay as you go, which is quite different from other parts of the world. We have about 56% broadband penetration. MTN has 55% of the market share. We lead in voice, data and mobile financial services”, says Samuel Addo.

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