The MTN Ghana Foundation has announced that it has procured medical supplies at a cost of GHS5 million to support the government of Ghana’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic. 

The medical supplies include personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essentials required for the fight against the COVID-19.

Commenting on the Foundation’s support in a statement, the CEO of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh, said: “COVID-19 is, unquestionably, testing our society fortitude and we all have a role to play in helping the country to overcome this global challenge. From the onset, we made a commitment to provide the needed assistance to help the country, businesses and the entire society stay connected to their work and loved ones. Our first support was in that direction. 

This second phase of commitment is to help us directly combat the disease and to help the medical team provide the needed care to Ghanaians. We believe that we’re good together as a people especially in these times when we all have to pitch in to fight a pandemic. We are confident that together we will overcome this challenge”.

Based on MTN’s consultation with the Ministry of Health, the list of items to be provided include Virus Sampling kits (10,000), N95 Masks (10,000 boxes), gloves (10,000 boxes), PPEs-Overalls (7,500) AND infrared thermometers (300)

Mr Adadevoh said, “we are in difficult times and MTN continues to review its support to the country. We continue to monitor the global situation closely and we continue to urge our employees and customers to strictly adhere to the recommendations of the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service.”

The Board Chairman of the MTN Ghana Foundation, Professor Franklin Manu said the MTN Ghana Foundation has been at the forefront of Corporate Social Investments in the country. We believe the situation at hand needs the intervention of all Ghanaians and we are very happy to approve this amount for the purchase of these much-needed medical suppliers.

Following the official confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Ghana, MTN took a series of precautionary measures to ensure continuity of services and the safety of its stakeholders including employees, customers, communities and suppliers against potential infections.

Free MoMo transfers and revision of MoMo wallets

Financial services remain critical in this period and are central to the fight against COVID-19.

To this end, MTN MoMo has removed charges for transactions of GHS100 and below, simplified registration for merchant and Person-to-person wallets and purchases from e-commerce and other platforms. There has also been an increase in daily transaction limits and balances for the various wallet types. 

Connecting frontline staff

MTN Ghana has also donated several MTN TurboNet Routers to frontline staff and agencies to enable them to attend to customers.

MTN Ghana assured the public that it will continue to update its measures as the situation evolves to ensure business continuity, customer satisfaction and customer safety as well as staff well-being.