TELECOMS
GHANA
By Nana Appiah Acquaye, Accra, Ghana
Vodafone Ghana has picked up seven awards at the Ghana Telecom Awards at the just ended 4th Ghana Telecom Awards organised by Mobile World.
They include Mobile Broadband Internet of the Year; Telecom Wholesale Provider of the Year; Best Use of Social Media; and Mobile Operator of the Year. For the first time, Vodafone Business Solutions, VBS, picked up Telecom Business Service of the Year; while Vodafone Red was adjudged Marketing Campaign of the Year. For the third year running Vodafone again picked up Telecom Brand of the Year.
Speaking to Biztechafrica at the event in Accra, the Chief Marketing Officer for Vodafone Ghana, Uche Ofodile who since joining the company has taken giant steps to transforming the company by doubling revenue and market share mentioned that Vodafone as a brand seems to have it all together and touch lives across all segment, due to the fact that it take it customers serious.
Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana, Haris Broumidis, who could not hide his excitement during the event, said Vodafone Ghana has continued to lead the way in bringing out innovative and excellence products and services to it numerous customers. “It has been an amazing year at Vodafone, our innovation, excellence and most importantly commitment to giving value to our customers has paid off, Vodafone Ghana’s biggest asset is its employees and these awards show that together we can provide all Ghanaians with an amazing experience on the network,” he said.
Picking up Mobile Operator of the Year did not come as a surprise to many as in the year under review Vodafone for 13 consecutive months met all the KPIs of the national regulator, the National Communications Authority when all others were struggling and were fined for one mishap or the other.
