[ 2016-11-05 ]

MTN Ghana CEO wins best CEO in MTN Group
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana,
Ebenezer Asante has been adjudged the CEO of the
year within MTN Group, as voted for by the
company’s senior leadership.

A statement signed by Mrs. Cynthia Lumor,
Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana said
this was announced at the MTN Group Leadership
Gathering held in South Africa.

This involved senior management from operating
companies in the 22 different companies that make
up the MTN Group.

CEOs of the various operating companies and MTN
Group leadership voted Mr Asante as the CEO, who
best displayed the MTN Global Leader Profile.

The statement said the MTN Global Leader was one
who was focused on the Big Picture and therefore
provided vision and strategy, demonstrates problem
solving capability and delivers value.

“He is an emotionally intelligent person who
drives culture and change, builds stakeholder
relationships and achieves both financial and
non-financial results.

“He is also an exceptional leader who
understands self, is emotionally matured, shows
humility and compassion, exemplifies ethics and
integrity and communicates effectively “the
statement added.

It said, Mr.  Asante in his remarks after
receiving the award, expressed his appreciation to
his fellow leaders and the MTN Group for the
recognition and the bigger challenge thrown at him
to excel in his duties.

He said: “I am grateful to MTN for the
opportunity it gave me to serve in Rwanda and
Ghana as CEO and also inculcating its values of
Leadership, Innovation, Relationship, Integrity
and Can-Do which have helped me to reach this
level of my career.”

“I also appreciate the Executive Committee and
all staff in MTN Ghana who bought into the vision
I shared for the Ghana Opco and have therefore
supported with various implementation strategies
to help MTN Ghana maintain its leadership in
mobile voice, data and Mobile Money in Ghana’s
telecoms market,” he said.

“We are looking ahead to a future of unlimited
opportunities through the introduction of relevant
products and services as we pursue the MTN Group
vision to lead the delivery of a bold new digital
world to our customers,” it added.

Mr. Asante was appointed MTN Ghana CEO in July
2015 as the first Ghanaian to occupy the
position.

He is described as the Chief Customer Champion of
MTN and has a passion for ensuring that customers
have the best experience on the network.

He is also a Trade Expert, Business Strategist and
Leadership Coach.
In September 2013, he was appointed CEO of MTN
Rwanda where he served for approximately two
years.

During his tenure as CEO, Mr Asante led the MTN
Rwanda Team to a vision of Inclusive Digital
Society in Rwanda that spurred individual and
national development.

Mr Asante joined MTN in 2008 as Sales and
Distribution (S&D) Executive for MTN Ghana and is
credited for the organization of wide sales and
distribution strategy and execution that resulted
in the organizations viability and
sustainability.

He is also credited for bringing about dramatic
expansion of the sales force of MTN.
He introduced Connect shops and was instrumental
in establishing a corporate business unit. It was
during his tenure as S&D Executive that MTN
Ghana’s subscribers grew from 3.9 million in
January 2008 to 12 million in 2013.

He led the MTN Ghana team to bid for and win the
800 MHz spectrum for 4G LTE which was auctioned by
the National Communication Authority in 2015,
making MTN Ghana the first mobile network operator
to operate 4G services in Ghana.

The Group Leadership Gathering is an annual event
which sees the 300 most senior leaders from across
MTN’s footprint come together to align on the
company’s strategic priorities for the future.
The objectives were to gain strategic clarity of
the company’s ambitions, gather crucial insights
from experts to take the business forward,
identify key actions for success and commit to
MTN’s future direction.

Source - MTN Ghana

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