Vodafone launches charity foundation in Ghana
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Ghana Foundation aimed at supporting projects that seek to address challenges facing communities in the country and to empower the people to be self-reliant has been launched by Management of Vodafone Ghana Limited.
25 existing charity groups worldwide have been added up in the foundation calling upon the corporate bodies and individuals to support volunteerism aimed at assisting the needy.
According to Mr. David Venn, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana Limited, the social responsibility that the company delivers through the Vodafone Foundation, involves charity works that had no direct financial benefits to the company.
Ghana Telecom to be known as Vodafone Ghana Limited by mid-2009
The Head of Corporate Communications and Customer Care of Ghana Telecommunications Limited, Major Albert Don-Chebe, said that workers will never be laid off in spite of the transformation taking place in the organisation. According to Major Don-Chebe, the company will change its name to Vodafone Ghana Limited by the middle of the year. Ghana Telecom is intending to rebrand the company in order to cover all parts of the country to enhance effective communication.
Major Don-Chebe further said that Vodafone is the leading mobile communication company globally with about 290 million subscribers.
The government of Ghana owns about 30% shares of the Vodafone Company which is currently operating in over 26 countries with about 40 partners, revealed Major Don-Chebe.
The Eastern Regional Manager of Ghana Telecom, Nii Amaa Fleischer-Brock, said the company has plans to introduce more call sites to ease congestion in areas including New Abirem and Achiase in the Eastern Region.
