By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
MTN Ghana has been
recognised with the Act with Inclusion award at the 2026 Y’ello Care Awards, as
MTN Group honoured teams and employees for their contributions to communities
across its markets.
The award was announced
during MTN Group’s Ambassadors’ Appreciation Dinner, which hosted South
Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi,
alongside ambassadors, high commissioners and representatives of development
institutions and international organisations.
The 2026 Y’ello Care
campaign brought together more than 6,000 MTN employees, who contributed over
50,000 volunteer hours to healthcare initiatives reaching more than 400,000
people under the theme “Expanding Equitable Health for Every Community”.
MTN Group Chief
Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer Nompilo Morafo said: “Expanding
access to healthcare is not only a health imperative; it is essential to
education, skills development, inclusion and sustainable growth. I am deeply
grateful to every MTNer who gave their time and skills, and to the health
workers, governments and communities who made this work possible.”
MTN Ghana received the Act
with Inclusion award as part of the Live Y’ello Values Awards. MTN Rwanda
received the Lead with Care and Serve with Respect awards, MTN South Sudan won
Can-do with Integrity, and MTN Cameroon received Collaborate with Agility.
Other awards went to MTN
Nigeria for Collaborative Spirit, MTN Côte d’Ivoire for Best Use of Digital
Tools, MTN South Africa for Most Improved, MTN Eswatini for Most Engaging
Social Media Post, and MTN South Sudan for Most Captivating Photograph.
For 19 years, MTN’s Y’ello
Care employee volunteerism programme has brought MTN employees together to give
their time, skills and energy to the communities the Group serves.
