Covid-19 Contact Tracing: MTN Ghana In Partnership With Samsung Donate 500 Smartphones To Government

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The telecommunication giant in Ghana, Mobile Telecommunication Network also known as MTN has on July 1 2020 in partnership with Samsung, electricals and electronic manufaturing company with products of household name, donated 500 pieces of Samsung Galaxy A2 core smartphones to support government and the Ghana health service to fight against the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

It is therefore to assist the the ministry of Health and Ghana Health service approach to fighting the novel COVID -19 through enhanced Contact Tracing.

The phones come with 500 MTN sim cards and a total of 3,000GB data. Each of the phones will be loaded with 500MB data every month for a period of 6 months.

Representatives of Samsung west Africa joined representatives of MTN Ghana to make those donations. The items were received on behalf of government by the minister of information, Hon. kojo oppong Nkrumah and the chief director of the ministry, Mrs Mamle Andrews at the premises of the information ministry.

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Speaking at the ceremony, the Managing Director of Samsung Electronics West Africa, Ghana, Eugene Nahm said, “As COVID-19 continues to make its way across the country, our thoughts are with the people of Ghana. We are therefore happy to provide these resources to support government and health officials in the fight against this global pandemic. We believe that all companies in Ghana should unite and work together with the country’s leaders now more than ever”.

The Senior Manager-Consumer Marketing at MTN Nana Asantewaa Amegashie also expressed her excitement about the opportunity. She said, “The partnership with Samsung has presented another opportunity to MTN to commit more resources to the fight against COVID-19. This presentation of the data package and the Sim cards is an addition to free online access to over 200 educational websites to support online studies. It also adds to MTN Foundation’s commitment to provide 5 million Cedis worth of medical supplies to support government’s efforts at fighting the disease”.

The Minister for Information expressed his appreciation to Samsung and MTN Ghana for the very noble gesture that will help in the fight against COVID-19.