Top Ten Lessons

1. Importance - Communication satisfies various human needs including curiosity, human rights and, at the very apex, self-actualization.

2. Technology and Communications - Technology has been at the very heart of all the changes in communication in the past twenty years.

3. Access - Innovations have made technologies cheaper and more available. GSM and smart phones have increased access to technologies for everyone.

4. Leveler - Our young people are far more adept at handling devices and there is no longer a great divide between them and their counterparts across the world.

5. Connectivity - MTN Pulse curates relevant content and categorizes it on our app for young people. Zero rating ensures that connectivity isn’t a barrier to learning and progress.

6. History - In 1996, when this new era in telecoms started in Ghana, only 37 districts were connected. Caller ID and itemized bills were a novelty.

7. Transition - MTN is not just a telecom service provider but a digital service provider. Our focus in Ambition 2025 is that everyone deserves a modern connected life.

8. Digitalization - We are partnering with government and stakeholders to promote digitalization. Many are discovering that you don’t need Brick and Mortar to do business or education.

9. Fintech - Mobile Money has liberalized the economy in a more radical way than anything else has in recent years.

10. Innovative Solutions - Wherever you are, and whatever you do, technology-based solutions have evolved in education, security. Technology should not be a barrier to your dreams.