The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita, has reaffirmed Ghana’s strategic importance within the multinational telecoms company’s portfolio, announcing plans to invest $1.1 billion in the country over the next three years to accelerate digital and financial inclusion.

The investment, he said, would focus heavily on expanding digital infrastructure, improving quality of service and deepening broadband coverage.

“We already have 5,000 sites where we have telecommunications equipment that connect our customers here in Ghana. Just this year alone, we’re going to add another 500,” he said during an engagement with a cross-section of the media in Accra last Friday.

Ghana’s performance Mr Mupita, who was answering questions together with the Senior Vice-President of MTN Group, Ebenezer Asante, said Ghana had become one of the group’s most significant operations, citing its strong performance and long-term growth prospects.

He revealed that MTN Ghana would this year be classified as the third major subsidiary of the group, alongside its operations in South Africa and Nigeria.

“Up until the end of last year, we’ve had two major subsidiaries within the context of the MTN Group across all markets serving the 300 million plus customers, South Africa and Nigeria. This year, we are adding Ghana as the third major subsidiary for the whole group, purely as a function of the way it has performed and the potential that we see going forward,” he said.

He also disclosed that MTN Ghana emerged as the best-performing operation across the group’s markets in 2025 under its Million Dollar Challenge which was an internal competition designed to reward excellence in strategic execution, innovation and value creation

Ghana was recognised as the top-performing Operating Company across the entire MTN Group during the competition.