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MTN Ghana records profit of GHS1.4 billion


  26 Mai      36        Economie (20804),

 

Accra, May 25, GNA- MTN Ghana recorded a profit after tax of GHS1.4  billion in 2020, representing   38.4 percent increase year-on-year, Mr Selorm Adadevoh, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Ghana, says.

It declared a dividend of 8 pesewas per share.

Mr Adadevoh said the performance was a reflective of the company’s diversified business model,  consistent growth of service revenue, prudent management of costs and risks in an uncertain era and competitive business environment.

Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting in Accra, Mr Adadevoh said service revenue grew by  16.4 percent year-on-year to GHS5.99 billion, made up of 41.4 percent voice, 29.6 percent data,  21.2 percent Mobile Money (MoMo) service  and  3.1 percent digital revenue.

He said voice revenue grew by 8.1 percent to GHS2.50 billion, with a subscriber net addition of 4.6 million, while data revenue increased by 21.3 percent to GHS1.77 billion with a subscriber net addition of 2.7 million.

MoMo revenue continued its strong growth trajectory, growing by 32.3 percent to GHS1.27 billion, with subscriber net adds of 1.5 million, while digital reported a 6.2 percent decline in revenue to GHS0.19 billion due to the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard-15.

He said the company would continue to invest in supporting significant improvement in coverage expansion and maintenance of the network,    customer experience and quality of service in an accelerated need for digitalization.

“As part of this,  we rolled out  200  2G,  200  3G  and  950  4G  sites,  which helped relieve the pressure on our infrastructure and significantly enhance our network resilience and service delivery across the nation”, he said.

On the regulatory front,  Mr Adadevoh said MTN  Ghana would continue to maintain high ethical standards and commitment to its regulatory obligations and remain focused on providing the enabling technology to support  Ghana’s digital economy.

He said the company through the MTN Foundation would continue to invest in community development, adding that since inception,  the  Foundation had invested in  87  educational projects,  52  health projects and 13 economic empowerment projects, at a cost of GH¢53.3 million.

On share price performance and capitalization, Mr Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of MTN Ghana, said the MTN   Ghana share price experienced a  lot of volatility with a  year high of  GHS0.70  and  low of  GHS0.55.

“The year opened at  GHS0.70  and we closed the year at  GHS0.64,  losing  8.57 percent.  This was as a  result of factors, including  COVID-19   impact on liquidity,   general investor sentiments and sell downs from some of our large institutional investors”.

Mr Yamson was confident of the company’s strategy to unlock shareholder value and remain optimistic that the share price would move positively to reflect its continued progress in the coming years.

He said the company continued to be the third largest listed company by market capitalization of  GH¢7.9 billion as at the close of 2020, stressing that implementing an efficient corporate governance strategy was an essential ingredient to achieving long-term success.

Mr Yamson said the company continued its contribution to national fiscal development through taxes in 2020 and that, GHS2.6 billion was paid to government in taxes and represented about 6 percent of total national tax revenue.

“Within this, GHS101 million and GHS389 million were paid as National Fiscal Stabilization Levy and Communications Service Tax which represents about 21 percent and 70 percent of overall taxes received respectively, ”he said.

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