{"id":415015,"date":"2026-09-07T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/415015\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:35:09","slug":"mtn-ghana-to-invest-more-than-us1-1bn-in-network-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/415015\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Ghana to invest more than US$1.1bn in network expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Darko Emmanuel<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MTN Ghana plans to invest more than US$1.1 billion over the next three years to expand its telecommunications network, improve service quality and strengthen infrastructure across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investment comes as demand for reliable internet and digital services continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About US$380 million is expected to be invested in 2026, with 80 new network sites planned for the Northern, North East, Savannah and Upper East regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sites form part of a wider plan to establish 500 new network sites across Ghana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investment is also expected to support the expansion of 5G connectivity, which could improve internet speeds and create opportunities for businesses, education, digital services and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MTNGhana?lang=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MTNGhana?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">MTN Ghana<\/a> currently serves more than 32 million subscribers, according to figures presented by the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company says stronger telecommunications infrastructure will be important to Ghana\u2019s digital transformation and economic development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes as Ghana continues efforts to improve digital inclusion and expand access to reliable connectivity, particularly in areas where network coverage remains limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned investment is expected to strengthen network capacity and support the growing demand for mobile and digital services across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/general\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Stories Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Darko Emmanuel MTN Ghana plans to invest more than US$1.1 billion over the next three years to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-415015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ghana","tag-ghana"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117231204857496762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}