MTN Ghana has been crowned the overall winner of the MTN Group 2025 Million Dollar Challenge, emerging as the top performing operation across the entire MTN footprint at the Global Leadership Gathering (GLG) 2026 held on Saturday.
The telecommunications giant secured six major awards at the event, where leaders from across the MTN Group converged to celebrate breakthrough performance and innovation. The recognition underscores MTN Ghana’s market leading execution, strong financial and operational performance, and ability to scale strategic platforms across Fintech, Enterprise, and Consumer segments.
MTN Ghana won the Million Dollar Challenge 2025 award in the Connectivity category for both Enterprise and Consumer divisions, alongside the Fintech award for MoMo Ghana. The company’s performance positions it as a benchmark for excellence within the MTN Group.
Stephen Blewett, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, said the recognition is a powerful endorsement of the relentless commitment, creativity and execution excellence of the company’s teams. He expressed pride in the discipline with which staff continue to deliver on strategy.
Shaibu Haruna, CEO of MoMo Ghana, received individual recognition as CEO of the Year for Fintech and was named first runner up for Overall CEO of the Year across all MTN operations. The awards highlight the growing strength of Ghana’s fintech industry on the global stage.
The GLG 2026 brought together senior leaders from across MTN’s operating companies to assess progress, refine strategic priorities and reinforce leadership standards required to navigate an increasingly competitive and complex digital landscape.
MTN Ghana’s performance demonstrates its commitment to innovation, customer value creation and long term growth. The company has positioned itself as one of the Group’s most consistent and forward driving businesses.
The telecommunications operator is part of the MTN Group, which leads in emerging markets with a vision to deliver a bold new digital world to customers. MTN Ghana, trading as Scancom PLC, is listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.
The company operates under the Ambition 2025 strategy, focusing on leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. MTN Ghana controls nearly 60 per cent of Ghana’s telecommunications market.
