Nokia deepens presence in Ghanaian market

The mobile phone manufacturing giant, Nokia is to begin a promotion aimed at rewarding Ghanaian clients who purchase the new handset, the Nokia 1208 and Nokia 1661.

The promotion which is in partnership with Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana is expected to begin this week and will run for six weeks.

For the period of the promotion a buyer of either of the two new devices will be offered a free MTN SIM Card loaded with call card, as well as, GH¢ 2 bonus airtime every month for a period of six months with 10 free SMS.

Account Manger, Sub Saharan Africa, Nokia, Tidiane Gueye, briefing the media in Accra ahead of the promotion said the programme is an appreciation to its Ghanaian customers.

He advised Ghanaian users to get their Nokia mobile phones from the authorized Nokia sale centers located at Kumasi, Tema, Takoradi and Accra.

Communications Manager for Nokia in charge of Nigeria and West Africa, Ngozi Ife Anene addressing the issue of counterfeiting, explained that, Nokia is doing everything possible to ensure that the practice is eradicated from the market.

"Nokia is collaborating with the appropriate government agencies to put the right measures in place to curtail the situation and in due course Ghana will be aware of its fight to curb the counterfeit and fake Nokia phones.

"In every market Nokia is working to curb the issue of counterfeit phones," she said.

In a related development, Nokia presented educational materials valued at GH¢3,000 to the Dampase, District Assembly Primary School in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
The items include tables and chairs, exercise books, novels and other teaching materials.

The presentation forms part of Nokia’s corporate social responsibility programme in the country.

Ife Anene at a ceremony to present the items to the school indicated that Nokia is passionate about helping to develop the talents of student and youth to ensure the benefit of human capital development of the country.

Nokia is in collaboration with Plan Ghana to ensure successful development of the youth in the country this is targeted at developing youth into better citizens.

One of such programme was ‘Kids Wave’ which allows children to talk about issues affecting them such as street kids, education, HIV as well as children’s rights.

About $20,000 has been earmarked for a successful implementation of the company’s corporate social responsibility programmes in the country this year, Ife Anene disclosed.