founded 1974 headquarters accra ghana key people haris broumidis ceo revenue us 1.2 billion 2006 number of employees 4 000 2006 website www.vodafone.com.gh vodafone ghana formerly ghana telecom is the national telecommunications company of ghana . in 2006 it had around 400 000 customers for fixed and mobile telephony and internet services . on 3 august 2008 it was announced that vodafone had agreed to acquire 70 % of ghana telecom from the ghanaian government at a cost of us 900 million and a total enterprise value of approximately us 1.3 billion . 1 after the transaction closed vodafone had a 70 % stake in the company while the ghanaian government retained a 30 % stake . the sale was supported by president john agyekum kufuor but strongly opposed by the opposition party which would win the presidential elections a few months later . the new president john atta mills head of the national democratic congress party ndc also launched an investigation into the deal after being elected president a claiming that the government did not get value for money . 2 despite these claims vodafone a few months later would write down the value of its stake in ghana telecom by 250m as the economic climate worsened damaging the business s prospects . 2 on 16 april 2009 the company was rebranded as vodafone ghana . as of 2015 vodafone ghana is the countries second largest operator with a market share for december 2015 was 21.74 % and 18.39 % of data behind african communications giant mtn group . 3 see also edit telecommunications in ghana references edit acquisition of a 70 % stake in ghana telecom . www.vodafone.com . retrieved 2016 07 28 . a b wray richard 2009 10 14 . vodafone s ghana telecom deal labelled illegal . the guardian . retrieved 2016 07 28 . quist emmanuel . ghana telecoms industry nca releases telecoms market report ; where does each operator stand telecom pulse . retrieved 2016 07 28 . external links edit vodafone ghana http www.ghanatelecom.com.gh http www.gtuc.edu.gh http telcommunicator.blogspot.com 2008 07 vodafone buys ghana telecom.html the latest news on the ghana telecom vodafone saga v t e vodafone subsidiaries and divisions albania czech republic egypt germany ghana greece hungary india ireland italy malta netherlands new zealand northern cyprus portugal qatar romania spain turkey united kingdom vodafone global enterprise kabel deutschland vodafone automotive shareholdings australia 50 % fiji 49 % kenya 40 % vodacom 65 % south africa dr congo lesotho mozambique tanzania partners afghanistan armenia austria azerbaijan bahrain belgium benin botswana bulgaria canada channel islands chile china croatia cyprus denmark dominican republic estonia faroe islands finland france guam hong kong iceland iraq japan jordan kuwait luxembourg macedonia malaysia norway northern mariana islands philippines poland russia saudi arabia serbia singapore slovenia south korea sri lanka sweden switzerland taiwan thailand turkmenistan ukraine united arab emirates uzbekistan vietnam products and services m pesa betavine corporate directors gerard kleisterlee chairman vittorio colao ceo andy halford cfo steve pusey cto michel combes ceo europe region john buchanan alan jebson samuel jonah nick land anne lauvergeon simon murray luc vandevelde tony watson philip yea sponsorships vodafone mclaren mercedes 2007 13 team vodafone 2007 12 other airtouch arcor cable & wireless worldwide cheeka ihug mannesmann verizon wireless vodafone live zoozoo category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vodafone ghana & oldid 741999666 categories companies of ghanavodafonecommunications in ghana navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view