MTN Ghana Volunteers Sew 500 School Uniforms for Underprivileged Students
Part of 2025 Y’ello Care Campaign, CEO Stephen Blewett Joins Efforts
As part of the 2025 MTN “21 Days of Y’ello Care” campaign, MTN Ghana is collaborating with the Opportunity Industrialization Technical Institute (OITI) in Accra and Uni Jay Limited in Kumasi to produce 500 school uniforms for students. These uniforms will benefit Adzitem D.A. Basic School in the Central Region, along with several other deprived schools in the Ashanti, Northern, and Western regions.
This initiative underscores MTN’s broader commitment to education and digital skills development, and it is being spearheaded by MTN Ghana’s CEO, Stephen Blewett. Mr. Blewett actively volunteered his time at the OITI, where he inspected a guard of honor mounted by students and toured the institute’s facilities, including its digital labs. As part of his visit, the CEO personally contributed to sewing a uniform for a school child.
During the event, Mr. Blewett shared insights on how technology is transforming Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Ghana. He emphasized that the country’s progress hinges on empowering more young people with technical skills, stating, “The future lies in vocational and technical expertise. The world doesn’t need more CEOs; it needs people who can create and build with their hands.”
In addition to sewing uniforms, MTN Ghana employee volunteers are extending their services to communities such as Torgome in the Volta Region and Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. In Torgome, volunteers assisted residents in onboarding onto the MyMTN App and mCare platforms. They will also help construct and equip a shed with modern tools for local women engaged in pottery. In Nyinahin, young people are receiving training in mobile phone repairs, aiming to improve their livelihoods and promote digital access and inclusion.
The “21 Days of Y’ello Care” is an annual employee volunteerism campaign by MTN Group, which encourages staff to participate in impactful community development projects across all MTN’s operating countries. Launched in 2007, this initiative has positively impacted the lives of many across the continent.
