Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr, has been awarded Ghana’s highest civil award, the Companion of the Star of Ghana (CSG).
President Mahama said Dr Adenuga was honoured for his
“unique and outstanding contribution to business enterprise both in
Ghana and the continent of Africa at large.”
“Through your creative business exertions, you have touched many lives in Ghana. You have provided employment for our teeming youth, artists, footballers and many more. I am particularly proud of you. This award is our way of saying a simple Thank You,” the President said.
He also commended Adenuga for “transformational
achievements in the telecommunications industry”, a major one being the
laying of the Glo 1 optic fibre cable linking several African countries
including Ghana with Europe and America.
President Mahama equally lauded Dr Adenuga’s contribution
to telecommunications in Ghana since Glo Mobile’s launch, and thanked
him for the huge investment in the project.
The President noted that Dr Adenuga’s investment decisions
and his persistent and affirmative support for sports have earned him
honours all over Africa. He noted that this was one of the strong
reasons that recommended Dr Adenuga for Ghana’s highest civilian honour.
Dr Adenuga, in his acceptance remarks, noted that President
Mahama’s
“recognition and support of my modest contributions to the development of Ghana’s economy have come as a great source of pride and encouragement to me. This is more so as it is coming from Your Excellency, whose sterling qualities of leadership I admire greatly”.
Dr. Adenuga’s Glo Mobile is a leading telecommunication
services provider in Ghana. Besides providing direct and indirect
employment opportunities to thousands of Ghanaians, Glo Mobile Ghana
has, since launch in 2012, been the pacesetter in innovation, excellent
service delivery and consumer loyalty reward in the country’s telecom
market, particularly in the data segment.
The company's international submarine cable, Glo 1, which
landed in Accra in 2009 also opened up a whole vista of unprecedented
opportunities for businesses, government institutions and individuals in
the country by giving them much better access to more affordable
broadband.
Glo Mobile also played a major role in developing Ghanaian
football through the sponsorship of the country’s national teams, the
domestic football league and the football supporters’ club. The
sponsorship lasted for several years.
Back in Nigeria, Dr. Adenuga was in 2012 conferred with the
award of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) by the
Federal Government. GCON is the highest honour for a civilian who is not
in government in the country.
The Federal Government of Nigeria said Dr Adenuga was
honoured for his immense contribution to the socio-economic development
of Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
“He worked very hard to establish Globacom which today provides hundreds of thousands of jobs in Nigeria, Ghana and Benin Republic. His company has also established footprints in Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and The Gambia,” the then President, Goodluck Jonathan had said.
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