Africa’s foremost businessman and
multi-billionaire investor, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr, was on Saturday,
October 29, 2016 conferred with Ghana’s highest civil award,
the Companion of the Star of Ghana, CSG.
Ghanaian President, Mr John Dramani
Mahama, conferred the award on the Globacom Chairman on Saturday,
October 29, at the International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana, Signal reports.
President Mahama said Dr Adenuga was
being honoured in recognition of 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 stated.
The citation on Dr Adenuga commended his
“transformational achievements in the telecommunications industry”,
chief of which was the laying of the Glo 1 optic fibre cable linking
several African countries including Ghana with Europe and America.
The President Mahama equally commended
Dr Adenuga’s contribution to telecommunications in Ghana since Glo
Mobile’s launch and lauded 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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