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Telecel Group acquired Vodafone Ghana from its British parent company last February. The new owner had, at the time, said it wanted to make the operator...
Alex Okosi has two decades of experience in the media and tech industry. In April 2020, he was appointed managing director of YouTube for emerging markets...
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