MTN tech teams engage engineering students

MTN Ghana’s facilities have become centres of experience for second cycle and tertiary institutions. Over the years, MTN Ghana has played host to thousands of students from various educational institutions visiting its facilities for first-hand experience of the company’s operations.

In the first quarter of 2017, MTN Ghana hosted over 300 students from three tertiary institutions, namely Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) and Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) at its ultra-modern office complex in Accra, as well as state-of-the-art switch and data centres located in Accra and Kumasi.

With the assistance of MTN’s Capital Projects Group team and external consultants who managed the construction of MTN’s Head Office building, the architecture students had first-hand knowledge of the various methods of construction, spatial, mechanical, electrical, and economic parameters that were considered in the design and construction of the office.

Other important areas the students toured included the Water Treatment room, Power room, Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) room, Generator and Transceiver and the Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP). They also toured the lower roof of the main building where they had the opportunity to see the Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) units of the Ventilation and Air Condition (VAC) system. They were also educated on the nature of the air-conditioning systems.

Telecommunications Engineering students from KNUST, UMaT and KTI who toured MTN’s Switch and Data Centres in Kumasi and Accra were hosted by engineers from Network Group and Information System divisions. The students received demonstrations of the workings of the MTN Network Architecture and other technical elements.

The visiting students and their lecturers were thrilled with the kind of investment MTN was making to ensure its continuous provision of reliable telecommunication services to its customers and the organisation’s contributions to national development.