The event, now in its fourth year, is a gala event to recognise employees who have been nominated by their peers; this event recognises employees who shone during 2007.
The presentations were made by the MTN Group Chairman, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Group President and CEO, Mr Phuthuma Nhleko.
The winners at the MTN Annual Y'elloStars annual gala evening were: Customer Service Point Amarat Team represented by Team Leader Hatim Kahin, MTN Sudan for Customer Satisfaction; Robert Nell, Service Centre Consultant, MTN South Africa in the Star Performance category; Fifi J Rurangwa, Corporate Sales Manager, MTN Rwanda for portraying the MTN Values and Brian Lwetutte, Principal Engineer Fixed Core and Data Networks, MTN Uganda in the Knowledge Share category.
A special CEO Achievement Award was given to the teams from MTN Group and MTN Cameroon who were recognised for their work related to the Kenya Airways crash in which valued employees were lost in 2007. The MTN Irancell team was given the CEO award for their rapid network roll out and substantial subscriber growth, which today stands at more than 9 million.
