On a bright Sunday afternoon in Sanguli, a farming community in the Saboba District of the Northern Region, residents gather beneath a tree they ironically call "MTN." Not for shade or leisure, but because the tree has become their only hope of catching a faint mobile signal.
In an increasingly digital world, this spot is a lifeline for a community desperate to stay connected.
Esther (not her real name), a resident shared her ordeal with Graphic Online's Simon Unyan.
She frequently paddled several kilometers to Saboba town just to send mobile money to her brother in Tamale. When her aging bicycle fails, she spends GH¢30 on transport anytime she goes to do mobile money transactions. "Even to receive a MoMo alert, we must travel to a nearby village with a signal," she stated. These frequent, risky journeys on rocky, stony roads are not just inconvenient; they are dangerous.
