Mobile Telecommunications Company, MTN Ghana, has partnered Echohouse Ghana Limited to launch “www.kuulpeeps.com,” an online portal designed to give tertiary students unlimited access to information on their various campuses.
Addressing the media at the launch in Accra, the Head of Business Solutions at MTN Ghana, Mr Eric Nsarkoh, said the website would provide both social and academic information to selected tertiary institutions in the country.
According to him, kuulpeeps has the potential to significantly increase business opportunities on campuses and “it will also have a positive impact on students’ academic performance, personal development and improve social networking opportunities.”
Mr Nsarkoh explained that MTN partnered Echohouse to develop the website because kuulpeeps had displayed a lot of innovation and creativity in the development of the site and its relevance to the different aspects of tertiary students.
He said as the leading mobile telecommunications company in Ghana, MTN was constantly looking for new ways to meet the expectations of different segments of our subscribers, with the youth as a major stakeholder in this regard.
“This is why we continue to provide services which are suited for the youth or trendies, as we call them. Our Y ‘Cliq’ service which provides special discounted rates for students is one such example,” he added.
He said MTN would soon roll out an applications competition in the country to encourage more software developers to come out with innovative applications that are suitable for the environment.
The Director of Echohouse Ghana Limited, Ms Beryl Agyekum, said the portal will be the first and only stop for news, entertainment, fashion information and event pictures on the minute; simply put, “everything campus.”
She explained that kuulpeeps, powered by MTN, had four mini websites—EchoMag online, Rave Locator that will house pictures of various events, Kuulshop that will give students an opportunity to make purchases online using the convenience of MTN Mobile Money and an Academic and Career website that will afford students the opportunity to access information and useful resource on employment, and everything else that equips students for career after school.
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