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Residents of the Sanguli community in the Saboba District of the Northern Region have resorted to hanging their mobile phones on a mango tree to access mobile network signals. A viral video shared by a concerned citizen has sparked attention and calls for immediate action from telecommunication companies and authorities. In the video, several mobile phones can be seen dangling from long ropes tied to the branches of a mango tree. The resident filming the scene remarks humorously, “What you see here, even though we are under a mango tree, these are not mangoes hanging. They are mobile phones. Why hang mobile phones like this? It’s very simple, there’s no network.” According to the residents, the community has been struggling with unreliable mobile connectivity for years. The spot beneath the mango tree has become the only place where they can sometimes get a faint signal strong enough to make a phone call or browse the internet. A resident who spoke in the video, expressed how the situation affects education and daily life. Watch as frustrated Ghanaians lament poor call network challenges “It’s a very big challenge for us because in this community, when you go on vacation and come back home, you can’t do anything online. To download something as small as five megabytes can take over an hour. We really need help.” He explained that residents use ropes to hoist their phones high up the tree to get a better signal. Shorter individuals have to stand on makeshift supports to reach their hanging phones during calls, eliminating any sense of privacy. The concerned citizen who filmed the video made a passionate appeal to telecommunication companies, including MTN, Vodafone, Telecel, AirtelTigo and Glo, to extend reliable network coverage to the Sanguli community and surrounding areas. “Any network that improves connectivity here will gain a lot of customers because everyone will switch to them,” he noted. A concerned citizen shared a video from the Sanguli community in the Saboba District of Northern Ghana, showing residents using long ropes tied to a mango tree to hang their phones in order to access mobile networks. The citizen expressed frustration about the difficulty of… pic.twitter.com/0zrCLeeOnA — SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) October 30, 2025 Tragedy as farmer drowns while seeking loan to send child to SHS The wait is over! The GhanaWeb Excellence Awards 2025 is officially launched. Let’s Celebrate impact, innovation and excellence across Ghana. Who deserves to be honoured this year? Nominate now 👉 https://ghanaweb.com/ghanaexcellenceawards/nominate
