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Liberia’s Leading Cellular Service Provider Lonestar Cell-MTN Sponsors Runway Liberia

(Silver Springs, MD)  Lonestar Cell, the number one cellular service provider in Liberia, West Africa has joined Janesa Media Relations as a sponsor for the “Runway Liberia” Trade and Tourism Exhibition on Friday, July 23, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Springs, MD.

Contributing Sponsor, Lonestar Cell, a division of the MNT Group Limited, the leading telecommunications operator in Liberia, gives its support for Runway Liberia’s effort to promote business, tourism and investment opportunities with Liberia.

“Liberia, a resource rich coastal West African nation is rebuilding its infrastructure after a 14 year civil war that destroyed pretty much everything, says Junda Morris, of Janesa Media Relations.  The country has made tremendous strides since 2005 after the election of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to rebuild its infrastructure and the economy”.

Runway Liberia will bring together Liberian and American government officials, international trade specialists, business owners, executives and nonprofit organizations to discuss the pros and cons of international trade, international trade financing, and bilateral trade opportunities across several sectors like construction, engineering, aviation, maritime, agriculture, and energy.  Small and medium sized companies will learn how they can positively contribute towards building a brighter, prosperous and sustainable future for Liberia.

In addition to great business opportunities, Liberia is also a beautiful country that has it all.  There are hundreds of miles of pristine beaches for sunning and surfing, to valleys for hiking, mountains to climb, and virgin growth forests to explore.  Ecotoursim and surfing are becoming quite popular in Liberia.  The country has all the makings for a great vacation.

MTN Group Limited, founded in South Africa in 1994 is fast becoming the leading telecommunications provider in emerging markets.  It provides a variety of mobile service in 21 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East to more than 90.7 million subscribers.  The company is listed in South Africa on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) under the Industrial – Telecommunications sector.

Lonestar Cell has implemented innovative marketing strategies such as selling $10.00 SIM cards, prepaid Scratch cards ranging from $50 to $150 sold in both USD and Liberian currency in order to allow Liberians living outside the capital of Monrovia affordable access to the company’s product.  Lonestar CEO François Joubert recently announced the offering of free nightly minutes from 12 am to 5 am, even to mobile customers using other cellular service providers (regular rates US 15 cents/minute.  Soon Lonestar Cell customers will have free GMS service (global systems for mobile) with MTN Group customers in neighboring countries.

Janesa Media Relations is a full service public relations, marketing and event planning company with offices in New York and Maryland.  Visit Janesa on the web at: http://www.janesamediarelations.com.


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