MTN Group deepens financial inclusion
Driven to secure financial inclusion across its markets, MTN Group continues to grow the number of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) users on its network, a trend that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of September 2020, nearly…
MTN Group now most valuable African brand, worthing US$3.3bn
MTN Group is pleased to announce that it has been named the most valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 2020 ranking, which ascribes a brand value of US$3.3 billion to MTN. Brand value is the net economic…
DJ Khaled reaches out global audience for #WearItForMe
Hip-hop star and Grammy Award-winning producer Khaled Mohamed Khaled, aka DJ Khaled, on Wednesday added his voice to MTN Group’s efforts to raise awareness about the importance of wearing masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. “DJ Khaled and MTN…
MTN Group appoints new audit committee chair and acting GCFO
MTN today (September 1st 2020)an nounces changes to the board of directors of MTN Group, as well as to the board of major subsidiary MTN South Africa. After six years as an independent non-executive director of MTN Group – the…
Just in: MTN assures business continuity, COVID-19 protective measures across markets
Leading continental and global telecoms services provider of African origin, MTN Group Wednesday, announced series of precautionary measures to ensure continuity of services and safety of its stakeholders including employees, customers, communities and suppliers following growing official confirmation of Covid-19…
Another look at MTN’s Rob Shuter’s reign as his succession plan gets underway
Corporate leadership is defined by intelligence buoyancy, tractable development plans, customer service satisfaction and some times, staff job satisfaction. Within the period and time Mr Rob Shuter had been at the management pinnacle of MTN Group, no doubt, the telecom…
Nigeria, Ghana businesses still suffering impacts of recent submarine cable cut
Though there are indications that the recent deep-sea broadband fibre cut somewhere within the trans-Atlantic coast may have been fixed via massive drive by MTN Group, checks by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU) indicate that a lot of data based…
MTN, others studying US claims of paying protection money to al Qaeda, Taliban
South Africa’s telecoms giant, MTN Group and other global deep pocket multinationals in the United States of paying protection money to militant Islamist groups in Afghanistan including al Qaeda and the Taliban. The allegations included also of providing material support…
MTN unveils Mobile Money API hackathon
Poised with the drive to bridging the financial divide, MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo) Access Programming Interface (API) platform. The open API enables developers and programmers to innovate on the platform and develop…
MTN unveils ‘We’re good together initiative’ to mark 25 years of service in Africa
MTN Group Monday flagged off ‘We’re good together’ initiative drive to mark Silver jubilee of telecoms services delivery in Africa. The group said the initiative is aimed at demonstrating how, in partnering with our host countries, we can change lives…