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Analysts at Codros Capital, others see planned MTN offer as game changer

Just as MTN group is gathering momentum to hit the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for listing and its Initial Public Offer (IPO) as soon as possible, feelers from market pundits had been in the greens. Already, the telecom giant has…

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We are well advanced with the Nigerian listing, says MTN group boss, Shuter

Contrary to speculations that the structured payment of the fine levied on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over breaches in deactivating unregistered SIM cards few years ago, MTN group has said it is pushing ahead with listing in…

Ecobank Group partners MTN to deepen mobile money, financial inclusion in Africa

MTN Group on Tuesday sealed a partnership deal with Africa’s leading independent banking group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI). The collaboration is tailored to enable both companies leverage on each other’s assets with the aim of offering more value to their…

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MTN Group may exit economies with high capex to drive growth this year

More key investment signals are still emerging from the recently released bumper results of the leading telecom giant in Africa, the MTN Group Limited. Already, the group has started a critical review of happenstances in economies where it operates in…

MTN’s return to profitability strong boost for early listing in Nigeria—BHIU

A new report released by the Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU), the research arm of Business Hilights publications has noted that “The recent announcement of return to profitability by the MTN Group in earnings for the year ended 31 December…

Aside failures in SA, MTN still working to rule Africa in Mobile Money Service

Considering the intimidating forces of Financial Technology (FinTech) in growing seamless access to financial services using mobile money platforms, MTN, Africa’s most consolidated mobile operator, has started dreaming of floating what can be seen as Africa’s most innovative bank and…

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MTN Nigeria again, shifts listing for another 6 months

Following the failure to hit the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on or before September this year as earlier touted, the telecoms giant has come out to say it is focused on laying the groundwork for an initial public offering of…

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MTN transiting from losses to profit-making after turbulent 2016, but…

Surprisingly, even as subscriber base of the group is nose-diving in both Nigeria and Ghana,  the MTN group, indigenous continental largest telecoms operator has moved away from a turbulent 2016 characterised by fines and sanctions to profit regime. MTN said…