TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN struggling in South Africa

South Africa is one of MTN's four biggest markets and service revenue growth remains stagnant in the single digits, says Sanlam Investments portfolio manager Roy Mutooni.Mutooni said that although the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Vodacom, MTN warned about fighting Starlink

South African mobile network operators are only delaying the inevitable by resisting the local entry of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite services like SpaceX's Starlink.Continuing to do so could also p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Ralph Mupita's MTN remuneration drops to R65 million

MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita's single-figure remuneration has dropped by 20% to R65 million after the group posted an R11 billion loss in 2024.Mupita's single-figure remuneration primarily dropped due t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN hacked

The MTN Group has announced a significant cybersecurity incident that has led to unauthorised access to the personal information of some customers across various markets.The telecommunications giant,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Good news for MTN WhatsApp users in South Africa

MTN has partnered with WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms to enhance the quality of video and voice calls on the instant messaging application across 12 of the network's markets.The mobile operator says th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Ralph Mupita paid R66.3 million by MTN for 2019

MTN has published its integrated report for 2019, showing what its top executives were paid in the last year.MTN group chief financial officer, Ralph Mupita, took home the largest salary at the group ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2020

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN executive quits

MTN today announced the resignation of Stephen van Coller, Vice President of Digital Services, Data Analytics and Business Development with effect from 31 August 2018. Stephen has resigned to take up ...

By Ngoni Shenjere | Published: 19 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN increase LTE coverage and download speeds

MTN increased its coverage and improved the customer experience on its network between January and May 2018, according to chief technology and information officer Giovanni Chiarelli.Speaking during an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Ethiopia stirs MTN, Vodacom interest

Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous country and the continent's fastest growing economy, is inviting big business to cash in.For so long a closed shop, the Horn of Africa nation on Tuesday invited...

By Bloomberg | Published: 07 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mcebisi Jonas joins MTN board

MTN Group announced on Monday that former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas and businesswoman Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala have joined its board as independent non-executive directors.Jonas, 58, wh...

By Fin24 | Published: 07 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN, Ecobank target Africa expansion

MTN and Ecobank are forming task teams to identify the most appropriate financial services products for each of the 13 African markets they plan to target jointly.MTN signed an agreement with the Nedb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN, EcoBank in mobile banking partnership

MTN has signed an agreement to form a mobile banking partnership with Ecobank across the continent.The mobile giant says it's in line with building its mobile services business, which is an important ...

By eNCA | Published: 10 April 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN expects to report positive numbers

Africa's largest telecoms company, MTN, expects to report positive numbers in its interim financial results for the six months to end-June 2017.The telecommunications provider projects basic headline ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 August 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN's 'expensive Zimbabwe call rate' promo extended

MTN South Africa has extended its "expensive Zimbabwe call rates" promotion to 31 January 2014.A promotional rate that's R3.89/minute? I hope to never have to call Zimbabwe outside of the promotional ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

MTN is Africa's most valuable brand

JOHANNESBURG - MTN has been recognised as the best African brand in a ranking of the continent's most admired and valuable brands by Brand Africa.The Brand Africa 100 award for the Most Admired and Va...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 September 2013

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

MTN's expensive calls to Zimbabwe

MTN South Africa on Monday issued an ambiguous statement saying it was cutting the cost of international telephone calls to "as little as 75c/minute" to a number of markets across Africa, including Zi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2013

AFRICA BUSINESS

Call to extend SIM card deadline

LAGOS - As the deadline to register subscriber identity module cards approaches, the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers of Nigeria appealed for an extension of the programme.The Ni...

By Business reporter | Published: 30 June 2013
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