30 results
- 24 Mar 2013
Blame Boko Haram, Others for Poor QoS – Goodluck
Akinwale Goodluck, corporate services executive at MTN Nigeria has oversight for Regulatory/Government Relations, Commercial/Legal, Company Secretariat, Corporate Communications and the…
- 13 May 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Digital Exclusion Woes Persist - Goodluck
Akinwale Goodluck, head of Africa at the GSM Association (GSMA), has said that though a lot of people in Sub-Saharan Africa are covered by a mobile broadband (MBB) network, they still don’t subscribe…
- 8 Jun 2009
Digitisation Will Hasten Rollout of Mobile Broadband, Coverage – Goodluck
Mr. Akinwale Goodluck, Corporate Services executive, MTN Nigeria has said that digital dividend - the unprecedented amount of spectrum that will be freed up in the switchover from analogue to digital…
- 8 Apr 2021
Goodluck Urges CBN to License MTN, Airtel to Deepen MM Market
Akinwale Goodluck, head of GSMA Africa, has urged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend money licenses to MTN and Airtel to scale up Nigeria’s mobile money market to at the sub-regional front.…
- 4 Feb 2021
How Successful Spectrum Awards Can Accelerate Digital Agendas Across Africa
By Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Africa, GSMA The benefits of mobile broadband are clear to see all across Africa. For governments that want to continue to expand coverage and maximise the benefits from…
- 18 Nov 2013
NCS Strengthens Symbiotic Ties with MTN, MainOne, Sidmach
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) recently visited three key players in Nigeria’s technology space – MTN Nigeria, MainOne Cable Company and Sidmach group, in furtherance of its policy of strategic…
- 9 Nov 2013
MTN Alerts Subscribers to new SIM Swap Fraud Trick
MTN Nigeria, has warned its customers to beware of a form of deception that is being perpetrated by individual’s intent on duping unsuspecting telephone subscribers. According to MTN, the deception,…
- 4 May 2016
MTN Pays Ikpoki, Former CEO N350m as Exit Package
Mr. Michael Ikpoki, former MTN Nigeria chief executive officer, has received about $1.8 million (N350 million) as exit package after his resignation in early December last year. The package included…
- 13 Oct 2014
Invest N1.7Bn Fines on Infrastructure to Improve QoS- Subscribers
Telecommunications subscribers in the country have asked the government to invest the fines imposed on telecom service providers in the provision of more telecom infrastructure to arrest the…
- 6 Dec 2014
MTN Foundation Has 341 Projects Ongoing, Celebrates Persons with Disabilities
MTN Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle of Nigeria’s leading Information and Communications Technology Company, MTN, currently has 341 project sites across the country, including…
- 13 Dec 2019
GSMA Says Communications Taxes Will Deepen Poverty
Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), has warned that Nigeria risks deepening the poverty rate if the proposed nine per cent Communication Service Tax is implemented. The…
- 1 Jun 2015
MTN Says Y’ello Care 2015 Will Impact Digital Education in Nigeria
MTN, Nigeria’s telecommunications company, has commenced its annual staff volunteerism programme tagged 21 Days of Y’ello Care 2015. This year Y’ello Care, the telecoms giant with about 61 million…
- 8 Sept 2010
MTN Introduces Internet Netbook Bundle
MTN has introduced the MTN Internet Netbook Bundle to the Nigerian market. Derek Appiah, Chief Enterprise Solutions officer, MTN said the novel product, will further deepen access to the mobile…
- 13 Jun 2013
MTN says No More SIM Swap by Proxy
MTN, Nigeria’s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Company, has communicated the decision to discontinue SIM swaps by proxy effective from June 7. After this date, customers who…
- 27 Jun 2013
MTN Foundation Unveils Widows Empowerment Scheme
MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility vehicle of Nigeria’s leading ICT company, MTN Nigeria, has partnered with the Ministry of Women Affairs to commemorate the first ever International…
- 31 Jul 2013
Ikpoki's Appointment, Triumph for MTN's Talent Development Programme
MTN Nigeria has said that the appointment of Michael Ikpoki as the first Nigerian CEO of the company demonstrates the strength of MTN's talent development programme. An experienced lawyer, seasoned…
- 13 Aug 2013
MTN Nigeria Gets Investors in People Accreditation
MTN Nigeria has been formally accredited by the Investors in People (IiP) Governing Board, United Kingdom as an Investor in People organization. MTN Nigeria is the first company in Nigeria and indeed…
- 21 Aug 2013
MTN Foundation Donates Security Vehicles to Ondo
Towards enhancing security, MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility vehicle of MTN Nigeria, has donated patrol vehicles to the government of Ondo state. The donation, which was made under…
- 6 Jun 2014
MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care Investment Focuses on Education
MTN, leading information and communications Technology Company in Nigeria, has commenced its annual staff volunteerism programme, 21 Days of Y’ello Care, with this year’s edition focusing on…
- 10 Jun 2014
MTN Foundation Scholarship Beneficiary Graduates, Testify
Agatha Onyinye Ibeazor, a product of the MUSON School of Music, Onikan, Lagos sponsored by the MTN Foundation, has graduated with Magna Cum Laude, the equivalent of second class upper degree, from…
- 21 Jun 2014
MTN Rejigs Digital Education in Nigeria
MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecommunications company, has concluded its annual staff volunteerism programme tagged ‘21 Days Y’ello Care’. This year’s edition commenced on June 1 focused on education…
- 11 Jul 2014
Nigeria’s QoS Better than London’s -NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday boasted that quality of service (QoS) in the country was one of the best in the world and even better than services offered in Central London,…
- 14 Jul 2014
Concerns over Telcos, Data Miners Unsolicited SMSs
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria are washing their hands of unsolicited short messaging services (SMSs), pointing at some unscrupulous foreign data miners, although when you dig deeper,…
- 11 Oct 2014
MTN Foundation Advocates Sustainability Practice in Organisations
MTN Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle of Nigeria's leading Information and Communication Technology Company, MTN, has advocated the adoption of corporate social investments and…
- 4 Dec 2014
MTN Partners Tastee Fried Chicken to Launch Meal Vouchers
In continuation of its drive to deliver more convenient services to its customers across the country, MTN, Nigeria's leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Company, has extended…
- 15 Jan 2015
MTN Raises Concern over Insecurity
The MTN Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of MTN Nigeria has expressed concerns over the nation’s insecurity. The foundation emphasized that security of life and property was…
- 29 Jan 2015
Fashola's Wife Commends MTN Foundation as Donations Exceed N1Bn
Dame Abimbola Fashola, first lady of Lagos, has commissioned seven blocks of modern classrooms for the pupils of Hope Primary School, Ikoyi, Lagos, donated by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State…
- 26 Feb 2015
MTN Redefines Calls Pricing with 11 kobo/sec to 11 Numbers Tariff
MTN customers will now enjoy a much reduced tariff on calls with the opportunity to make calls at half-price to as many as 11 specific friends or family members while enjoying greater value for money…
- 23 Mar 2009
MTNF Parleys ABU Students
Over 3,000 students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria benefited from a one-day interactive session with top officials of MTN and its CSR vehicle, MTN Foundation (MTNF) last week, at the…
- 4 May 2015
Over 500m MTN Retail Vendors Eye TruTalk Win-a-Home Promo
In line with its strategy of building relationships with its channel partners, leading ICT Company in Nigeria, MTN, has unveiled a reward scheme tagged “MTN TruTalk Win-a-Home Promo”, with a N15…