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- 2 Aug 2024
Mohammed Rufai, MTN Nigeria's Chief Technical Officer Becomes Chief Executive Officer MTN Congo-Brazzaville
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Mohammed Rufai as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Congo-Brazzaville and Ayham Moussa as Chief Operations Officer (COO) of MTN Nigeria, effective 1…
- 17 Dec 2024
Mastercard, MTN, and Arifu Launch Digital Skills Program for African Small Businesses
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, MTN Group Fintech and Arifu have partnered to support about one million small businesses in Cote’ D’Ivoire and Uganda, to digitize their operations, increase…
- 6 Dec 2012
Ekobank, Others Raise $202m for IHS holding
Ecobank Capital, the investment banking division of the Ecobank Group, said that a group of banks had successfully raised a total of $202 million syndicated facility for IHS Holding Limited. Other…
- 8 Dec 2021
Flutterwave, 4DX Ventures Co-invest in Francophone Africa Payments Processor CinetPay
CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa to seamlessly accept and make payments, has announced a $2.4 million seed fundraising round from 4DX Ventures and…
- 6 Oct 2021
Airtel Money Partners Flutterwave to Expand Operation in East African Markets
Airtel Money has announced a partnership with an African payments company, Flutterwave, to expand the former’s services to East African markets. Through the partnership, businesses integrating…
- 8 Feb 2024
Bayobab Lands 2Africa Subsea Cable in Nigeria, Ghana
Bayobab, a provider of pan-African digital connectivity solutions, yesterday landed the 45,000km-long 2Africa cable in Ghana and Nigeria. The MTN Group-owned company announced the landing, saying…
- 23 Jan 2015
Trusted Data to Tip Balance between Success, Failure This Year
The wheels are turning ever faster in the telecom industry. For every year, there are new and often unexpected developments. As we face another eventful year, industry expert David King, CEO of…
- 5 Oct 2022
Ookla, UmIauT Name MTN as Best Network in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ookla, global leading data and technology firms and UmlauT, have named MTN as the best network in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using insights from its data platform, "Speedtest," which tests internet…
- 9 Sept 2021
MTN Group Partners Flutterwave to Deploy Mobile Money Services Across Africa
MTN has entered into a new partnership with Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, to deploy mobile money services across Africa. This partnership will allow businesses…
- 15 Sept 2010
Broadband: WACS Battles Main One, Glo 1 with Price
West Africa Cable System (WACS), the submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the West Coast of Africa is planning an aggressive entry strategy including…
- 18 Aug 2025
MTN Group Restructures Executive Team, Appoints Toriola VP for Francophone Africa
MTN Group has announced a restructuring of its executive leadership team to strengthen the implementation of its Ambition 2025 strategy and drive long-term growth across key markets. The…
- 26 Mar 2024
Bayobab Group Incorporates Nine Fibre Companies
MTN Group-owned Bayobab, a provider of pan-African digital communications solutions, has expanded its footprint with the incorporation of nine specialised fibre businesses, each with the necessary…
- 27 Mar 2024
StarNews, Global Black Economic Forum Launch Business Competition In Partnership with MTN & USAID
Africa’s leading video streaming platform, StarNews Mobile and the Global Black Economic Forum (GBEF), have announced a call for applications for the launch of their Business Competition in Lagos,…
- 4 Mar 2014
IHS Raises $490m for African Towers Expansion
IHS Holdings, African tower network operator has secured $490 million in additional funding for its expansion plans. Support from existing investors was combined with strong participation from…
- 21 Aug 2017
Youtap Targets Africa, Asia with MM QR Code Solution, Apps
Youtap, a global provider of contactless mobile payments and financial services software, has launched a QR code solution and smartphone apps for mobile money services in Africa and Asia. Youtap’s…
- 28 Sept 2021
Connecting the Unconnected: GSMA Case Study Celebrates Digital Smart Success
The GSMA, the association representing mobile operators worldwide, has singled out MTN Digital Smart for a case study on how digital literacy programmes can make a real impact in promoting mobile…
- 19 Dec 2021
Funke Opeke’s “Crazy” Idea to Lay MainOne’s Undersea Cable from Nigeria to Portugal Pays Off
In 2008 when Funke Opeke first proposed building the MainOne undersea cable from Portugal to Nigeria, which was acquired this week for $320-million, people called her “crazy.” According to FORBES…
- 17 May 2022
SABRE EMEA: Africa PR & Comms Report Committee Hails BlackHouse Media, BCW, Clockwork, Edelman and Razor on Excellent Achievement
The coordinating committee of the Africa PR & Comms Report (APCR) has commended the top five PR consultancies across Africa - BCW, BlackHouse Media Group (BHMG), Clockwork, Edelman and Razor for…
- 13 May 2024
Seamfix, Digital ID Solutions Provider Secures $4.5m Funding
Seamfix, a global digital identity solutions provider, has secured $4.5 million from Alitheia IDF, a gender lens investing fund, in a private equity funding round. Seamfix executives The firm plans…
- 1 Jul 2014
GSMA Enters mHealth Partnership Across Sub-Sahara Africa
The GSMA announced yesterday that its Mobile for Development mHealth program has launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership. This partnership is designed to provide a range of mHealth services to…
- 28 Oct 2024
MoMo PSB Launches Outbound Remittance Service across Africa
MoMo PSB has announced the launch of its outbound and inbound remittance service which enables customers in Nigeria to send money seamlessly to 13 African countries, including Benin Republic,…
- 1 Sept 2020
MFS Africa Partners PaySii to Facilitate Remittances in Africa
Pan-African cross-border payments services provider MFS Africa has announced its partnership with global money transfer start-up PaySii to help facilitate remittances in Africa. In a statement the…
- 8 Nov 2021
MTN's Instant Messaging Platform, 'Ayoba' Hits 3m Monthly Active Users in Nigeria
Ayoba, Africa’s first instant messaging App, has reached a subscriber base of three million monthly active users in Nigeria. Launched in 2019 and accessible on Android and iOS devices, Ayoba began as…
- 16 Apr 2015
World Bank Says 700m Adults Opened Bank Account in 3 Years
The 2014 (World Bank’s) Global Findex Database measuring Financial Inclusion around the world reveals significant progress in expanding financial access, with 700 million adults worldwide became…
- 21 Jan 2026
MoMo PSB Expands Cross-Border Transfers Across Africa
MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB), the financial subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, has expanded its cross-border transfer service, extending outbound coverage to additional African markets (including…