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- 26 Feb 2025
MTN Group Fintech Announces Payment Alliance with Network in Africa
MTN Group Fintech, described as Africa’s leading mobile financial services provider, has appointed Network International, an enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), as…
- 27 May 2024
MTN Group Fintech Hits Over 70m Users
Serigne Dioum, chief executive officer of MTN Group Fintech, has reaffirmed his outfit’s commitment to driving financial inclusion across Africa, leveraging innovative solutions to empower…
- 17 Jul 2019
Yolanda Cuba joins MTN as Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer
MTN Group has announced appointment of Yolanda Cuba as Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer. Yolanda will join the MTN Group Executive Committee reporting to the Group CEO Rob Shuter.…
- 25 Feb 2025
Network International Partners with MTN Group to Enhance Digital Payment Solutions Across Africa
Network International, a leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has been appointed as a Payment Processor – Issuing partner for MTN Group Fintech, Africa’s…
- 6 Feb 2024
Mastercard Invests $200m to Acquire Minority Stake in MTN’s Fintech Business
Mastercard, financial services firm has concluded the acquisition of a minority stake in mobile operator MTN Group’s fintech business. In a statement, MTN says it has signed definitive agreements…
- 11 Mar 2020
MTN Group Records Commercial Momentum in Financial Report
MTN Group on Wednesday announced an encouraging set of results for the year ended 31 December 2019. The group also announced the stepping down of Rob Shuter, group president and CEO at the end of his…
- 13 Jul 2022
MTN Group Opens Portal for its 2nd MoMo API Hackathon
MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) is inviting developers across several markets to participate in an Open API Hackathon, with a challenge to create a mobile application that uses…
- 7 Jun 2019
MTN Group Launches First MM Artificial Intelligence Service
MTN Group has launched Africa's first Mobile Money (MM) artificial intelligence service or 'chatbot'. In a statement the company confirmed that the chatbot went live in Ivory Coast in May and will be…
- 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…
- 7 Jun 2019
MTN Group launches Africa’s first artificial intelligence service for Mobile Money
MTN Group has announced the launch of Africa’s first Mobile Money (MoMo) artificial intelligence service also known as ‘chatbot’. The chatbot went live in Ivory Coast in May and will be rolled out…
- 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…
- 12 Jun 2025
MTN Mulls Establishment of Fintech Firm in Nigeria, Others
MTN Uganda is seeking input from stakeholders on a plan to structurally separate its mobile money service, MoMo, from its core telecoms business. According to the company, the proposed change will be…
- 30 Apr 2026
Shareholders of MTN Nigeria Okay N152Bn Fintech Restructuring
Shareholders of MTN Nigeria have approved a major restructuring of the company’s digital financial services arm, clearing the way for a N152.06 billion transaction that will see the telecom giant…
- 10 Mar 2021
MTN May Spin off Fibre, Fintech Businesses to Unlock Value
MTN Group is considering spinning out its fibre and financial services units and will potentially list one of them to unlock value trapped in its core business, the company said on Wednesday. MTN,…
- 12 Aug 2019
MTN to Focus on FinTech, Others
MTN said it will prioritise its FinTech operation, mobile money, recovery of prepaid, 4G coverage, Ayoba and MusicTime, as part of its business objectives for the second half of 2019. The…
- 12 Aug 2019
MTN to Focus on FinTech, Others
MTN said it will prioritise its FinTech operation, mobile money, recovery of prepaid, 4G coverage, Ayoba and MusicTime, as part of its business objectives for the second half of 2019. The…
- 28 Oct 2020
Fintech Anchors MTN Post-COVID-19 Recovery in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria recovered from elevated volatility caused by COVID-19 to record massive revenue growth from digital and fintech services in the nine months ended 30 September. During the period under…
- 29 Feb 2024
MTN, Mastercard Partner to Accelerate Mobile Money Payment Across Africa
Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have signed an agreement to provide all MTN MoMo customers with payment cards. In a joint statement on Thursday, the companies said a virtual and physical Mastercard…
- 7 Oct 2021
MTN Appoints Adekunle Awobodu as New Chief Financial Officer for Digital & Fintech
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Adekunle Awobodu as our new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. Adekunle Awobodu, new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. Kunle is…
- 29 Jul 2019
MTN Nigeria Progresses on Fintech Strategy Following CBN Award of Full Super Agent License
MTN Nigeria has announced that its subsidiary, Yello Digital Financial Services Limited (“YDFS”) has been granted a full Super Agent Licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Super Agent…
- 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…
- 29 Jul 2026
Clydestone Ghana Sues MTN Over Mobile Money
Clydestone Ghana Plc has filed a writ of summons and statement of claim against MTN Ghana, MTN Group Limited and Mobile Money Fintech Limited, alleging unauthorized use of its intellectual property.…
- 17 Mar 2026
Nigeria, Ghana Trigger Stunning 45 Percent Surge in MTN Dividends
MTN Group delivered impressive financial and operational achievements for 2025, boosted by strong performances in MTN Nigeria and MTN Ghana, as well as solid earnings from MTN South Africa. The three…
- 23 Mar 2022
MTN Announces Leadership Changes in Nigeria, Iran and Sudan
MTN Group has announced senior leadership appointments to operating companies in Nigeria, Iran and Sudan, all of them internal candidates, as we focus on executing on our strategy to drive growth,…
- 10 Jun 2026
MTN Launches One TV with Free-to-View, Pay-as-You-Go
MTN Group has begun rolling out MTN One TV, a new entertainment proposition designed to make digital video content more accessible, relevant, and flexible for customers across African markets.…
- 28 Apr 2022
MTN Spends $2Bn on Network Infrastructure - Mupita
Ralph Mupita, group chief executive officer of MTN, has disclosed that the telecom company spends spends more than $2 billion on Network Infrastructure. Mupita who made this disclosure while speaking…
- 17 Mar 2025
MTN's Earnings Hammered by Free Falling Naira in Nigeria
MTN Group has reported a 69 per cent decline in full-year earnings, citing the impact of Nigeria’s naira devaluation and operational difficulties in Sudan. Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, MTN…
- 25 Sept 2022
Chika Ekeji Unpacks MTN Ambition 2025
Chika Ekeji, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer of MTN Group, has reiterated the company’s commitment to become the largest, most valuable business platform in the African continent through…
- 23 Jan 2022
Regulatory Approval Delays MTN Nigeria’s PO Allotment
MTN Nigeria Communications (MTN Nigeria) Plc’s retail public offer’s allotment is still undergoing regulatory approval, more than one month after the closure of application list for the offer.…
- 21 May 2026
MTN to Turn its African Tower Network Into a Distributed AI Compute Grid
MTN Group plans to convert its African tower estate into a distributed AI compute fabric, installing open GPU infrastructure at base-station sites so that the same hardware can run both the cellular…