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- 11 Jun 2024
Interoperability between mobile money and card is enabling Africa’s access to the global financial system
By Christian Bwakira, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Onafriq Mobile money has exploded across African economies as an enabler of financial inclusion by bringing in large swaths of the population…
- 8 Jan 2013
MobileMoney Expo Hosts Masterclass to Address Mobile Money Challenges
Organizers of the annual MobileMoney Expo have added a Masterclass to address the channels distortions in the Nigerian Mobile Money space in Nigeria. The Masterclass will engage the stakeholders,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 31 Jan 2014
Terragon Debuts @ This Year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
Terragon Group, Africa’s leading New Media Company is billed to have an exhibition at the upcoming Global Systems Mobile Association (GSMA) Mobile World Congress holding in Barcelona, Spain from the…
- 30 Jul 2018
Tips against SIM Swap Scammers as Nigerians Lose Billions
Some Nigerians using mobile money transfer service have fallen victims to a recent scam involving mysterious swapping of SIM cards. SIM swapping is a sophisticated form of fraud and falls…
- 26 Oct 2021
Gabriel Swanepoel Named as the New Country Manager for Mastercard South Africa
Mastercard has appointed Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for Mastercard in South Africa. Gabriel Swanepoel, new Country Manager, Mastercard, South Africa This serves as a promotion from…
- 28 Oct 2018
Stakeholders Seeks Mobile Technology Driven Out-Bound Remittance Operators
Remittance and payment stakeholders have urged central bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expand the licensing of out-bound money transfer operation to accommodate mobile technology driven operators. …
- 5 May 2026
UBA, Redtech, MoMo PSB Expand Merchant Payment Access Across Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA), Redtech, and MoMo PSB have launched a payment interoperability partnership that expands cardless payment access for consumers and merchants across Nigeria. Redtech is…
- 3 Sept 2020
Airtel Africa Partners MoneyGram for Quick Money Access Across Africa
Airtel Africa’s partnership with MoneyGram, announced on August 21st, is supposed to provide millions of users across the continent with a quick way to receive money. Airtel Africa is well known as a…
- 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,…
- 30 Nov 2012
Ramaphosa, MTN Chairman Faces Scrutiny over Nigerian Deal
Cyril Ramaphosa, an executive of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) and chairman of the board of the continent’s largest mobile phone operator; MTN Group has come under…
- 8 Aug 2019
MTN Reports Solid First Half Financial Results
MTN Group has announced an encouraging set of results for the six months ended 30 June 2019 in the context of difficult trading conditions across its major markets. Commenting on the results, Rob…
- 25 Jan 2010
Farroukh Foresees Promising Year for Telecom
Ahmad Farroukh, chief executive officer, MTN Nigeria has predicted a challenging, yet very promising year for operators and users of telecommunications services in Nigeria. Farroukh gave the forecast…
- 19 Nov 2019
Africa Sees Double Mobile Data Revenue by 2024
Mobile revenue in Africa will rise from $54.31 billion (R804 billion) in 2019, to $67.12 billion (R994 billion) in 2024. This is according to the Africa Digital Outlook 2019 report from market…
- 2 Sept 2018
MTN’s IPO Under Threat as CBN Asks Telco to Return $8.1Bn
The plan to list MTN Nigeria in an initial public offering (IPO) is under threat after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ordered the South African telecoms giant to hand over $8.1 billion allegedly…
- 29 Sept 2016
MTN Dismisses Allegations of Improper Repatriation of Funds
MTN Nigeria has refuted as “completely unfounded” being allegations by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the Company has illegally repatriated $13.92 billion out of Nigeria over a…
- 24 May 2020
Blockchain, Fintech and the Future of Banking
By Austin Okere “Customers besiege banks on first day of partial lifting of COVID-19 lockdown: As early as 8 am, bank premises were already full of people seeking to gain entrance into the banking…
- 28 Sept 2016
Melaye Fingers Minister, Banks in Illegal Transfer of $14Bn from MTN
Dino Melaye, member of the Senate representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, yesterday, alleged that MTN Nigeria had repatriated $13.9 billion from Nigeria to other countries between 2006 and now…
- 2 May 2013
Turkcell Drops $4.2Bn Bribery Suit against MTN
Turkcell, Turkey based has dropped a lawsuit it was filing in the USA claiming that South Africa's MTN used bribery to deprive it of its Iranian mobile network license. Turkcell said that it is…
- 27 Nov 2018
MTN Executives to Resign as Telco Battles FG Fines
There are strong indications that some executives of MTN Group will exit the telecom firm in the next few months as the company battles to resolve its issues with the Nigerian government over the…
- 24 Jul 2012
Brand Values of Tecno/MTN Partnership
In the world of marketing brand value is synonymous as brand name, based on the idea that the owner of a well-known brand name can leverage on that to generate more money from product aligned to the…
- 28 Aug 2017
‘Interswitch Connect’ Maiden Product Tech, Payment Conference Holds Next Month
Interswitch, Africa focused digital payments and commerce company, has announced its first Solutions Fair and Engagement platform tagged “Interswitch connect”. Brett King, Global bestselling author,…
- 23 Dec 2014
How Telcos Cheat, Frustrate Subscribers
Despite increasing customers’ frustration, telecom companies continue to push for more revenue, according to a report published in the Guardian. Yearly, telecommunication companies in Nigeria…
- 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,…
- 26 Nov 2014
JUMIA Secures EUR 120m in Funding
Jumia announced a new round of investments amounting to EUR 120 million. These investments, which were made by existing shareholders, strengthen the company's position as the leading online retailer…
- 31 May 2023
Dangote, Mouka others in Early Lead @ 2023 Consumers Value Awards Voting Platform
Thirty days after the commencement of voting on the 2023 Consumers Value Awards voting portal for the best value for Money brand in fifty-two different categories, Dangote Cement leads the cement…