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- 9 Jul 2023
MTN Group Leadership Pays Courtesy Visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Ralph Mupita, Group President and CEO of MTN, alongside board members and leadership of MTN Group and MTN Nigeria recently met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a courtesy visit. L-R: Chief…
- 21 Oct 2021
Ralph Mupita, CEO MTN Group Hosts Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa in Johannesburg
Ralph Mupita, President and CEO of MTN Group, and Felleng Sekha, Chief Group Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer, MTN, on Thursday, October 21, 2021, met with Nigeria's new High Commissioner to…
- 8 Sept 2022
MTN Group Hosts MTN Nigeria Board and Exco for Strategy Retreat
MTN Group this week hosted MTN Nigeria’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee in Johannesburg for a strategy retreat during which the leadership of the Group’s largest subsidiary reflected on…
- 20 Jun 2016
MTN Appoints New Group CEO after Nigerian Dispute
Telecoms giant MTN yesterday named a new chief executive after resolving a dispute with Nigeria over a huge fine for failing to disconnect millions of unregistered mobile phone lines. MTN announced…
- 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…
- 11 Mar 2022
MTN Group Re-affirms Commitment in Nigeria
MTN Group this week committed to support a bi-national conference for businesses operating in South Africa and Nigeria during the first visit to its South African headquarters by the chairman of MTN…
- 3 May 2018
MTN Group Adds 4m Subscribers in Q1of 2018
MTN added almost 4.1 million new group subscriber in the first quarter of the year. This according to a quarterly update from the telco for the three months to 31 March 2018. MTN saw its group…
- 7 Feb 2013
MTN Group Buys Out 50% Partner in Cypriot Subsidiary
South Africa's MTN Group of which MTN Nigeria is a part of has bought out its 50:50 partner in MTN Cyprus giving it sole ownership of the mobile network. Financial terms are not being disclosed but…
- 27 Jul 2013
Taukobong Replaces Ikpoki as MTN Ghana CEO
With the exit of Mike Ikpoki, as the new MTN Nigeria chief executive officer, the group has swiftly move its MTN South Africa’s chief marketing officer (CMO), Serame Taukobong as MTN Ghana CEO. A…
- 13 Feb 2026
Nigeria’s $1trn Push: MTN Pledges Heavy CAPEX Investment
MTN Nigeria has committed to significant capital expenditure (CAPEX) for 2026 to catalyse the Federal Government’s $1 trillion economy ambition. MTN Group President and CEO, Ralph Mupita; MTN…
- 24 Jun 2022
MTN Group Delegation Meets with Nigeria’s Communications Minister
MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas and President and CEO Ralph Mupita have met with Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) to discuss developments in…
- 1 Sept 2020
MTN Group Appoints New Audit Committee Chair, Acting GCFO
MTN has announced changes to the board of directors of MTN Group, as well as to the board of major subsidiary MTN South Africa. After six years as an independent non-executive director of MTN Group –…
- 29 Oct 2018
Nigeria Boosts MTN Group’s Subscriber Base Growth Despite Sanction
The MTN group added 2.5 million new subscribers in the third quarter of the year, boosted by a strong performance in its embattled Nigerian operations and robust growth out of Ghana. However, MTN SA…
- 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…
- 24 Jul 2013
Ikpoki, Nigerian Becomes MTN CEO
Michael Ikpoki, currently the chief executive officer of MTN Ghana has been named as the new chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria, making him the first Nigerian to lead the largest mobile operator…
- 17 Feb 2026
MTN Group Announces Proposed Full Acquisition of IHS Towers
MTN Group has revealed that the board of IHS Towers accepted its offer of US$8.50 per share, positioning MTN to boost its stake to 100% ownership following IHS's divestment of Latin American assets.…
- 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…
- 15 May 2024
MTN Group Weighs Down by Nigerian Operations
MTN Group (MTNJ.J), Africa's biggest telecoms operator, reported on Tuesday an 18.8 per cent fall in first-quarter service revenue, weighed down by the performance of MTN Nigeria MTN, with 288…
- 14 Aug 2013
MTN Group Hits 200m Subscribers in 22 Countries
MTN Group has marked its 200 million subscriber milestone by announcing a bold R200 million initiative to improve the quality of education across its markets in Africa and the Middle East over the…
- 16 Apr 2018
MTN Group Meets FG over Nigerian IPO
MTN Group has met with the federal government as part of its commitment to Nigeria and assures the government of its commitment on the planned IPO and diversification of shareholding to Nigerians.…
- 20 Feb 2019
MTN Group Appoints Oyebowale Akideinde Head OTT Music Services
MTN Group has appointed Oyebowale Akideinde as Head of Over the Top (OTT) Music Services. Akideinde is expected to pilot its newly acquired music streaming entity Simfy Africa. His…
- 26 May 2021
MTN Group scoops African Brand Awards, Named Most Helpful Private Sector Brand During Pandemic
MTN Group scooped top spots in two separate brand surveys this week and was named the most helpful private sector brand during the pandemic. The telco in a statement released on Wednesday, said that…
- 29 Sept 2025
MTN Group Backs Nigeria’s Push for African Language AI Research
MTN Group has taken up a call to action from Nigeria to support the collection of datasets of African languages. These are required to develop the continent’s own large language models (LLM) to power…
- 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…
- 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…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Telcos Partner to Improve Mobile Access across Africa
Senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, covering 551 million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to cooperate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives that…
- 6 Dec 2013
MTN Mourns Mandela, Former South African President
MTN has joined the rest of the world in mourning South Africa’s former president and Nobel laureate, Nelson Mandela who died last night at the age of 95. In a statement issued this morning, MTN Group…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Operators Thinker on Improving MEA Mobile Access & Affordability
GSMA and telecom operators have commenced moves with the initiative aimed at enhancing use of network infrastructure to connect underserved communities across Middle East and Africa. The move is in…
- 26 Oct 2020
MTN Nigeria Appoints Karl Toriola as New CEO
MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mr. Karl Toriola as the CEO designate. His appointment is effective March 1, 2021, providing enough time for an orderly handover. Karl Toriola Mr. Toriola…
- 15 Dec 2024
OAU Confers Honorary Doctorate on MTN Nigeria CEO Karl Toriola
Karl Toriola, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria and an alumnus of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, returned to his alma mater to receive an honorary doctorate…