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  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    South Africa’s MTN to boost investment in generators to combat blackouts

    Telecoms group joins growing list of companies plugging shortfalls from state electricity provider

    A woman uses a paraffin light while cooking during an electricity blackout at her home in Soweto, South Africa
  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
    South Africa’s MTN warns of 90% hit to profits from naira devaluation

    Mobile multinational says removal of currency peg from its Nigerian unit has increased cost of doing business

    A vendor serves a customer at an MTN Group mobile money kiosk in Ghana
  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    Mastercard to take minority stake in fintech arm of South Africa’s MTN

    Division that covers payments and remittances valued at more than $5bn

    A receptionist and two men in the entrance hall of MTN’s Johannesburg headquarters
  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
    Telecoms
    MTN in talks to buy Telkom as South Africa’s telecoms market consolidates

    Discussions between country’s second- and third-biggest telcos may concern competition commission

    The Telkom Tower in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    Telecoms
    Africa’s biggest mobile tower operator plans New York IPO

    Offering would tap investor demand for infrastructure as telecoms groups have looked to refocus

  • Monday, 7 June, 2021
    News in-depthEthiopia
    Ethiopia’s promising but problematic telecoms privatisation

    Despite tantalising growth prospects, foreign operators have doubts over mobile money regulation and political stability

    Picture of an Ethiopian woman using a smartphone in an Addis Ababa street
  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
    MTN targets valuation of at least $5bn for mobile money arm

    South African telecoms group plans to spin out business within the next year

    Picture of shoppers in Lagos
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    MTN lists Nigerian business at $5bn valuation

    Lagos float part of settlement over failure to disconnect Sim cards used by militants

    FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an advertising poster for MTN telecommunication company along a street in Lagos, Nigeria October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    Deportation of MTN unit head compounds African mobile group’s problems

    Company gives no explanation for Wim Vanhelleputte’s expulsion from Uganda

  • Thursday, 27 September, 2018
    Global Economy
    Nigerian president faces election attacks on economic record

    Opponents accuse Buhari of driving out foreign investment as growth remains sluggish

    Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
  • Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
    Telecoms
    MTN extends slump after Nigeria hits it with $2bn tax bill

    Shares in Africa’s largest mobile phone operator shed more than 17%

  • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
    African companies
    Telecoms group MTN in renewed dispute with Nigerian central bank

    The mobile-phone operator denied allegations it illegally took $8.1bn out of Nigeria

  • Saturday, 31 March, 2018
    Special ReportNigeria: Art & Design
    Nigeria’s game designers fight for their cut on mobile

    The country’s challenges make for a fun digital playground

    Gidi Run
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
    European companies
    Turkcell says its $4.2bn claim against South Africa’s MTN will go to trial
  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2017
    The Big ReadAfrican companies
    MTN: What next for Africa’s $17bn telecoms group?

    The continent’s largest operator has struggled after a hefty fine in Nigeria. Now a new CEO aims to revive its fortunes

    An advertisement for MTN Group Ltd. mobile communications sits on a roadside above street vendors' stalls in Accra, Ghana, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Ghana's central bank expects mergers and acquisitions among lenders to increase as regulators prepare new rules that will boost the amount of cash that they need to set aside. Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2017
    African companies
    MTN posts first ever loss after Nigerian fine

    South African telecoms group optimistic of turnround in key markets

    A shopper walks past an MTN shop at a mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2017
    Emerging markets
    African telco MTN makes $108m loss, first in 20 years
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2017
    World
    MTN targeted as xenophobia surges in Nigeria and S Africa

    Telecoms group caught up in spate of anti-foreigner violence

    Security guards conduct checks after anti-South African protesters attacked the MTN office in Abuja, Nigeria February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2016
    Telecoms
    Iran opens for telecoms connections

    Western telecoms and media groups look to strike deals in untapped market

    Tehran, Iran - October 18: A young woman with scarf on the phone on October 18, 2015 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Thomas Koehler/Photothek via Getty Images)
  • Thursday, 20 October, 2016
    Currencies
    Nigerian senators accuse MTN of foreign exchange violations

    Lawmakers say the mobile phone group illegally took more than $14bn out of the country

    Africa's Biggest Phone Operators MTN Group Ltd. As They Face $5.2 Billion Fine...Customers register their MTN Group Ltd. mobile phone sim cards at a roadside kiosk in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. MTN, Africa's largest wireless operator, remains in negotiations with Nigerian regulators over a $5.2 billion fine for failing to comply with an order to disconnect customers with unregistered phone cards, according to a person familiar with the matter. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 20 June, 2016
    African companies
    MTN appoints Rob Shuter as chief executive

    Appointment of former Vodafone and banking executive is move to draw line under Nigerian scandal

    Africa's Biggest Phone Operators MTN Group Ltd. As They Face $5.2 Billion Fine...Customers register their MTN Group Ltd. mobile phone sim cards at a roadside kiosk in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. MTN, Africa's largest wireless operator, remains in negotiations with Nigerian regulators over a $5.2 billion fine for failing to comply with an order to disconnect customers with unregistered phone cards, according to a person familiar with the matter. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg
  • Monday, 20 June, 2016
    World
    MTN poaches new CEO from Vodafone
  • Friday, 10 June, 2016
    Telecoms
    MTN agrees $1.7bn deal with Nigerian authorities

    Africa’s biggest mobile phone company settles record penalty over unregistered users

    Africa's Biggest Phone Operators MTN Group Ltd. As They Face $5.2 Billion Fine...Customers register their MTN Group Ltd. mobile phone sim cards at a roadside kiosk in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. MTN, Africa's largest wireless operator, remains in negotiations with Nigerian regulators over a $5.2 billion fine for failing to comply with an order to disconnect customers with unregistered phone cards, according to a person familiar with the matter. Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg
  • Friday, 10 June, 2016
    World
    MTN agrees $1.67bn final settlement with Nigeria
  • Friday, 11 March, 2016
    World
    MTN looking for ‘amicable resolution’ with Nigeria
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