The MTN SA and ICASA delegation. MTN South Africa and the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) yesterday met to discuss measures to reduce the cost to communicate. The engagement, according to MTN SA, forms part of its ongoing multi-stakeholder strategy aimed at enhancing collaboration with key partners in government, business and civil society. The…
MTN Nigeria Communications CEO Karl Toriola MTN Nigeria has delivered a sharp turnaround in the nine months to 30 September 2025, restoring positive retained earnings and shareholders’ equity and declaring an interim dividend as service revenue and profitability surged. The operator grew total subscribers 11% year on year to 85.4 million, with active data users…
MTN MoMo South Africa and Mastercard expanded their partnership to provide additional digital financial services and improve access to the digital economy across the country. Image supplied The collaboration added functionality to the MoMo Wallet, allowing users to fund their accounts using debit and credit cards via Mastercard’s Payment Gateway (MPGS). The integration aims to…
Global mobile telecommunications industry body the GSMA has partnered with six of Africa’s largest mobile operators – Airtel, Axian Telecom, Ethio Telecom, Orange, and South Africa’s Vodacom and MTN – to develop a set of minimum requirements for an affordable, entry-level smartphone. The announcement was made at a Mobile World Congress event in Kigali, Rwanda…
MTN South Africa has launched a new portfolio of integrated home and mobile connectivity plans, signalling a clear shift in its strategic focus towards the “connected home.” This move progresses beyond the former “Ambition 2025” strategy and aligns with a broader organizational pivot announced by MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita. Read: Google South Africa launches…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN South Africa has launched a portfolio of integrated home and mobile connectivity plans as it moves to beyond its previous “Ambition 2025” strategy towards a focus on the connected home. The move aligns with a shift in strategy announced by MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita at a media event…
MTN SA is decommissioning its data centres. Mobile network operator MTN South Africa is decommissioning two of its data centre facilities as part of a broader strategy to streamline its infrastructure footprint and optimise operational efficiencies. The company confirmed to ITWeb that it is currently optimising its data centre portfolio as part of a broader…
Vodacom has undertaken to clarify that it is the number one network in relation to customer numbers. Mobile network operators Vodacom and MTN are, once again, at odds over store-front advertising campaigns. This, after MTN dragged Vodacom to the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), arguing its “South Africa’s #1 Network” displays at OR Tambo and Cape…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group is preparing a major push into artificial intelligence infrastructure, signalling a strategic shift beyond its traditional telecommunications business. According to a Bloomberg News report on Tuesday, MTN is in talks with US and European firms to co-build data centres across the continent to supply AI computing power to…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has admitted that the group’s South African operation has lost market share to rival Telkom, especially in the prepaid mobile market. According to Mupita, although competition from long-time rival Vodacom and on-the-mend Cell C remains intense, Telkom is grabbing market share in a “discernible” way from MTN South Africa. “Have…
