The chief executive officer of MTN Uganda, a unit of South Africa’s MTN Group, has been deported from the East African country over national security, police said on Friday, 15 February. The development is the latest concern for the largest...
Mobile telecommunications company, MTN has chosen Oracle Cloud Applications to drive digital transformations across all its core business operations. The implementation will help MTN drive efficiency, scale operations and integration across its local and...
MTN has announced that it has slashed it’s out of bundle (OOB) data rate by up to 75% for prepaid customers and that it will be doubling selected prepaid voice and data bundles for the next two months. Prepaid customers currently not making use of data...
January 27, 2019 •
Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Another insightful week in Africa and the world of tech. This week was yet again filled with tech news stories that grabbed the headlines both across Africa and around the world. From new innovations and upcoming smartphones, growing economies to emerging...
Rwanda’s telecommunications regulatory body, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), has issued a new directive regarding SIM card use. From 31 January, nationals and foreigners with work permits or refugee cards will be allowed a maximum of three SIM...
January 24, 2019 •
Online & Social, West Africa •
Fundi •
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On Monday, 21 January 2019, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for December 2018. Data from the report shows that overall internet users increased to 111,632,516 in December 2018 from the 108,457,051...
Uganda has moved ahead to arrest and deport Elsa Muzzolini, MTN General Manager Mobile Financial Services, in an on-going crackdown on the telecom’s employees engaged in espionage. Elsa Muzzolini and her colleague, Anthony Katamba, the General Manager...
Four of Ghana’s mobile network operators (MNOs) have challenged the $6,924,762.60 fine imposed by the National Communications Authority (NCA) for various infractions in their licence conditions. The MNO’s have refused to pay the penalty. Reports...
January 22, 2019 •
Company News •
Neo Sesinye •
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MTN is participating in the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meetings taking place from 22—25 January 2019 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The yearly gathering of the world’s top leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia,...
December 18, 2018 •
People •
Fundi •
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MTN Group has announced the appointment of several executives, including the position of Chief Technology & Information Officer and Executive for Corporate Services & Sustainability. Charles Molapisi has been appointed as the company’s Group...
MTN is implementing the first phase of the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations, as required by ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa). As part their journey to keep customers informed, and to comply with the new ICASA...
MTN has launched its latest music streaming service, which has been dubbed “MusicTime!”. MusicTime!, as revealed by the company, is a time-based music streaming service that is expected to offer users trending and locally relevant music through...
December 2, 2018 •
Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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This week was yet again filled with tech news stories that grabbed the headlines both across Africa and around the world. From new innovations and digital transformation, growing economies to emerging startups, here is a round up of some of the popular...
MTN Group, one of the biggest telecommunications operators in Africa, announced that it is joining the IoT World Alliance, making it the first African telecommunications company to do so. IoT World Alliance is a collaboration of established mobile network...
November 27, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Darryl Linington •
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MTN has revealed that it has now covered 90% of South Africa with Long-Term Evolution (LTE/4G) coverage through the development of its 11 000th LTE site in the heartland of the Eastern Cape. This significant landmark site in Qatywa near the birthplace of...
Orange Group and MTN Group, two of Africa’s mobile operators and mobile money providers, have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable payments across the continent. Mowali makes it possible to send money...
