MTN Group

MTN Group

https://www.mtn.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mtn/

MTN Group, publicly owned and headquartered in South Africa, was founded in 1994, with approximately 41,860 employees. The company reported $12.7B in revenue as of 2025. Specializing in search, social, and retail media, the company functions as a multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating across numerous African and Asian countries.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1994

Headcount

41,857

Headquarters

South Africa

Primary Segment

Search, social, and retail media

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On September 18, 2026, Mafab Communications sought regulatory approval to transfer its $273.6 million 5G spectrum license assets to MTN Nigeria, a proposed transaction that could significantly reshape competition, spectrum ownership, and network capacity within Nigeria’s rapidly evolving digital economy. Previously, on September 17, 2026, MTN South Africa reported encouraging customer interest in its AirFibre fixed-wireless service since its relaunch earlier this year. The point-to-point FWA service, which operates on unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum, has seen traction even in areas where fibre-to-the-home is available.

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MTN Group offers 4 products in the connectivity and cloud, media and telecoms services and telecoms tech industries. MTN Group's product portfolio comprises of telecoms network infrastructure, enterprise connectivity services, telecoms and search, social, and retail media.

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MTN Group's revenues were $12.7B in 2025. Caretta Research has split MTN Group's revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is social media advertising, which represents 100% of MTN Group's revenue.

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Sep

22nd

2026

18:02

M&A Activities, Regulatory and Legal, B2B Tag, M&A Activities

5G, the end of Mafab’s fairy tale? By Okoh Aihe

Okoh Aihe Mafab is back in the news, not in the way some of us or even the organisation expected. You remember that little boast of the antelope, the way it would appear at community celebrations, decked in beautiful clothes, high heels and very sharp makeup? The antelope would be the centre of attraction, the cynosure of all eyes.

Sep

22nd

2026

14:30

Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Digital Transformation Initiatives, Investments

How telecom is driving Nigeria’s economy

Telecommunications has moved beyond its traditional role as a consumer service to become one of the underlying infrastructures of Nigeria’s economic activity, supporting digital payments, financial services, commerce, remote work, enterprise connectivity and government services.

Sep

22nd

2026

11:10

Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Digital Transformation Initiatives, Facility Expansion, Investments

How Telecom Rails Have Become Nigeria’s Primary Engine For Digital Commerce, MSME Growth

To the average Nigerian consumer, the telecommunications sector is often viewed through the simple, everyday transaction of purchasing an airtime voucher or renewing a monthly data bundle. However, a deeper look at the macroeconomic data reveals a profound transformation: telecommunications has evolved far beyond basic connectivity to become the core operating system of Nigeria’s commercial, financial, and employment sectors.

Independent Nigeria

Sep

22nd

2026

06:30

Events, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

UNGA81: MTN urges for skills, tools and opportunities to unlock Africa’s AI talent

By: Nana Appiah Acquaye MTN Group has urged for greater access to digital skills, tools, networks and economic opportunities to enable Africa’s talent to participate meaningfully in the digital economy as artificial intelligence reshapes jobs and industries.

Techreviewafrica

Sep

22nd

2026

05:52

Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Facility Expansion, Investments

33 Daily Fibre Cuts Threaten ₦1.62tn MTN Infrastructure Investment

A defence and security analyst has warned that fibre-optic cable cuts, averaging 33 incidents per day, are undermining the impact of MTN Nigeria's ₦1.62 trillion infrastructure investment, diverting capital meant for network expansion to emergency repairs.

Techeconomy Nigeria

Sep

22nd

2026

05:18

Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Investments

MTN Group senior vice president visits Eswatini

Reading Time: 2 minutes MTN Eswatini Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jerry Soko says the visit by MTN Group Senior Vice President Ebenezer Asante is expected to help accelerate investment and digital development in the kingdom. Asante arrived in the country yesterday for engagements with MTN Eswatini’s leadership on the company’s strategy, plans and ambitions for the local market.

Eswatiniobserver

Sep

22nd

2026

04:05

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Investments

Why Nigerian banks, telcos and fintechs are invested in the infrastructure race ?

Away from fuel-subsidy arithmetic and exchange-rate headlines, three of Nigeria’s biggest industries have been running a race with no official starter’s gun and no finish line in sight. Telecommunications operators are laying fibre at an unprecedented pace, banks are pouring record sums into data centres and digital platforms, while fintech companies are building payment rails that now carry more value than the country’s entire GDP several times over.

Sep

22nd

2026

00:49

B2B Tag, Regulations and Policies

later boom is a household solvency problem, not a consumer convenience story

A phone in April. A fridge in July. A laptop in September. Three ordinary purchases, three shops, three separate "yes" decisions on three unremarkable days a modest deposit each time, nothing that would raise an eyebrow at a bank, because no bank will ever see it.

Sep

21st

2026

18:25

Fibre Cuts: Implications for Nigeria’s Digital Economy and National Security.

Despite massive investments by telecommunications operators in infrastructure, fibre-optic cable cuts remain the single biggest threat to quality of service in Nigeria today and a direct threat to the national economy and security. These cuts are a mix of wilful sabotage and unintentional disruption, but the effect is the same: nationwide outages, failed transactions, and lost productivity.

Sep

21st

2026

12:45

5G’s small footprint hides a bigger data revolution in Africa

Africa’s 5G market remains small by subscriber numbers, but the technology is already changing the continent’s data economy as a relatively small pool of users consumes disproportionately large volumes of internet traffic. Data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) shows that 5G accounted for 2.10 million of Kenya’s 64.26 million mobile data connections as of June 2026, representing about 3.27 percent of the country’s total data users.

Sep

21st

2026

09:44

Events, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences, Partnerships

From connectivity to capability to competitiveness

What Africa’s AI workforce debate reveals about the future of digital inclusion As world leaders gather at the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81), a defining question sits at the centre of Africa’s development agenda:

Sep

21st

2026

06:30

Best Mobile Wallets in Rwanda: Complete Guide for 2026

Rwanda is a mobile money first market. With roughly 86% of adults using mobile wallets and only 22% holding traditional bank accounts, your phone is your financial lifeline here. This guide breaks down the best mobile wallets in Rwanda, compares costs and features, and shows you the fastest way to send money to Rwanda from abroad.

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