Nigeria drops $2B MTN tax demand

A long-running spat between MTN Group and Nigerian authorities cooled as a demand for $2 …

American Tower buys Africa JV stakes from MTN

American Tower agreed to purchase operator MTN’s minority stakes in the pair’s infrastructure joint ventures …

MTN prepares to resurrect mobile money in SA

MTN Group outlined plans to relaunch mobile money in its home market of South Africa …

MTN makes OpenRAN move

MTN Group outlined plans to deploy 5,000 sites across its network using OpenRAN, as traction …

Telkom throws hat back in the ring for Cell C

Telkom South Africa re-emerged as a contender to acquire debt-ridden rival Cell C, Bloomberg reported. …

MTN abandons Botswana sale

MTN called off its proposed sale of a 53 per cent stake in Mascom Wireless …

Ethiopia may sell majority stake in Ethio Telecom

The Ethiopian government could cede majority control of its telecoms monopoly once it has completed …

South Africa operators bemoan crimewave

MTN South Africa permanently shut down 53 base stations and 90 more are awaiting repair, …

MTN Nigeria unit bags licence to sell financial services

Nigeria’s central bank granted an MTN subsidiary a licence to distribute financial services through its …

Vodacom poised to widen m-Pesa availability

LIVE FROM MOBILE 360 – AFRICA, KIGALI, RWANDA: Vodacom Group revealed plans to open its …