The MTN Foundation has officially announced a call for applications for its annual undergraduate scholarship award. The award seeks to recognise and reward high-performing students in Nigerian public tertiary institutions. It targets two categories of students – undergraduates in Science and Technology-related courses and blind students in any field of study. According to Odunayo Sanya, […]
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Study Shows Over 47% of Africans in the UK Feel Worse Off Due to Cost of Living Crisis
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Over 47% of African immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK) feel worse off than they did a year ago, according to a new report about the impact the cost of living crisis is having on the group. Job security is the top financial concern for the African diaspora community in the UK, followed by paying […]
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Malaria is one of the most prevalent human infections worldwide. World Health Organisation (WHO) reveals that nearly half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. The disease is mostly spread through the bites from female anopheles mosquitoes, blood transfusion and contaminated needles. Although preventable and curable, it can be termed a life-threatening disease. […]
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MTN Foundation Revamps 15 School Laboratories, Commissions Three in Government Secondary School Owerri
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MTN Foundation on Thursday, January 12, 2023, officially commissioned the newly-renovated science laboratory at Government Secondary School, Owerri. The project, which is part of the second phase of the Foundation’s Science and Technology Laboratory initiative, is designed to improve the teaching standards and learning outcomes of science subjects in public secondary schools. Following a […]
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Have you ever recycled or reused your organic and inorganic waste? If you haven’t, now is the time to get on board. Waste management is one of the biggest environmental challenges in the world. Shocking right? Apart from its negative environmental impact, poorly managed waste leaves us susceptible to serious health repercussions, by increasing respiratory […]
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Yemi Akande emerged as the overall winner of the fifth edition of the Beeta playwright competition, with his play titled ‘The Mask We Wear’. This was announced at the grand finale event, held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at the Agip hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos. Yemi Akande who emerged the winner out of the […]
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MTN Foundation in partnership with the Beeta playwright competition recently trained the top ten finalists in a playwriting workshop from November 14 – November 17, 2022, following the call for entry which had 794 submissions, from 30 states across the country. The Beeta Playwright competition is aimed at encouraging budding playwrights to tell organic […]
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To celebrate the 2022 annual Customer Service Week, leading ICT organization, MTN Nigeria, hosted customers at an online forum themed Empowering Customers and Community which was held on October 7, 2022. The session had over 200 people in attendance including MTN customers. Ugonwa Nwoye, Chief Customer Relations Officer, MTN Nigeria, alongside Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary, […]
As part of the organisation’s commitment to ensuring a drug-free society, the MTN Foundation partnering with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and United Nations Office on Drugs hosted a national conference on anti-substance abuse at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja on Monday, June 27, 2022. The conference was held […]
MTN Foundation in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday 25, June 2022, led an advocacy walk against substance abuse, from Old Parade Ground to Millenium Park in Abuja. Speaking on the importance of the advocacy walk, Director, MTN Foundation, Dennis Okoro said “There is a developing trend of substance […]