Author Archives: Blossom Deji-Folutile

MTN Appoints Odunayo Sanya as Executive Secretary of MTN Foundation

  MTN Nigeria has appointed Odunayo Sanya as Executive Secretary of MTN Foundation. She replaces Nonny Ugboma who held the position from January 2009 to March 2021 Odunayo Sanya has over two decades of experience in the education, banking, development and telecommunication sectors in Nigeria. She is versed in customer experience strategy & management, business […]

PMI’s 6th Africa Conference to provide learning and networking opportunities for ‘Africans to learn from Africans’

This year’s theme is ‘Africa: An Ecosystem of Changemakers’  Now in its sixth year, Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Virtual Conference on 4 September will provide learning and networking opportunities for ‘Africans to learn from Africans’.  The theme of this year’s conference – ‘Africa: An Ecosystem of Changemakers’ – could, therefore, not be more relevant. Changemakers […]

MTN Nigeria Expresses Gratitude to Nigerians for 20-Year Journey Together

It’s a season of celebration at MTN Nigeria Plc. To commemorate its twentieth anniversary, and express its appreciation to its subscribers, 20 customers will be gifted brand new Honda HRVs. In addition, MTN gifted free airtime and data to all its customers – 68.9 million subscribers received 200MB of data, and their first call of […]

MTN Announces Plans for 20th Anniversary Celebration in Nigeria …to restore Enugu-Onitsha Expressway

On August 8, 2021, Nigeria’s largest mobile telecommunications operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc will celebrate its 20th year in the country’s telecommunications industry.    As the company marks this milestone, MTN Nigeria will be executing numerous national impact projects in the coming months. As revealed in MTN Nigeria’s unaudited financial statements for the half-year, the […]

MTN Showcases Entrepreneurship in first installment of new TVC series

MTN Nigeria has launched a new thematic campaign tagged ‘We Move’. The campaign is hinged on the MTN Group’s brand strategy of progress, and is focused on urging people to look inwards for opportunities for progress that abound within their current situations.  The thematic campaign was launched with the release of a two-minute Television Commercial […]

Project Management Institute Announces 2021 Future 50 List Celebrating 50 Young Rising Leaders Changing the World

From creating tools to help distribute COVID-19 vaccines to helping address food insecurity, this year’s notable changemakers are rising to the occasion in a year unlike any other   Today, Project Management Institute (PMI) announced its second annual Future 50 list, which features 50 rising leaders using bold and innovative thinking to transform the world through notable […]

MTN Nigeria Assigned Highest Possible Credit Rating by GCR, Outlook Stable

MTN Nigeria has announced that Global Credit Ratings (GCR) has upgraded the national scale long-term issuer rating of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) to AAA and affirmed the national scale short-term rating of A1+, with a stable outlook. In addition, GCR upgraded the national scale long-term rating of the recently concluded N110 billion Series […]

MTN Nigeria’s CEO Pays Courtesy Visit to the Ooni Of Ife

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, recently paid a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ile-Ife, His Royal Highness Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ogaga II). This is part of the company’s efforts to strengthen and reiterate MTN Nigeria’s recognition of the profound roles traditional institutions play in upholding the socio-cultural belief systems […]

MTN commits to expanding broadband access across Nigeria

MTN Nigeria plans to invest 640 billion naira (approximately US$1.5 billion) over the next three years to expand broadband access across the continent’s most populous country, in line with the federal government’s 2020-2025 National Broadband Plan and in support of MTN Group’s strategy, Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. “Nigeria is one of our most important […]