Category Archives: business

Funso Aina Recognised Among Top 50 PR Professionals In Nigeria

Senior Manager, External Relations, MTN Nigeria, Funso Aina, has made the PR Power List 2022 as one of the top 50 Public Relations (PR) and communications professionals in Nigeria. The list was decided after a rigorous evaluation process by an independent judging panel put together by GLG Communications, in partnership with The Guardian.   The […]

Experts Applaud MTN’s Novel Public Offer

MTN Nigeria’s novel approach to its Public Offer has received commendation from Capital Market experts at the 2022 Investment Banking Awards organised by the Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN). A panel which included Chidi Iwuchukwu, Head, Investment Banking, Rand Merchant Bank, Dr. Ola Brown, Founder, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group, Haruna Jalo-Waziri, Managing […]

Lagos State Commends MTN Nigeria’s Support for Education

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commended MTN Nigeria’s support for e-learning in primary and secondary schools across the state. Mr. Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation at the second edition of the Education Summit, organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment […]

MTN Nigeria Announces Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka as General Manager, Fixed Broadband 

MTN Nigeria has appointed Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka as General Manager for its Fixed Broadband Business. Onyinye is a business leader with over 23 years of experience in the telecommunications, logistics and education sectors. Her expertise includes sales, marketing and customer management, conceptualising go-to-market models and nurturing new products into mature revenue-generating engines. Before her appointment, she […]

MTN Welcomes Over 6.6m Nigerians as Shareholders … Members Approve N13.12 as dividend per share

Following its third Annual General Meeting which was held on April 28, 2022,  MTN Nigeria resolved its dividend payment in the total sum of N174.53bn (One hundred and seventy-four billion, five hundred and thirty million Naira) which translates to N8.57 Kobo per every 2 Kobo ordinary share to be paid to shareholders whose names appear in […]

MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University launch Media Innovation Programme (MIP)

MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) today announced the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), which will be run by PAU’s School of Media and Communication (SMC).   The six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners is designed to support the sustainable development of the nation’s changing media scene. It is open to media practitioners across the spectrum, […]

MTN partners with IWF, Meta, ICMEC and Child Helpline International to launch the Help Children be Children campaign

MTN Group has joined forces with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Meta, ICMEC (the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children) and Child Helpline International, with the support of the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to launch the Help Children be Children campaign and the Child Safety Online Africa Portal to increase public awareness of the impact […]

MTN Named Best Tax Compliant Organisation in Nigeria … recognised as one of the top 20 taxpayers by FIRS

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has been recognised with two awards at the recently concluded National Tax Dialogue Event organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The second edition of this stakeholder engagement forum was held at the Banquet Hall, State House Presidential Villa Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, with his excellency, […]

How HGL Is Contributing To The Revival Of Tourism In Nigeria by HGL’s Moyo Ogunseinde

Today’s world is radically different from the one most of us grew up to know. Since 2020, the world has witnessed a dramatic restructuring of the economic and social order in which organisations and individuals have traditionally operated. COVID-19 has pillaged the global economy, and the tourism industry, which contributes 10% to the world’s GDP, […]

MTN announces new MTN Nigeria COO and further leadership changes to support execution of Ambition 2025 strategy

MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Hassan Jaber as the Chief Operating Officer in Nigeria, as it focuses on executing strategies to drive growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in our fintech and fibre businesses. The appointment is effective 1 April 2022. “A vital enabler of our strategy is having the best […]