Category Archives: MTN Foundation

MTN Foundation MUSON Scholars Celebrate Donors at 2023 Appreciation Concert

L-R: Vice Chairman, MUSON, Chief Femi Adeniyi-Williams;  Director, MTN Foundation, Mr. Dennis Okoro; Chairman MUSON, Louis Mbanefo (SAN);  Director, MUSON School of Music, Princess Banke Ademola; and Deputy Director, MUSON School of Music, Sir Emeka Nwokedi at the MTN Foundation MUSON Donors Appreciation Concert held in MUSON Centre, Lagos, on Thursday, November 7, 2023.

Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) recently hosted an appreciation concert to honour donors in an event that celebrated the strides made by the graduating MTN-MUSON scholars. The concert, held at the Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Centre on Thursday, December 7, 2023, was graced by MTN Foundation officials, members of the Society, enthusiastic students, and revered […]

How MTN Foundation is Improving Digital Skills of Youths in Nigeria

The present world is changing drastically in all fields, especially in information and communication technologies (ICT), hence the need to amass skills that would help one navigate and properly harness modern technologies. Digital technology connects people and machines with one another to deliver an experience which was far beyond our reach decades ago. Digital skills […]

MTN Foundation Calls For Entries For The 2021 MUSON Scholarship Programme

MTN Foundation has commenced calls for entries for the fifteenth (15th) edition of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) 2021 scholarship programme which is open to musically inclined young Nigerians across the country. Since 2006, the MTN Foundation, in partnership with MUSON, has fully funded and developed over 350 music scholars, thereby providing a scholarship […]

National Production of COVID-19 Test Kits Boosted by MTN Foundation

  With the emergence of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants driving continued global concern, testing remains critical to slowing the spread of the virus and mitigating its threat to lives and livelihoods. As part of Its ongoing support of the national pandemic response, MTN Nigeria through its foundation has donated Oligo-synthesizer equipment to the Nigerian Institute […]

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 […]

MTN Foundation Brings Back Ancient Akwa Ibom Tale in Ibiom: When Doves Fly

The MTN Foundation is partnering with the Duke of Shomolu Productions to bring the historical play, Ibiom: When Doves Fly to the Ibom Hall in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on April 30 and May 1, 2021. This is in line with its consistent drive to bolster the efforts of stakeholders in the theatre industry with […]

Osas Ighodaro, CeeC, Francis Duru thrill audience as MTN Foundation Advances Theatre with Drive-in-Theatre

Abuja residents were treated to brilliant performances by popular screen favourites, including Francis Duru, Osas Ighodaro and Cynthia Nwadiora (CeeC) in a drive-in theatre performance of Tony Wants to Marry at the parking lot of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Easter Sunday. The performance in Abuja is one of the two shows of the play sponsored by the […]

MTN Foundation Sponsors “Tony Wants to Marry” Drive-In Theatre Performance

In line with its commitment to the renaissance of arts and culture in Nigeria, the MTN Foundation is sponsoring a drive-in theatre performance of Tony Wants to Marry, a play written by Jerry Alagbaoso and directed by Agozie Ugwu. The play which explores the pressure Nigerian parents mount on their children to marry will feature […]