Category Archives: News

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 […]

Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) Positively Impacting 6 million Lives Through Improved Clean Water Access, Sanitation Across Continent

Water security is critical to building resilient communities and economic empowerment across Africa. As part of its week-long celebration of World Water Day (March 22), The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) announced the achievement of the Replenish Africa Initiative’s (RAIN) current goal to improve access to clean water for 6 million people.  RAIN, launched in 2009, is […]

First set of MTN donation of 1.4 million doses of Vaccines received by Nigeria

Delivery is part of the allocation from the African Union (AU) Vaccination Programme in collaboration with MTN    The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of 1.4 million doses designated for Nigeria by the AU. The vaccines are a combination of doses of […]

Coca-Cola Unveils 2030 Water Security Strategy

Global framework focuses on regenerative water use in bottling operations, improved watershed health and enhanced community water resilience The Coca-Cola Company today announced a holistic strategy to achieve water security for its business, communities and nature everywhere the company operates, sources agricultural ingredients for its beverages and touches people’s lives by 2030. The strategic framework […]

Champions League Round of 16 Phase Concludes With Thrilling Ties As Heineken Launches ‘You’re Never Watching Alone’ Campaign

The world’s most prestigious club competition, the UEFA Champions League, returned to our screens with an entertaining start to the knockouts phase. The Round of 16 phase featured exciting and unpredictable fixtures which saw Chelsea, following their 3-0 aggregate win over La Liga leaders, Atletico Madrid, join Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, among […]

MTN Nigeria launches robust customer engagement platform

…set to transform SME business transactions MTN Nigeria has launched a new unified customer engagement platform, EnGauge, designed to enable small-to-medium enterprise business owners seamlessly administer transactions with customers, potentially increasing their productivity significantly. Developed in partnership with Ajua™, a leading African start-up, MTN EnGauge is an agile application that offers innovative customer management solutions, […]

Coca-Cola Awards N303m In Grants To Eight Local NGOs Reaffirming Its Commitment To Recycling Efforts in Nigeria

Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and its bottling partner, Nigerian Bottling Company, today announced its support of eight local NGOs through grants awarded by The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), the primary international philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company.  Speaking on this development, the Director, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, explained, “Coca-Cola remains committed […]

The Coca-cola Company’s 5by20 Initiative Enables The Economic Empowerment Of More Than 2 Million Women Entrepreneurs Across Africa

The 5by20® initiative enabled the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs across Africa by providing access to business skills, financial services, and support networks.  This International Women’s Month, The Coca-Cola Company and its partners are proud to celebrate exceeding our 5by20 goal by enabling the economic empowerment of more than 6 million women around the world. […]

International Women’s Day: Trailing Coca-Cola’s Strides in Women Empowerment

The economic empowerment of women remains a burning issue in countries across the world. On International Women’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate the social, cultural, political and economic achievements of women, issues around women empowerment generally come to the fore. In many parts of the world, women still face discrimination in areas of […]

MTN Group appoints new executive to drive its strategic repositioning

MTN Group today announced the appointment of Chika Ekeji as Executive: Strategy and Transformation as part of plans to further bolster management capacity to accelerate the Group’s strategic ambitions. Effective 15 March 2021, Chika joins Africa’s leading mobile operator from management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Nigeria, where he led the West Africa Digital Practice […]