Tag Archives: MTN Nigeria

MTN partners with Unacast to use its Turbine Location Processing Engine for Social Distancing Data to Help Mitigate COVID-19 in Nigeria.

To help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Unacast, an award-winning location platform and analytics firm, and MTN Nigeria, the leading mobile telecommunications provider, today announced a partnership in which the two will use privacy-friendly, aggregated and anonymized, human mobility insights derived from MTN’s network data, to make available a version of Unacast’s recognized and […]

MTN Hosts 13th Edition Of MUSON Graduation Concert

After an intensive two-year diploma programme at the prestigious Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON), 30 young Nigerians will be graduating on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. All thirty are recipients of MTN Nigeria’s MUSON Scholars programme which has provided scholarships for over 300 Nigerians in the past 13 years.  Before graduating, the scholars will host Nigerians […]

Calls for the MTN Foundation-MUSON Scholarship Programme 2020 begin

MTN Foundation has commenced calls for application for the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) scholarship programme 2020. The call for application, which began on Friday, August 7, 2020, is open to musically inclined young Nigerians across the country. Since 2006, the MTN Foundation partnering with MUSON has funded and developed over 330 music scholars providing […]

MTN Foundation opens call for nominations for ‘What Can We Do Together’

MTN Foundation is pleased to announce a call for nominations for What Can We Do Together phase four (aka WCWDT 4.0). The Foundation is encouraging every Nigerian to elect a community, which they believe should benefit from one of a number of development projects. This year, nominations are sought for solar-powered boreholes and ICT laboratories […]

MTN Nigeria, Others Collaborate in Fight Against Drug Abuse

MTN Foundation in partnership with Business Day, MTV Base Africa, and the Netng commemorated the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26. The virtual event featured in-depth discussion from professionals across various sectors including health, entertainment, business as well as the public sector. The panel discussion was preceded by a hangout […]

MTN Issues First Largest Commercial Paper by a Nigerian Corporate

MTN Nigeria CEO, Ferdinand Moolman

MTN Nigeria Communications PLC (“MTN Nigeria” or the “Company”) hereby notifies The Nigerian Stock Exchange and the investing public of the successful issuance of N100 billion Series I & II Notes under the debut N100 Billion Commercial Paper (“CP”) Programme. MTN Nigeria priced the Series I 180 day CP at an effective yield of 4.90% […]

Five Things To Note About Nigeria’s Multi-Billion Naira Fintech Industry

The world is ruled by technology – the advancements that have been made in the past decade were thought to be blasphemy centuries ago, yet here we are. Financial technology seeks to use innovation and technology to advance the delivery of financial services. Nigeria’s financial technology industry raised an estimated investment of US$679 million in […]

Y’ello Handshake: MTN Desires Win-Win Partnership with Nigeria

Africa’s largest telecommunications company, MTN has expressed its desire to enjoy a win-win relationship with the Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, while actively seeking ways to grow the country’s economy. Speaking during a recent visit of officials of the MTN Group and MTN Nigeria to the presidential villa, Mr. Buhari said, “Our hope […]

2020: MTN Nigeria Set To ‘Turn It Up’

  In line with growing conversations about the beginning of a new decade and resolutions, MTN Nigeria has launched a 360 thematic campaign themed ‘Turn it Up’ at the MTN Plaza Headquarters in Lagos. This move acts as a friendship pact between the brand and Nigerians, challenging them to look inward and channel their unique […]