Tag Archives: MTN

Ooni of Ife commends MTN for its effort in promoting the Olojo Festival

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has commended MTN Nigeria for its role in making the 2021 Olojo Festival a success through its sponsorship of the event. He gave the commendation during a courtesy visit by MTN’s delegation to the Ooni’s Palace. The delegation, led by the Chief Sales Officer, MTN […]

African Development Bank, YDFS, Announce Partnership, Set to Drive Uptake of Financial Services by Women in Northern Nigeria.

  The African Development Bank’s initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, have signed an agreement for a $500,000 grant initiative to determine the feasibility of deploying women agents in the northern part of Nigeria where, due to security issues and cultural […]

Talented Student Architect, Folasope Pinheiro, Wins N500,000.00 Cash Prize at Design Week Lagos 2021

Folasope Pinheiro, a student of the University of West England has emerged as the winner of the Design Kulture Student Competition – a competition to showcase and reward Nigerian students with outstanding designs. The competition was part of the events to commemorate Design Week Lagos, the annual citywide celebration of local and international designers, architects and the creative industry. Folasope Pinheiro won […]

MTN Extends Deadline for Spelling Bee Competition to October 24

MTN Nigeria has extended the registration deadline for the 2021 mPulse Spelling Bee to October 24, 2021, to enable more young Nigerians to benefit from the competition on the mPulse website. Explaining the decision to extend the registration deadline, the Acting General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Idowu Adesokan, stated, “We took the mPulse Spelling […]

MTN announces appointment of seasoned executive as Digital and Fintech CFO

  MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Adekunle Awobodu as our new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. Kunle is a seasoned business and finance professional who has spent most of his career at MTN, including serving as CFO for MTN Nigeria and for the MTN Irancell joint venture. “We are […]

5 things to know as the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee begins (with over N7 million to be won)

The 2021 mPulse Spelling Bee Competition has begun. The competition, which is organized by MTN Nigeria, is open to students in primary and secondary schools between the ages of 9 and 15, provided they are on the mPulse Plan. Here are five important things to know as the MTN Spelling Bee Competition begins: mPulse Service: […]

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 process […]

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 of […]

Nigerians Celebrate MTN at 20

As MTN gears up towards its 20th anniversary, Nigerians have sent their messages of appreciation and congratulations to the telecoms company. The ICT and telecoms company began operations in Nigeria in 2001. 20 years later, it has become an integral part of Nigeria’s telecommunications success story. Many Nigerians have shared their opinion about the company’s […]

MTN leads the conversation on Substance Abuse with “Drug Convos”

As part of its commitment to enabling strong values among the youth, MTN Nigeria will be commemorating the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with conversations about the prevalence of substance abuse among Nigerian youth. In collaboration with BusinessDay newspaper, UNODC, NETng, HipTV and MTV Base, MTN will host the ‘Drug Convos’, an […]