As part of efforts to make life brighter and promote the arts, MTN Nigeria sponsored Oluronbi, a musical theatre performance by Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions. Oluronbi, an ancient Yoruba folktale follows the life of Oluronbi, a woman who promised to dedicate her first child as offering to the spirits who cured her barrenness. The play featured […]
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….Announce Y’ello 200 for Accelerator Programme The advent of COVID-19 at the beginning of this year and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown took the business world by surprise. Several MSMEs were forced to shut down with millions of people losing their jobs. The pandemic resulted in a need for MSMEs to function virtually to stay afloat, […]
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For the last six weeks, contestants on the MTN Y’ello Star music reality TV show have thrilled the audience to top-notch entertainment at the weekly performance shows. One of such contestants is Precious Freeborn. She first impressed the judges during her audition with a captivating performance of Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” and went on […]
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The fourth phase of the MTN ICT & Business Skills Training, implemented by the MTN Foundation alongside its partners – Google, Cisco and Oracle – was wrapped up with a virtual closing ceremony on Friday, December 11, 2020. The training which held virtually for four weeks brought together over 2,000 participants from across five states in […]
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Following weeks of spelling a broad selection of fascinating words, 15-year-old girl of Starville School, Abuja has emerged winner of the 2020 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee. The competition which commenced in October 2020 witnessed participation from over 16,000 children aged 9-15 across the country. Snow George emerged winner at a keenly contested finale on December […]
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The maiden edition of MTN Y’ello Star, a music skill-building initiative for talented young Nigerians, came to a grand conclusion at the finale last weekend with Dotti (Oladotun Okeowo) emerging winner of the keenly contested competition. The top 14 contestants had engaged in a series of vocal battles over six weeks at the live-in training […]
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MTN Nigeria’s Chief Operating Officer, Mazen Mroue, and other Executives during an engagement session at the Revv Program addressed business concerns for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The virtual session tagged, Y’ello Clinic, featured discussions around funding and finance, getting and retaining customers, business management processes, and the integrated method of running a profitable and […]
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MTN Nigeria today announced a new partnership with uduX, Nigeria’s first domestically launched music streaming service which offers users access to high-quality audio and HD music videos. The partnership will see MTN subscribers gain access to discounted data bundles for accessing content and streaming unlimited music on the uduX app. Srinivas Rao, Chief Digital Officer, […]
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Music reality shows are popular for their mouthwatering benefits for participants and eventual winners. These benefits ultimately keep the interest in the shows alive, serving as the recipe for good ratings in a highly competitive era of reality shows. In the past, participants at various levels of music talent shows have joyfully walked home with […]
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This weekend proved to be bittersweet for contestants on the MTN Y’ello Star music reality TV show as four of the show’s finalists had their dreams of winning the debut season cut short, while the rest continued their journey to stardom. Of the five finalists put up for eviction last week, Rael became the first […]