MTN Group chief operating officer Jens Schulte-Bockum will leave the operator when his contract expires in March.
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MTN Group will invest the equivalent of R18-billion in Ghana over the next five years after the government exempted its Ghanaian unit from tax claims.
MTN Group said a R13-billion tax bill it received from the Ghanaian government has been scrapped.
Foreign minister Naledi Pandor at the weekend called on MTN Group and the Ghana Revenue Authority to find a solution to their tax dispute.
MTN Group plans to start a dispute resolution process if talks with Ghanaian authorities over a surprise back-tax bill it received last week fail.
Shares in MTN Group took a smack on Monday after it said it was facing a R13-billion claim from Ghana’s tax authority.
MTN Group has encountered significant turbulence in one of its more important markets, Ghana, with tax authorities there claiming they are owed billions in unpaid taxes.
MTN Group on Wednesday posted a near 18% jump in first quarter revenue, led by double-digit growth in commercial operations across South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.
Vodafone Group is considering options for its Ghana business as it focuses on reorganising the group and paying down debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
MTN’s Ghana unit said on Tuesday it was withdrawing a legal challenge it had filed to the supreme court over the market regulator’s move to designate it a significant market power.