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MTN’s interim group executive chairman, Phuthuma Nhleko, took home more than R72m in the 2016 financial year, during which time he acted as CEO and as chairman of the crisis-hit emerging markets telecommunications

MTN Group’s new CEO, Rob Shuter, begins work on Monday morning, taking the reins from interim executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko at a time of considerable operational challenges at Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator. Shuter, until

MTN Group is gauging investor interest for its first sale of rand-denominated bonds in seven years as Africa’s largest mobile phone operator struggles to repatriate earnings from its Nigerian business. MTN is “approaching the market and we will see

MTN Group has been having a tough time of it in Nigeria, its most lucrative market. Protesters last week vandalised the company’s headquarters in the capital, Abuja, in retaliation for xenophobic

Telecommunications group MTN warned on Wednesday that it will report a loss for the 2016 financial year due in large part to the regulatory fine imposed on it in its biggest market, Nigeria. It said it expects to report a loss in both basic headline

MTN Group may put off plans to list its Nigerian operation until 2018 as Africa’s largest wireless carrier works to resolve a regulatory dispute and awaits an economic recovery in the continent’s most populous country. “It’s a work in

MTN Group’s plan to sell shares in its Nigerian unit on the local stock exchange next year is at risk following allegations by lawmakers that Africa’s biggest wireless carrier illegally moved almost

MTN Group executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko has sold shares worth about R123m as he prepares to hand over the day-to-day running of Africa’s biggest wireless company to incoming CEO Rob Shuter. Nhleko will also benefit from the

Margins at MTN South Africa have shown strong improvement in the third quarter, the telecommunications group said in a statement to shareholders on Monday. Revenue improved by 3,6% quarter on quarter, while margins