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
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Here they are, TechCentral’s South African ICT Newsmakers of 2016. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for
MTN Group, the South African wireless carrier that’s been trying to repatriate US$1bn from Iran, has managed to extract several hundred million dollars or several billion rand from the country with the
The shake-up of the top management team at MTN continues. The South African-headquartered emerging-markets telecommunications group has hired Jens Schulte-Bockum as its new chief operating officer, replacing
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
MTN South Africa is set to help launch consumer brands as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), according to the company’s CEO. The brands include “household names”, MTN South Africa
Telecommunications group MTN has a new chief financial officer. Ralph Mupita, the CEO of Old Mutual emerging markets, will take over as MTN’s CFO on 3 April 2017. Mupita’s appointment adds to a growing list of top executives
Rob Shuter, MTN’s incoming group president and CEO, will join the telecommunications operator earlier than previously expected. Shuter, who is serving notice at Vodafone, will join MTN on 13 March
In a dramatic move of support for Pravin Gordhan, 81 CEOs pledged support for the finance minister days before he presents his mini budget and a week before he appears in court on fraud charges. “We stand as one for the rule
MTN Group appointed Felleng Sekha to the newly created position of head of regulatory affairs, part of a management shake-up at the wireless carrier following a record US$1bn fine in Nigeria, according to three people familiar with