Ethiopia’s finance ministry confirmed two final bids for new operating licences, with MTN Group and a consortium including Vodafone Group, Vodacom and Safaricom in the running to enter the market. The country’s overdue application process ended this week with the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance announcing final bids had been received from MTN, and a consortium [...]
Audiomack is collaborating with MTN Nigeria to offer the Audiomack+MTN Data Bundle program, which will provide MTN subscribers personalized data bundles for streaming unlimited music and accessing content on Audiomack at zero data cost. The partnership will see MTN subscribers have free access to Audiomack’s streaming service via their mobile devices on weekly and monthly subscriptions. The weekly plan provides 1.2GB + [...]
MTN has launched new capped fixed-LTE packages under its MyMTN Home and MyMTN Business plans. “We are harnessing the best network in South Africa to cater for the customer looking for more affordable home connectivity by leveraging the strength, reliability and speed of our network,” said Mapula Bodibe, Chief Consumer Officer at MTN South Africa. MTN’s new [...]
Mastercard and MTN have concluded a partnership to provide millions of consumers in 16 countries across Africa to make global e-commerce payments safely and securely. Through a Mastercard virtual payment solution connected to MTN MoMo (Mobile Money) wallets, consumers and merchants can engage with brands and businesses abroad through digital commerce, extending their reach to [...]
Zeepay is planning to raise $10m in equity funding to support the creation of new mobile-money hubs in East and Southern Africa. According to Andrew Takyi-Appiah, Co-founder and managing director of Zeepay, the new hubs, which will consist of processing centres and back offices, are expected to be in Rwanda and South Africa. He adds that the use of [...]
MTN South Africa has introduced a new voice and data Combo Bundles comprising of a monthly, weekly and daily options. For added value, MTN Combo Offer’s data, voice and video allocations will be available for one month if a new bundle is bought before expiry. MTN has also presented its newly upgraded eSIM solution capable of supporting [...]
UduX partners with MTN to offer MTN’s subscribers discounted data bundles to view content and stream unlimited music on the uduX app. MTN Nigeria is one of Africa’s largest mobile service providers with more than 60 million users in the country. Subscribers can use credit cards, pay-as-you-go airtime or data packages to pay for the service. [...]
MTN Uganda has introduced ‘Pay mpola mpola’ an easy payment plan that enables customers to buy smartphones and pay in easy instalments over a specified period. MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer, Sen Somdev said the that the initiative behind this offer is to allow many Ugandans access to the internet through easing affordability of smartphones; [...]
MTN Nigeria has collaborated with Gameloft to roll out MTN Gameworld – a new gaming platform for its subscribers. The platform will offer the Nigerian gaming community access to a wide variety of fun and exciting games online through a premium catalogue from Gameloft and other renowned publishers. The Chief Digital Officer of MTN Nigeria, [...]
Bonang Matheba has collaborated with MTN to expand its mobile app, “Bonang Matheba’s World”. “As my world continues to grow, expand and innovate, I am especially honoured to partner with MTN and leverage this development in the mobile digital content space. I’m excited to be able to reach more fans and engage with them directly [...]
