Category: Mobile & Telecoms

July 19, 2018//-Uganda announced Tuesday that it had collected Ush7 billion (about $1.8 million) from newly-introduced levies on social media use and mobile money transactions.

Accra, Ghana, July 18, 2018//-MTN Ghana says it won’t extend its ongoing Initial Public Offer (IPO) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) beyond the July 31, 2018 deadline.

July 17, 2918//-MTN Group Ltd has agreed to sell its Cyprus unit to Monaco Telecom SA for about 260 million euros ($304 million) as Africa’s biggest wireless carrier by subscribers makes good on a pledge to offload unwanted parts of its empire.

Accra, Ghana, July 16, 2018//-Saqib Nazir, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Interpay Africa, has received the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Ghana’s Fintech & Telecom Sector’ award at the ninth Ghana Information Technology & Telecom Awards (GITTA) 2018.

July 11, 2018//-The Borno State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has closed down MTN Nigeria in Maiduguri over alleged insensitivity to workers’ welfare.

Abuja, Nigeria, July 10, 2018//-The MTN office in the Maitama District of Abuja, on Tuesday was under lock and key following the nationwide picketing of the company by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Nigeria, July 10, 2018//-The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday simultaneously paralysed activities at MTN offices nationwide following its protest over alleged exploitation of workers in the company.

Lagos, Nigeria, July 9, 2018 – There is an air of doubt over the listing of telecoms giant, MTN Nigeria, on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as there have been serial postponement of dates by the company since it announced the plan for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in June 2016.

July 8, 2018//-Starting 13th – 31st July, MultiChoice will introduce an 18-day open viewing period of all SuperSport channels to active DStv customers at no extra cost.