Category: Mobile & Telecoms

Accra, Ghana//-MTN Ghana has launched the eighth season of its flagship Heroes of Change, significantly increasing the programme’s prize packages for the potential winners.

Luanda, Angola// — The Institute for the Management of State Assets and Holdings (IGAPE) (https://IGAPE.MinFin.Gov.ao), acting as the selling shareholder, launched the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of a 15% stake in UNITEL, marking one of the largest capital market transactions ever undertaken in Angola.

Telecel Group is among bidders competing to acquire TalkTalk Telecom Group’s wholesale telecommunications business, people familiar with the matter said.

Johannesburg, South Africa//-MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications operator, ranks second globally in the 2026 Ranking Digital Rights Index – becoming the first telecommunications company headquartered in an emerging market to place among the top three performers worldwide.

Dalian, People’s Republic of China// – Low-tech, low-cost strategies could prevent 400 million falls at home, 8.5 million new type 2 diabetes cases and 2.4 million dementia cases by 2040, while unlocking $5.8 trillion in healthcare savings and $645 billion in productivity gains.

Accra, Ghana//-MTN Ghana staff volunteers have embarked on sanding rusted bed frames, applying primer and repainting worn hospital beds across the country to bring them back to life for patient use, as part of the company’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care Campaign.

London, UK//-Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, equivalent to 7.8% of GDP, according to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy Africa 2026 report.

Accra, Ghana – MTN Ghana has announced an exclusive FIFA World Cup experience for select customers as part of its ongoing 30th anniversary celebrations, reinforcing its commitment to rewarding loyalty and creating unforgettable moments.

Accra, Ghana//- Risk and Compliance Senior Manager at MobileMoney Fintech LTD (MMFL), Nanatunde Davies says as conversations about Africa’s future continue to evolve, mobile money remains a powerful reminder that some of the continent’s most compelling success stories are already being written at home — and should be told by Africans.

On May 25, 2026, Ghana’s mobile money market leader, MobileMoney Fintech Limited (MMFL), popularly known as MTN MoMo, issued a circular informing customers that from June 1, 2026, they will start charging a 0.75% fee capped at GHS5 on all wallet-to-bank account transfers through its direct push and pull channel.