Could MTN's sharpest Ebitda decline in a decade be blamed in part on a prepaid feature Telkom offered all along?

MTN is planning AI-enabled data centres in South Africa and Nigeria as it bets on Africa's infrastructure boom.

Frederick Mitchell, chief economist at Aluma Capital, warns that MTN faces an R80-billion “death penalty” that could drag the whole of South Africa’s economy down with it.

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest telecoms operator MTN Group said on Monday it swung to an annual profit before tax of 47.4 billion rand ($2.81 billion), driven by ...

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest telecoms operator MTN Group rebounded to an annual profit and said on Monday it would pay shareholders a dividend that exceeded ...

MTN Group reaffirmed its mid-term guidance but said the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine might affect its operating ...

The escalating situation in Iran is a massive drag on any South African business immersed in the global supply chain. But for ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -MTN South Africa said it will offer 1.2 million of its prepaid customers 4G smartphones for as little as 99 rand ($5.42) to support digital adoption for low-income households, ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - South Africa's MTN (MTNJ.J), opens new tab has agreed to sell a minority stake in its mobile money arm to payments giant Mastercard (MA.N), opens new tab, it said on ...

South Africa’s MTN Group reported strong financial and operational performance for 2025, with service revenue rising nearly 25 percent to R218 billion ($13.6 billion), as growth in its West African ...

MTN has released its annual financial results for the year ending 31 December 2025, which revealed that its South African business reported its first decline in revenue in more than ten years. Asked ...

That compared ⁠to a restated ⁠loss before tax of 4.1 billion rand in 2024.