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Telecom operatorTier 1

MTN

South African operator group, the largest across Africa by subscribers.

Headquarters
Ownership
Public (listed)2025source ↗
Revenue
ZAR 226.707bn2025source ↗
Also
wholesale
Customers
ConsumerEnterprise
Domains
Mobile
Markets
MTN South AfricaMTN NigeriaMTN GhanaMTN UgandaMTN CameroonMTN Côte d’IvoireMTN RwandaMTN Congo-BrazzavilleMTN ZambiaMTN South SudanMTN SudanMTN BeninMTN LiberiaIrancellSwazi MTNMascomMTN AfghanistanMTN Guinea-BissauMTN Guinea-Conakry

Technology5

BSS

Relationships11

Owns

Acquired

  • pending

Suppliers

  • 21 Aug 2026
  • 4 Jul 2025

Partners

  • 26 Mar 2025

Investments

Signals11

  • 7 Oct 2026
  • 6 Oct 2026
  • 2 Oct 2026
  • 27 Aug 2026
  • 21 Aug 2026
  • 9 Jun 2026
  • 17 Feb 2026
  • 17 Nov 2025
  • 22 Jul 2025
  • 4 Jul 2025
  • 26 Mar 2025

Ecosystem

  • owns

    • Subseaactive · Company statement
    • Subseaactive · Reported
    • Subseaactive · Reported
    • Subseaactive · Reported
    • Subseaactive · Reported
  • acquired

    • Mobile · US$8.50/share for the ~75% not held; agreed 17 Feb 2026, pendingpending · 17 Feb 2026 · Documented
  • partners with

    • RAN · RAN and fibre sharing in Uganda and Nigeriaactive · 26 Mar 2025 · Documented
  • supplied by

    • Charging & billing · cloud-native Ericsson Fintech Platform for MoMo (Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda…)active · 21 Aug 2026 · Documented
    • BSS · group digital BSS framework for MTN opcos, renewed to Dec 2028active · 4 Jul 2025 · Documented
    • BSS · MTN South Africa — managed services (multi-year extension)active · Reported
  • invested in

    • 24.7% held before the buy-outactive · Documented · 24.7%

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