MTN Nigeria has reported a measurable uptick in the representation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) within its workforce, climbing from 0.9 per cent in 2021 to 2.13 per cent in 2025. The disclosure was made at the company’s headquarters during the commemoration of the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD). The event, with…
To boost job creation as well as digital technology penetration in the country, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) has appealed to MTN Nigeria for collaboration. Its Director-General, Charles Odii, who made the appeal said with millions of small businesses depending on accurate guidance and easy-to-access support, MTN and SMEDAN’s shared platform…
MTN Nigeria has urged collaboration among private and public sector participants to overcome the risk aversion that has been plagued the development of the startup ecosystem in the country. Its Chief Strategy and Investment Officer, Babalola Oyeleye, who spoke during a panel discussion at MTN Cloud Accelerator Demo Day and Investor Mixer of 20 innovative…
Despite the hype about the almost limitless possibilities of the fifth generation (5G) technology adoption, its coverage and use have remained dismally low at three per cent in Nigeria and just four per cent in low-income countries. This has further questioned the rush by countries to deploy the technology which is costly in terms of…
A 300-level student at Bayero University, Kano, has become the sixth university student to win a car worth ₦35 million in MTN Nigeria’s ongoing campus activation series. Ramatu Yakubu of the Faculty of Agriculture won the grand prize at the conclusion of a three-day event that also distributed millions of naira in laptops, tablets, and…
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, in partnership with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nigeria, has announced the top 10 finalists and the panel of judges for the 2025 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge. The Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge is a platform dedicated…
MTN Nigeria has unveiled its much-anticipated Festive campaign, YelloTide, a nationwide celebration aimed at spreading joy, kindness, and connection across the country. This is coming after days of online conversations and speculation. The campaign officially kicks off this week, following a three-day teaser that had Nigerians across social media guessing what MTN had up its…
The telecom industry maintained strong performance through the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, with active voice subscriptions rising to 173.54 million in September, from 171.57 million it was in August, latest industry stats from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown. The data also showed that teledensity, which represents the number of active telephone lines…
Since the liberalisation in 2001, Nigeria’s telecom industry has created more than 500,000 jobs, transformed connectivity, and enabled economic growth, the sector regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said Tuesday. In spite of this success story, the sector is heavily plagued with the dearth of requisite skilled manpower that could reverse the gain, the regulator, warned….
