MTN Group Outlined its Strategic Priorities Under Ambition 2025, Focusing On Industry Leading Connectivity-Ralph Mupita

MTN Group Outlined its Strategic Priorities Under Ambition 2025, Focusing On Industry Leading Connectivity-Ralph Mupita:

Connectivity is more than technology; it’s about opportunity, making digital inclusion a critical catalyst for the continent’s socioeconomic growth.

When people ask what progress looks like, I typically point to a classroom in rural Uganda that has digital access for the first time.

Or to an entrepreneur in Cameroon using MTN’s mobile money platform, MoMo, to run her business.

Or a solar-powered site in Ghana, connecting people in places that have no hard infrastructure.

For us at MTN, this is our work. It’s how we live our purpose: enabling the benefits of a modern connected life for everyone across our markets.

It is the framework that guides how we invest, partner, innovate, and govern our business.

In 2024, we invested nearly R30bn in infrastructure and technology and paid income taxes of more than R10bn.

These contributions matter. But it’s what they enable such as jobs and opportunities that defines us.

In 2024, we powered digital connectivity for 291-million people, including internet
access for 158-million users and financial services for 63-million through MoMo.

About 93% of the population in our markets or 500-million people are now covered by our broadband network.

We facilitated digital literacy for 22-million people, promoting meaningful
participation in the digital economy.

Through our GSM network and MoMo
businesses, we supported 3.5-million indirect jobs.

Since its inception in 2007, our group-wide employee volunteerism programme 21 Days of Y’ello Care sees MTNers roll up their sleeves to improve the lives of their communities.

Over the years, we have impacted hundreds of thousands of people.

The campaign is testament to the power of collective action, reminding us that even small acts of kindness can create a ripple effect of change.

Progress is never a solo effort. It requires collaboration across public and private
sectors, across borders and disciplines.