Telecoms giant MTN Nigeria has constantly been in the news for the past few weeks over the $5.2 billion fine imposed on it by the NCC.
A lot has been made of the fine and the consequences on the South Africa-based company but a lot of people barely know more than just the basics about Africa’s largest telecoms company.
Here are 10 things you didn’t know about MTN:
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- MTN was the second company in the world to implement the Pay As You Go system.
- MTN began expanding into other parts of Africa in 1997 starting with Rwanda, Uganda, and Swaziland.
- MTN expanded into Nigeria in 2001.
- MTN is present in 21 countries across the world.
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- MTN was the first-ever global sponsor of the
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- MTN are sponsors of the first African international cycling team – the