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MTN Uganda is our second-largest fintech market in Africa, says MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita

Paul MurungiGlobal News The Big StoryNovember 25, 2025November 27, 2025

MTN Group chief executive Ralph Mupita has hailed Uganda as the company’s “model operation” and confirmed that it is now MTN’s second-biggest fintech market in Africa, second only to Ghana, and well ahead of Nigeria in meaningful contribution to the Group’s digital-financial services business. Speaking to CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the sidelines of the B20 Summit, the official G20 platform for global business engagement, Mupita said Uganda’s macroeconomic stability, regulatory certainty, and forward-looking digital adoption have made the country one of MTN’s most reliable sources of fintech growth. “Uganda in many respects is…

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Philip Besiimire leaves MTN South Africa, joins Vodacom Tanzania as Managing Director

CEO ReporterCompany News News & AnalysisSeptember 29, 2022September 29, 2022

Telco strongman Philip Besiimire has been appointed Managing Director for Vodacom Tanzania effective October 15th 2022. He will be reporting to Diego Gutierrez – Chief Officer; International Business. Phillip Joins Vodacom from MTN South Africa where he was Chief Sales, Distribution and Regional Operations Officer since 2019. He held senior roles at MTN including Executive Regional Operations in South Africa, Chief Executive Officer in South Sudan, Chief Marketing Officer in Zambia, and Chief Marketing Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer in Swaziland (Eswatini). “Friends, my time at MTN has come to an end. I take a moment to pause and reflect on…

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