How do you rate Uganda’s performance with MTN’s continental portfolio, both in digital adoption but also returns, compared to other African markets? Yes, as MTN, we are operating in 16 markets, of which Uganda is one of our key markets. In fact, Uganda was the second market that MTN went into in its international expansion. We started in South Africa, we went into Rwanda and quickly moved to Uganda. So, MTN Uganda has been a big part of the MTN family all this time. Uganda, in many respects, is the model operation. The macroeconomic environment has been pretty stable, the…
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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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As the world pivots toward a digital future, Uganda is not being left behind. At the heart of its transformation is the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U), a…
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