MTN Uganda has come out to clarify on a security breach by Pegasus Technologies Ltd, an aggregator, in which it is feared billions of customers’ money was stolen. The telecom’s Chief Executive Officer Wim Vanhelleputte in a statement further states that the breach impacted Bank2 Wallet transfers but did not affect any customer mobile money balances. He adds that the company moved to suspend some services as a precautionary safety measure. “MTN Uganda provides select mobile money services aggregated or integrated through third parties. On 3 October 2020, an aggregator, Pegasus Technologies Ltd experienced a security breach that impacted Bank2…
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MTN Uganda has rewarded athlete Joshua Cheptegei for his recent exploits at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, where he set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36, breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year old world record of 12:37.35. In recognition of this milestone, MTN Uganda has offered a cash prize of UGX 123, 536,000 and a telecommunication package of 12GB of data, 35 voice minutes and 36 SMS per month for twelve months. Both prizes symbolize the new 12.35.36 world record time. Speaking at the handover ceremony at Mbale Resort Hotel, MTN Uganda CEO Wim Vanhelleputte paid tribute to Joshua….
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MTN Uganda and the Uganda Communications Commission, on 1st July 2020 signed a landmark USD 100 million (approximately UGX 371.5 billion) 12-year Second National Operator (SNO) License. This milestone agreement was signed just three months as the telecom company prepared to cross its 21st anniversary- 21 transformational years that have seen the creation of Uganda’s largest telecoms company- with 95 percent coverage of the population; approximately 13.5 million subscribers, seven million of whom use MTN mobile money and three million are active data users. But one fact remains largely uncelebrated- MTN has not only emerged into an industry leader, but…
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MTN has joined the global drive to raise awareness about the importance of wearing masks with the launch of the #WearItForMe campaign across its 21 African and Middle Eastern markets. To help drive this much-needed change in behaviour, MTN is committing its September 2020 marketing resources towards encouraging everyone to adopt wearing masks so as to save lives. As Uganda and the world at large try to navigate the “new normal” brought about by COVID-19, wearing masks remains one of the most effective preventative measures to slow the spread of the virus. However, many people remain reluctant to wear…
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MTN Uganda has, in partnership with SIMFY AFRICA, launched a SuperApp called ‘ayoba’ that will enable customers to access more affordable communication. ayoba is an instant messaging app available for Android devices as of now and soon for iOS and works with any network. How the app is different What makes it different from other messaging apps is that you can still chat (app to SMS and SMS to app) with anyone regardless of whether they have the ayoba app or not. MTN customers can reply to these messages on SMS even when they don’t have the app. ayoba lets…
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