MTN is planning to launch its mobile money service in Nigeria next year
Friday, November 16, 2018
By Yomi Kazeem
MTN, Africa’s largest telecoms company, is doubling down on its Nigeria operations despite a history of billion-dollar fines.
The company will apply for a mobile banking license in Nigeria and plans a launch of its mobile money service in Africa’s largest economy in the second quarter of next year, its CEO said at a trade show in Cape Town on Tuesday (Nov.13).
MTN’s mobile money plans will go on despite its latest scrap with Nigerian authorities who claim it “illegally repatriated” $8.1 billion in profits and possibly owes $2 billion in taxes.
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Source: Quartz Africa (link opens in a new window)
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