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Mobile Money Comes to Ghana

November 2, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Four months after MTN’s Mobile Money launched in Ghana, it has 20,000 users and 1,200 merchants. Uptake has been slow, but as Bruno Akpaka ...
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MTN Uganda, Rwanda Add New Mobile Money Services

October 16, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
MTN Uganda announced that it will be joining Zain and Safaricom in offering international mobile money transfers to its subscribers. Zain announced a parternship ...
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MTN South Africa Using SMS to Spread Information about HIV/AIDS

August 20, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
If you’ve spent any time using an MTN phone in Africa, you’ve gotten the ubiquitous “Please Call Me” SMS that means someone would like to ...
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Airtel Courting MTN in Merger Talks

May 25, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
It appears that, despite breaking off negotiations last year, Bharti Airtel is interested in partnering with MTN again. Forbes reports… NEW DELHI – Exactly a year ...
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This Week in Appfrica [Oct 5 - 11, 2008]

October 12, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
“This Week in Appfrica” is a weekly digest highlighting articles and stories from the previous week. Appfrica Archives | Contact | Twitter | Weekly Digest | ...
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Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veen – Part 2

October 9, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Erik van Veen is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda one of the continental telco and mobile leaders in Africa. When it comes to ...
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Interview With MTN’s Erik van Veen – Part 1

October 7, 2008 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Erik van Veen is the Chief Commercial Officer of MTN Uganda. When it comes to corporate executives, he just might also be one of ...
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