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MTN Group Limited
Jurisdiction: South AfricaRegistry ID: 1994/009584/06Entity ID: ent_mtn-group_1
status: activeas of 31 Oct 2026reviewed 31 Oct 2026draft
Identity
Trading names: MTN
Sector: Telecommunications, Mobile money
Group President & Chief Executive Officer: Ralph Mupita B MTN Group Limited, Leadership — Executive Committee () · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Executive Director & Group Chief Financial Officer: Tsholofelo Molefe B MTN Group Limited, Leadership — Executive Committee () · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
website: https://www.mtn.com/ B MTN Group Limited, Leadership — Executive Committee () · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Operations
Countries: South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Eswatini
Services: Mobile telecommunications, Data services, Mobile money (MoMo)
Attributed claim · as of 31 Oct 2026
MTN is reported to operate across 16 countries with about 290 million subscribers at the end of 2024. — TimesLIVE (Thabiso Mochiko)
C TimesLIVE (Sunday Times Daily), MTN earnings hit by Sudan conflict, Nigeria currency devaluation, by Thabiso Mochiko (17 Mar 2025) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Assessment
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Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026
MTN Group Limited is incorporated in South Africa (registration number 1994/009584/06) and listed on the JSE under share code MTN, ISIN ZAE000042164.
A JSE Limited (SENS), MTN Group Limited — SENS announcement (S492871) (5 Aug 2024) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026
Ralph Mupita is MTN Group's Group President & Chief Executive Officer and Tsholofelo Molefe is Executive Director & Group Chief Financial Officer.
B MTN Group Limited, Leadership — Executive Committee () · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026
South Africa's electronic communications sector is regulated by ICASA, which maintains registers of Individual ECS and ECNS licensees.
A Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), List of Licensees (ECS / ECNS registers) (1 May 2020) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Attributed claim · as of 31 Oct 2026
MTN operated across 16 countries with approximately 290 million subscribers at the end of 2024 and reported a loss after tax of R11.2bn for the year, attributed largely to Nigerian naira devaluation and the conflict in Sudan. — TimesLIVE (Thabiso Mochiko), 17 March 2025
C TimesLIVE (Sunday Times Daily), MTN earnings hit by Sudan conflict, Nigeria currency devaluation, by Thabiso Mochiko (17 Mar 2025) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Unanswered question · as of 31 Oct 2026
The ICASA list-of-licensees page provides downloadable registers but does not name MTN in its visible text, so MTN South Africa's specific I-ECNS/I-ECS licence numbers were not confirmed from the register text during this review.
A Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), List of Licensees (ECS / ECNS registers) (1 May 2020) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
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filing · 5 Aug 2024
JSE SENS announcement identifying MTN Group Limited, registration number 1994/009584/06, JSE share code MTN, ISIN ZAE000042164.
A JSE Limited (SENS), MTN Group Limited — SENS announcement (S492871) (5 Aug 2024) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Relevance: Primary exchange filing establishing legal name, registration number and listing identity.
company statement ·
MTN Group executive committee page naming Ralph Mupita as Group President & CEO and Tsholofelo Molefe as Executive Director & Group CFO.
B MTN Group Limited, Leadership — Executive Committee () · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Relevance: Company record of current senior leadership.
regulatory notice · 1 May 2020
ICASA list-of-licensees page providing the Individual ECS/ECNS and class-licensee registers for South Africa's electronic communications sector.
A Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), List of Licensees (ECS / ECNS registers) (1 May 2020) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Relevance: Primary regulator record establishing the South African licensing regime under which MTN's domestic operation sits.
reporting · 17 Mar 2025
TimesLIVE reports MTN operated in 16 countries with ~290 million subscribers at FY2024 and recorded a loss after tax of R11.2bn, attributed to naira devaluation and the Sudan conflict.
C TimesLIVE (Sunday Times Daily), MTN earnings hit by Sudan conflict, Nigeria currency devaluation, by Thabiso Mochiko (17 Mar 2025) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026
Relevance: Independent reporting on scale and financial results; attributed, not treated as confirmed fact.
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