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Our reporting suite
Our approach to materiality
Navigating this report
About this report
Who we are
Our products and services
Where we operate and how we perform
Views from our Chairman
Q&A with the Group President and CEO
Q&A with the CFO
Key financial tables
Our market context
Operational performance summary
Our outlook
Investment case – a compelling African growth story

How we create and preserve value
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Creating and preserving value through our business model
Material matters impacting value creation
Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee Chair's review
Stakeholders with whom we partner to create value
Audit Committee Chair’s review
Risk Management and Compliance Committee Chair’s review
How we manage risk
Top risks to value creation
Delivering value through our strategy
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Finance and Investment Committee Chair’s review
Our Ambition 2025 strategy
Our strategic performance dashboard
Connectivity
Fintech
Digital infrastructure
Create shared value
Portfolio optimisation

Governance and remuneration
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Directors Affairs and Governance Committee Chair’s review
Governance in support of value creation
Our Board of Directors
How the Board transformed our values into actions
Our Executive Committee
Definitions for assured non-financial data
Remuneration Report
Independent assurance practitioner’s limited assurance report
Glossary
Administration

Where we operate and how we performed

We operate in 16 markets on two continents and connect 290.9 million customers. This represents the reach of where we create value, organised into our operations in South Africa, Nigeria and our Markets (SEA, WECA and MENA). These are managed through robust operational and governance oversight structures, which underpin our pan-African growth strategy.

  MTN Group effective shareholding Subscribers  
MTN South Africa 100.0% 39.8m  
MTN Nigeria 76.3% 80.9m  
         
SEA
MTN Uganda 76.0% 22.0m  
MTN Rwanda 80.0% 7.6m  
MTN Zambia 89.8% 6.4m  
MTN South Sudan 100.0% 3.3m  
Mascom BotswanaΔ 53.1% 1.7m  
MTN EswatiniΔ 30.0% 1.0m  
WECA+
MTN Ghana# 73.9% 28.5m  
MTN Cameroon 80.0% 11.9m  
MTN Côte d'Ivoire 66.8% 16.3m  
MTN Benin 75.0% 7.2m  
MTN Congo-Brazzaville 100.0% 3.8m  
LonestarCell (MTN Liberia) 60.0% 2.2m  
MENA+
MTN Sudan 85.0% 2.5m  
MTN IrancellΔ 49.0% 55.6m  
Associates, JVs and other investmentsΔ
aYo 50.0%    
IHS roup 25.7%    
Snapp GroupΔ 29.5%    
Middle East Tech Ventures Holding 50.0%    

Our financial performance

+13.8%* to R177.8bn

service revenue

+21.9%* to R73.7bn

data revenue

+28.5%* to R23.3bn

fintech revenue

+10.2%* to R60.1bn

EBITDA

15.9%*

capex intensity

R29.9bn

capex (ex-leases)

EBITDA contribution

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Localisations.
Δ Equity accounted, not under MTN operation.
# Legal ownership is 72.0%.
+ In 2024, we exited Afghanistan, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry, in line with our portfolio optimisation priority.