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MTN’s achievements in 2016
Opportunities in 2017
Risk ranking
2016 2015
• Secured US$1 billion in bonds.
• Improved debt maturity profile.
• Concluded significant rand banking facilities.
• Secured local currency funding in a number of opcos,
including Ivory Coast and Cameroon.
• Updated and increased our domestic medium-term note
programme.
• Repatriated R6,3 billion from MTN Irancell as payment of the
loan advanced for the licence fee in 2005
( 24)
.
• Explore opportunities to contract in local
currency.
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• Established an enhanced Group information security function.
• Approved revised information security approach and
structure.
• Deployed security information and event management system
within key opcos.
• Deployed vulnerability assessment across key opcos.
• Increased engagement with key vendors regarding security
requirements.
• Executed security awareness campaigns across key opcos.
• Capacitation of key positions in
approved structure.
• Deployment of Group-wide monitoring
platform for key perimeter systems.
• Deployment of Group-wide vulnerability
assessment platform.
• Enhance Group-wide DDOS protection
systems.
• Active participation in industry working
groups.
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• Institutionalised tighter discipline around critical projects.
• Enhanced Group capex management to focus on
network projects.
• Tightly monitored network improvement project for MTN
South Africa and MTN Nigeria.
• Establish programme implementation
reviews as part of the Group operations
committee.
• Embed lessons learnt.
• Training to strengthen and standardise
MTN’s project management culture.
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• Launched products to drive global value proposition
(including MTN Go, MTN HelloWorld roaming).
• Appointed global brand agency.
• Grew subscribers on MTNPlay app and gaming.
• Recorded 15 operations as active with Mobile Money.
• Increased smartphone penetration to 36%.
• Ensured implementation of business intelligence
transformation process.
• Improved network quality and capacity.
• Increase base for data penetration
and digital services adoption.
• Enhance business intelligence and
customer value management to protect
and extract value from existing customer
base.
• Continue to improve network quality and
capacity.
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