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Africa NewsMarch 2, 2026 MTN Ghana Just Became Africa’s Third Most Important Telecom Market — And It’s Betting $1.1 Billion That AI and Mobile Money Will Keep It There After South Africa and Nigeria, Ghana is now MTN Group's third "major byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 17, 2026 MTN Is Buying Back Africa’s Towers — All of Them — in a $6.2 Billion Deal That Rewrites a Decade of Telecom Strategy After years of spinning out infrastructure to unlock capital, Africa's largest byBetty Wangari
