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Mondia (www.Mondia.com), a private m-commerce company dedicated to connecting, digitalising and monitising mobile consumers, today announced the launch of Getmo Games, a new gaming service for MTN Nigeria subscribers. Getmo Games is an exciting games service offering unlimited Android and online HTML5 games to subscribers, based on an All-You-Can-Eat (AYCE) subscription model. MTN customers can now enjoy thousands of premium casual games across a wide variety of genres with daily, weekly or mon...

Stories by Emma Okonji MTN Nigeria has decided to explore new digital payment platforms outside of the general Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code for its over 77 million subscribers, the largest among other telecoms operators in Nigeria, for fear of future disconnection by commercial banks. The banks, last Thursday night, disconnected only MTN customers from accessing the USSD code on airtime vending from all bank channels that are linked to USSD code. According to the banks, t...

  MTN Nigeria yesterday announced that it has begun the formation of a long term and sustainable pricing structure for its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data USSD transactions with bank channel partners. Recall that MTN bank channel partners last week temporarily suspended sales of MTN products on their platforms on April 2, 2021, claiming that the telco unilaterally adjusted the price regime without due consultation. The disruption caused MTN subscribers huge discomfort as they could not...

By Emma Okonji Following the series of meetings to resolve the commercial dispute between MTN and Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) over charges and commission on the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, it has been agreed that MTN should maintain status quo and revert to the old billing where it offered 4.5 per cent commission to the banks for all USSD charges. . Officials of MTN Nigeria and the banks, including their regulators, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and...

More trouble for MTN in Nigeria as banks block subscribers Some Nigerian lenders have cut off MTN Nigeria from their banking platforms, making it impossible for millions of customers to buy credit for their phones. All lenders in Africa’s most populous country, except Zenith Bank, have taken MTN Nigeria off their platform, said Funso Aina, a spokesman for the telecommunications company. The banks took the action after MTN reduced the commission paid to lenders for allowing customers use their...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero Published 4 April 2021 MTN customers in Nigeria now have alternative electronic payment platforms to recharge their phones as the mobile network operator on Saturday announced that customers can recharge airtime through payment solutions platforms such as Flutterwave, Jumia Pay, OPay, Kuda, Carbon and BillsnPay. MTN in a statement on Saturday by its Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, also said customers could recharge airtime by dialing *904#...

Banks removed the telecom firm from their platforms on Friday, following a feud over the sharing of fees by both sides.

Nigerian news website Peoples Gazette blocked, threatened with legal action By Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa LISTEN FEB 7, 2021 Men sit on motorbikes in front of advertising posters for MTN telecommunication company along a street in Lagos, Nigeria on August 28, 2019. MTN is one of four internet providers blocking the Peoples Gazette site. (Reuters/Temilade Adelaja) New York, February 5, 2021–Nigerian authorities should ensure access to the Peoples Gazette new site is not disr...

Telecompaper Wireless MTN Nigeria begins NIN enrolment in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt Monday 1 February 2021 | 14:38 CET | News MTN Nigeria has said it has commenced enrolment for National Identification Number (NIN) at some of its centres in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, The Punch reported. Senior manager for external relations Funso Aina said that MTN had invested in acquiring devices aligned with the NIMC standard. He said that the number of locations would increase with ...

The Federal Government has pledged to increase its support for Micro Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to fight unemployment and aid economic growth. This is as an additional 1.3 million jobs is expected to be created across the country with the Bank of Industry committing N1.3 billion to support the MSME sector. This pledge was made by the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, during a Capacity Building Training for MSMEs on Monday, March 22, 2021, ...