Accused of supporting terrorism by families of American soldiers, the South African operator is also targeted for its grip on the market in Ghana.

The respite was short-lived for Rob Shuter. While his departure from the South African group is scheduled for March 2021 and he has just settled the last cases which were hampering the development of the operator in Nigeria , the general manager of MTN with 251 million customers must face many new troubles.

Too much domination in Ghana

In Ghana, the telecommunications regulator indicated on June 8 that it wanted to reduce the market share of the operator, which recorded a turnover of 13.8 billion rand (around 735 million euros) in 2019 in this country of West Africa, growing by nearly 23% compared to 2018.

"The National Communications Authority (NCA) will begin in the coming days the implementation of specific policies to ensure a level playing field for all network operators in the telecommunications sector," the institution said in an official statement.

The latter calculated that the market share captured by the operator amounts to 67.8% on the mobile in the first quarter of 2020. MTN is thus placed far ahead of AirtelTigo, the second player in the market with 15.8% of market share. market, Vodafone (15.5%) and Glo (0.9%).

As a result, the NCA plans to introduce a price floor and cap on all minutes, data, SMS and mobile transactions. The authority will also ensure that MTN's challengers do not fall victim to the market leader position of the South African operator. For its part, MTN reacted cautiously, indicating that it was waiting to be officially notified of the decision before examining the details.

Aggravation of a complaint in the United States

On a completely different note, MTN has been accused, along with other multinationals since December 27, 2019 in the United States, by families of around 150 American soldiers and civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan, of having financed between 2009 and 2017 terrorist groups (the Taliban and Al-Qaeda) in order to protect its activities as well as its infrastructure, thus violating American anti-terrorism law. MTN has been active in Afghanistan since 2006.

Accused of supporting terrorism by families of American soldiers, the South African operator is also targeted for its grip on the market in Ghana.

The respite was short-lived for Rob Shuter. While his departure from the South African group is scheduled for March 2021 and he has just settled the last cases which were hampering the development of the operator in Nigeria , the general manager of MTN with 251 million customers must face many new troubles.

Too much domination in Ghana

In Ghana, the telecommunications regulator indicated on June 8 that it wanted to reduce the market share of the operator, which recorded a turnover of 13.8 billion rand (around 735 million euros) in 2019 in this country of West Africa, growing by nearly 23% compared to 2018.

"The National Communications Authority (NCA) will begin in the coming days the implementation of specific policies to ensure a level playing field for all network operators in the telecommunications sector," the institution said in an official statement.

The latter calculated that the market share captured by the operator amounts to 67.8% on the mobile in the first quarter of 2020. MTN is thus placed far ahead of AirtelTigo, the second player in the market with 15.8% of market share. market, Vodafone (15.5%) and Glo (0.9%).

As a result, the NCA plans to introduce a price floor and cap on all minutes, data, SMS and mobile transactions. The authority will also ensure that MTN's challengers do not fall victim to the market leader position of the South African operator. For its part, MTN reacted cautiously, indicating that it was waiting to be officially notified of the decision before examining the details.

Aggravation of a complaint in the United States

On a completely different note, MTN has been accused, along with other multinationals since December 27, 2019 in the United States, by families of around 150 American soldiers and civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan, of having financed between 2009 and 2017 terrorist groups (the Taliban and Al-Qaeda) in order to protect its activities as well as its infrastructure, thus violating American anti-terrorism law. MTN has been active in Afghanistan since 2006