Telecommunications giant, MTN have announced the appointment of the former Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi as a Non-Executive Director of the company.
The appointment is scheduled to take effect from July 1, 2019. This is a part of a board room shake-up at Africa’s biggest wireless carrier.
The company also confirmed South Africa’s former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas as the new chairman of the group.
In recent times, MTN has prepared a list on its local unit on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as part of conditions of the settlement of a $1 bn regulatory action three years ago.
MTN also announced that it will name a separate board of prominent people to advise on broader African issues, which will be headed by former South African president Thabo Mbeki and includes John Kufuor, a former president of Ghana.
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