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South African mobile giant MTN looking to expand to Myanmar
He added that MTN Nigeria invested over US$1 billion in network capacity during 2012, and supported 53 000 small and medium enterprise retailers. Last year, MTN Group ploughed back US$11 million into communities across its markets in support of education, health and enterprise development initiatives.
“These are big numbers and they speak to MTN’s sheer corporate will and determination to build networks and deliver products that reach deeply into the population of the markets that we are active in.
While our network achievements are noteworthy, it is the impact that our innovative products and services has had on people that we are most proud of. They have fundamentally transformed lives, accelerated the economic development of our markets and brought sustainable transformation because MTN understands not only the complexities of emerging markets, but knows how to address their needs,” explained Taukobong.
He said MTN was looking forward to welcoming Myanmar into MTN’s Bold New Digital World, with affordable lifestyle-enhancing services and community development programs that address the population’s socio-economic needs.
“We are also excited about the prospects of adding the Myanmar people to our diverse global workforce of more approximately 27,000 comprising more than 50 nationalities.
MTN has a proven skills transfer practice through job rotation and cross border deployment of staff across our 22 operations, and these opportunities will also be available to the staff of MTN Myanmar,” added Taukobong.
He said MTN has also invested in local talent across all its markets and provided training through its world-renowned training institution, the MTN Academy. The academy will offer training to Myanmar staff across 8 streams that include business skills, customer care, commercial, sales and distribution.
