charles molapisi

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN launches affordable smartphone campaign — plans to sell 1.2 million devices with prices from R99

    MTN launches affordable smartphone campaign — plans to sell 1.2 million devices with prices from R99 South Africa's second-biggest mobile network MTN has announced a major initiative to offer more than 1.2 million of its prepaid customers affordable 4G smartphones with prices starting from R99...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN's head office now partially powered by over 5,000 solar panels

    MTN's head office now partially powered by over 5,000 solar panels MTN has switched on the first portion of a massive solar power system at its 14th Avenue head office in Fairlands, Johannesburg. MTN initiated the first phase of its solar renewable energy project in 2023.
  3. Jan

    MTN announces new chief enterprise business officer and channels executive

    MTN announces new chief enterprise business officer and channels executive MTN South Africa has appointed Tumi Chamayou as chief enterprise business officer and Ernest Galelekile as executive for channels in commercial operations. Chamayou’s appointment is effective 1 October, while...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN head office's hybrid power plant will have peak output of 4.5MW

    MTN head office's hybrid power plant will have peak output of 4.5MW MTN South Africa will upgrade its head office's self-generating power facility to feature four generation technologies and battery storage types. The system will be able output peak power up to 4.5MW. MTN South Africa's head...
  5. Jan

    MTN SA boss tells shareholders they can keep hiking prices to grow revenue

    MTN promises price increases MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi has assured shareholders that the company could continue implementing inflationary price increases to grow revenue. Molapisi mentioned the price increases during his presentation on the second day of MTN’s Capital Markets Day...
  6. Jan

    MTN executive remuneration for 2022

    How much MTN South Africa's CEO gets paid MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi earned R34,071,000 in 2022 — around R9 million more than he made in 2021. Molapisi was appointed CEO of MTN's South African business on 1 January 2022, explaining the sharp increase in his annual compensation.
  7. Jan

    MTN announces plans to go off-grid at most sites

    Goodbye Eskom — MTN going off-grid at most towers MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi says they are accelerating investments in alternative power sources and expect to be completely off-grid at most sites in future. This is so that load-shedding, which leads to increased theft and vandalism...
  8. Jan

    Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa meets with network bosses

    Minister of Electricity meets with Vodacom and MTN South Africa’s newly-minted Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, met with mobile network operators on Thursday. “This morning I met with mobile network operators to understand their energy needs, as it relates to the protections of...
  9. Jan

    MTN appoints Wanda Matandela to new CCOO position

    MTN appoints chief commercial operations officer MTN South Africa announced on Thursday that it had appointed Wanda Matandela to the new position of chief commercial operations officer (CCOO), effective 1 October 2022. Matandela had previously held the position of chief enterprise officer at...
  10. Jan

    MTN crowdsources small business partners to supply power generators

    MTN wants to buy every big generator in South Africa — here are the specs MTN is inviting any small business in South Africa with generators to become a potential supplier for the company. "Whether the business has two or twenty generators, MTN is looking to partner," the company said in a...
  11. Jan

    Spectrum showdown

    Goliath vs Goliath vs Goliath — South Africa’s spectrum showdown Battle lines have been drawn over the heated issue of cellular network capacity in South Africa. In the one corner — South Africa’s incumbent and partially state-owned telecommunications network operator Telkom.
  12. Jan

    MTN is opposing Telkom's spectrum auction challenge

    MTN files High Court papers against Telkom MTN has filed papers to oppose Telkom's urgent application to block South Africa's spectrum auction from going ahead on 8 March 2022. Radio frequency spectrum is the raw network capacity that cellular network operators use to communicate between...
  13. Jan

    Godfrey Motsa resigns as MTN SA CEO

    MTN SA CEO Godfrey Motsa steps down MTN has announced that Godfrey Motsa will be stepping down as the CEO of MTN SA with effect from 1 January 2022, after almost five years in the role. Charles Molapisi will be the new CEO of MTN SA.
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