DIALLING NAMIBIA Internet service provider MTN Namibia is focused on providing services that benefit people and the planet. We speak to Elia Tsouros, Managing Director of the company, to learn more Writer: Marcus Kääpä
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he African telecoms sector is a growing space. Continually developing urban and rural areas are being interconnected via telecoms and digital services to better communication across the continent. 10 | Africa Outlook issue 96
MTN Namibia (MTN) is an internet service provider based in Windhoek, Namibia. The company is committed to connecting Namibians from all walks of life to the global village, enabling learning, communication, and innovation to improve the livelihoods of Namibians and growing the economy. MTN continues to invest in infrastructure, partnerships, and new technologies to assist in bringing the country to the cutting edge of modernisation. MTN was launched in 1998 as the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Namibia, operating as UUNET (Pty) Ltd until 2006. With the acquisition of UUNET (Pty) Ltd by Verizon in 2006, the company operated under the Verizon Business banner as a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Business South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
In 2009, MTN Group Limited, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, MTN Holdings (Pty) Ltd, acquired Verizon Business South Africa and renamed it MTN Business Solutions (Pty) Limited. As a result, the company changed its name again to Mobile Telephone Networks Business Solutions (Proprietary) Limited t/a MTN Business Namibia. Today, one of the most significant ways business is shaping the world is through energy use and its contribution to climate change. Both scientists and policymakers largely agree that Africa’s population is more vulnerable and most impacted by the effects of climate change in comparison to many other regions globally. Because of this fact, MTN believes that the growth and success of any business should not come at the expense of the planet and its future.
