By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
MTN Group Senior Vice
President Ebenezer Twum Asante has met with Uganda’s Ministry of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development to discuss opportunities to drive investment,
support the country’s 10X growth ambition and advance digital transformation.
The meeting brought together
Asante, MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer Sylvia Mulinge, the company’s
leadership team and Phrase Lubega, Managing Director of MoMo from MTN Uganda,
with a government delegation led by Finance Minister Henry Musasizi and
Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury Dr Ramathan Ggoobi.
Discussions explored how MTN
and the government could work together to drive investment, advance Uganda’s
10X growth ambition and create an enabling environment for digital
transformation.
MTN Uganda thanked the
Government of Uganda for its commitment to digital transformation and expressed
its readiness to continue collaborating with the government to expand digital
access and unlock economic opportunities for Ugandans.