MTN is a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company with operations in many African and Asian countries. Its headquarters are located in Johannesburg.

As of December 2020, MTN had 280 million subscribers, making it the 8th largest mobile network operator in the world, and the largest in Africa.

Active in more than 20 countries, one-third of the company’s revenues come from Nigeria, where it has about 35% market share.

Professor Jacquet paints a well-documented, uncompromising but eloquent portrait of the company