Telecommunications giant, MTN has appointed Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Muhammadu Sanusi as a Non-Executive Director.
The appointment as the Emir which is to take effect on July 1, 2019, is part of a board room shake-up at Africa’s biggest wireless carrier.
MTN also said South Africa’s former deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas is the new group chairman.
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This is just as MTN prepares to list its local unit on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as part of conditions of the settlement of a $1 bn regulatory action three years ago.
MTN also announced a separate board of prominent people to advise on broader African issues, which will be headed by former South African president Thabo Mbeki and includes John Kufuor, a former president of Ghana.
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