MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest wireless carrier, said Mastercard Inc. agreed to take a minority stake in its financial-technology business, which the company values at $5.2 billion .
Africa’s young, tech-savvy population are increasingly using their mobile phones to bridge gaps in services, including banking. That’s opened a lucrative and fast-growing space in the fintech sector for wireless carriers. Airtel has already brought in Mastercard as an investor in its mobile-money unit. India’s Jio Platforms Ltd., the digital arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., set an earlier precedent by attracting capital from Facebook Inc. and Silver Lake Partners in 2020.
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MTN selling stake of R99-billion fintech business to MastercardAfrica’s biggest wireless carrier says Mastercard agreed to take a minority stake in its financial-technology business.
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