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Business File: MTNN Issues First Ever Telco bond in Nigeria

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Oluwatomi Otuyemi
From left, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Ore Famurewa; Managing Director, Mr. Ben Langat; Chairman Board of Directors, Mr. Moyo Ajekigbe, OFR and Executive Director Finance, Mr. Marc Galjaard, at the 48th Annual General Meeting of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC held in Lagos Thursday May 6, 2021
L-R; Health, Nutrition and Resilience Section, Delegation of the European Union to the Federal Republic of Nigeria & ECOWAS, Chioma Osuji; the BRICC Programme Director, Mr. Dez Byamukama; Country Director Mercy Corps Nigeria, Ndubuisi Anyanwu; the European Union Head of Cooperation, Tassin-Pelzrr Cecile; Chief Executive Officer, Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS) a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, Usoro Usoro and the General Manager, Regional Operations (North) MTN Nigeria, Hajia Amina Usman during the Building Resilience in Complex Crisis (BRICC) partnership sign off ceremony between Mercy Corps Nigeria and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS) at the Mercy Corps Office, Utako, Abuja.
L-R: Olufemi Martins, Programme Director, Bunmi Adedayo Foundation; Oniyitan Olanrewaju, Executive Director, W-Holistic Business Solution; Mayowa Ogunnusi, Board Director, Bunmi Adedayo Foundation; Ifeyinwa Ejindu, Communications Manager, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and Koldsweat Chidi, Executive Director, Donors for Africa at the Tech Relevant Teacher Project – Award Ceremony held in Lagos
L-R: On-air Personality, Olisa Adibua; Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Odunayo Sanya; Producer/ Director, Tony Wants to Marry, Agozie Ugwu and General Manager, Data and Devices, MTN Nigeria, Abiodun Ajayi at the performance of the drive-in theatre Tony Wants to Marry in Lagos sponsored by the MTN Foundation
L-R: CEO, Chapel Hill Denham; Bolaji Balogun, CEO, MTN Nigeria; Karl Toriola, CFO, MTN Nigeria; Modupe Kadiri and Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Capital; Funso Akere at the N110 billion bond signing ceremony which took place at MTN Nigeria’s corporate head office on Thursday, May 6th, 2021.
Oluwatomi Otuyemi

Oluwatomi Otuyemi, a Geology graduate from Crawford University, has 5 years experience in corporate corporate communications. He has a passion for storytelling, and investigative reporting.

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