Quarterly update
for the period ended 30 September 2025Agenda
Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
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Operational overview Ralph Mupita
Group President and CEO
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Key messages
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Strong broad-based performance across our markets, led by MTN Nigeria and MTN Ghana
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#300millionStronger | Total customers cross 300 million milestone
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Fintech transaction value increased by 38.0%* to US$342.3 billion
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Further expansion in EBITDA margin to 45.0%* (+6.7pp*)
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Healthy balance sheet and leverage positions supported by good cash upstreaming
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MTN Nigeria restores positive retained income and net equity positions | Resumes dividend payment
* Denotes constant currency information after pro forma adjustments, throughout this presentation
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Operational highlights | strong commercial momentum
Service revenue +22.6%* | Data revenue +35.4%* | Fintech revenue +23.1%*
Subscribers (m)
296.8
297.7
301.3
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
5.8% YoY
Active data subscribers (m)
161.7
164.4
165.8
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
9.1% YoY
Data traffic (PB)
17 876
5 677
5 997
6 202
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
YTD'25
26.6% YoY
MoMo monthly active users (MAU, m)
Fintech TX volume (bn)
Fintech TX value (US$bn)
64.3
16.9
342.3
63.2
62.2
5.5
5.6
5.8
95.3
116.9
130.1
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
YTD'25
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
YTD'25
Includes JV's
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38.0%* YoY
13.9% YoY
5.3% YoY
Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Operational highlights | delivering sustained growth
Growth momentum underpinned by execution excellence
MTN SA
MTN Nigeria
Markets
Fintech
Service revenue +2.0% | Pressure in prepaid market
Data revenue +5.0%; traffic
+24.7% | Q3 acceleration, +6.4%
Robust growth in postpaid (+7.3%), enterprise (+12.3%)
Positive Q3 growth momentum in key segments
Service revenue +57.1%* | Broad-based growth
Resilient demand, strong execution, price increases
Data traffic +36.3%
Positive retained income / net equity positions | N5.00 DPS interim, ~R975m for Group
Strong service revenue growth: SEA +22.0%*, WECA +17.1%*
Service revenue > inflation
Robust MTN GH
Momentum in turnaround markets - Cote d'Ivoire, Zambia, Rwanda, Sudan
Service revenue +23.1%*
Advanced services 33.4% of total MoMo (+3.8pp)
Mastercard virtual card live in 3 markets
Save and invest products launched in Uganda and Rwanda
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Financial overview Tsholofelo Molefe
Group CFO
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Financial highlights | Group service revenue and EBITDA margin
Strong topline performance in our key segments | Fintech advanced services revenue growth of +39.5%* | EBITDA was up +41.1%*
Constant currency
Service revenue
Data revenue
Fintech revenue
EBITDA margin
24.9%
23.0%
22.6%
19.8%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
39.4%
37.2%
35.4%
28.7%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
25.2%
24.7%
23.1%
20.1%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
46.6%
44.1%
44.3%
45.0%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
+6.7pp
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Financial highlights | MTN SA and MTN Nigeria
MTN SA impacted by competitive environment | Strong MTN Nigeria performance underpinned by execution and price adjustments
Constant currency
MTN SA
Service revenue
EBITDA margin
36.8% 36.3%
34.5%
35.9%
2.6%
2.1%
2.0%
1.4%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
(0.4pp)
MTN Nigeria
Service revenue
EBITDA margin
68.1%
62.9%
57.1%
53.8%
52.9%
51.3%
40.4%
46.5%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
+15.0pp*
YTD capex^ R5.0bn | Capex intensity 13.1%
YTD capex^ R8.9bn | Capex intensity 20.2%
^ Ex-leases
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Financial highlights | Markets portfolio
Robust overall results and pleasing momentum in the Markets portfolio | Topline growth ahead of blended inflation, with EBITDA margin improvements
Constant currency
SEA MTN Uganda WECA MTN Ghana
Service revenue Service revenue
Service revenue Service revenue
39.5% 40.2%
29.9%
35.9%
22.6% 21.3% 22.2% 22.0%
13.5% 13.0% 14.2% 13.6%
14.0% 19.6% 17.3% 17.1%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
EBITDA Margin EBITDA margin EBITDA Margin EBITDA margin
+3.2pp*
+2.1pp*
+4.0pp*
+2.3pp*
47.3% 48.8% 48.9% 48.4%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
52.4% 55.0% 54.1% 53.8%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
44.3% 47.0% 48.1% 46.6%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
58.1% 58.7% 58.3% 58.4%
Q1 25 Q2 25 Q3 25 YTD'25
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Financial highlights | healthy financial profile
Prudent deployment of capex, within intensity target | Healthy leverage ratios | R11.9bn upstreamed from Opcos in Q3
Capex (ex-leases)
Group Net debt/EBITDA
(R'bn)
27.9
Capex intensity
16.8%
19.8
14.7%
YTD'24
YTD'25
YTD'24
YTD'25
0.7x
0.4x
Q3 24
Q3 25
Holdco leverage
Cash upstreaming (Rbn)
1.4x
1.4x
11.9
8.7
Q3 24
Q3 25
YTD'24
YTD'25
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Outlook and priorities Ralph Mupita
Group President and CEO
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Advancing strategic partnerships to accelerate digital inclusion
LEO partnerships
Mastercard commercial partnership
Microsoft AI-learning partnership
Accelerating agreements from 2024
Launch of partnerships with Starlink in Zambia and South Sudan
Accelerating launch of virtual and physical cards
Live in Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda and Rwanda
Expansion of AI learning tools for students in select markets
Complements work to integrate AI across MTN business and services
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
FY 2025 priorities
Focus on continued operational and strategic execution
Sustain operational momentum
Accelerate fintech strategy
Drive expense and capital efficiencies
Strengthen balance sheet
Accelerate MTN SA topline growth, EBITDA margin and FCF
MTN Nigeria - maintain growth acceleration
Sustain momentum in Markets cluster
Fintech ecosystem growth, leverage Mastercard partnership
Scale MoMo PSB
Structural separation
EEP target of R7-8bn savings
Capital allocated of R33-38bn to fund underlying growth
Improving returns
Sustain cash upstreaming
Sustain healthy balance sheet profile and flexibility
Earnings growth in Nigeria to drive improved equity and reserves
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Operational overview
Financial overview
Outlook and priorities
Medium-term guidance
KPI
Target
Service revenue growth
Holdco leverage
Adjusted ROE
MTN Nigeria FY 25 guidance
Group: 'at least high-teens' SA: 'low to mid-single-digit' Nigeria: 'at least low-20%'
Fintech: 'high-20% to low-30%'
<1.5x
Improvement towards 25%
'at least low-50%' service revenue growth
'at least low-50%' EBITDA margin
Underpinned by tariff adjustments
Minimum ordinary dividend of 370cps for FY 25
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Thank you
Contact:
Thato Motlanthe
Group executive - Investor Relations Investor.relations@mtn.com
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