MTN South Africa is investing R300 million (about $17 million) into upgrading its group infrastructure all through Gauteng, a province dwelling to a superb portion of the nation’s inhabitants and {economic} system.
This initiative varieties half of an even bigger R4.5 billion ($251 million) nationwide rollout anticipated to wrap up in 2025.
The company is together with further base stations and rising its digital backbone; over 70 web sites will see functionality enhancements, modernisation, and energy upgrades. MTN can be rolling out 5G entry and enhancing current LTE corporations, aiming to close the digital gap that additionally separates many metropolis and rural communities.
“The R300 million investment, part of the national rollout to enhance the company’s digital capabilities, will lead to improvements in battery, site security, and energy facilities, including the availability of generators across the province,” said Machawe Dlamini, fundamental supervisor for Gauteng Operations at MTN SA.
In step with him, this enchancment moreover accommodates group strengthening strategies designed to keep up corporations working all through load shedding and totally different disruptions.
Whereas Gauteng leads this enhance drive, MTN hasn’t ignored totally different provinces. R480 million ($27 million) has been earmarked for comparable upgrades in KwaZulu-Natal, the place the primary goal accommodates establishing new web sites and rising rural entry to 4G and 5G services.
MTN South Africa was not too way back named the nation’s top-performing cell group for Q1 2025, based mostly totally on MyBroadband Insights’ latest report. The telco objectives to hold that title, not just by promoting and advertising nonetheless by bodily rising its group functionality.
Gauteng, contributing roughly 34% to South Africa’s GDP, is a logical priority. For MTN, upgrading infrastructure proper right here isn’t solely a enterprise decision; it’s strategic positioning.
“Our investment in the network infrastructure is a crucial facilitator in connecting the unconnected and fostering a more inclusive digital landscape across South Africa,” Dlamini.
Nationally, MTN has already invested over R9.7 billion ($548 million) in group and IT infrastructure upgrades thus far 12 months. With virtually 39.7 million cell clients as of June 2025, the company stays South Africa’s second-largest operator, trailing Vodacom nonetheless staying ahead of Telkom, Cell C, and Rain.
For communities prolonged underserved, notably these inside the province’s peri-urban and township areas, this infrastructure progress could indicate the excellence between digital exclusion and connectivity that genuinely transforms every day life.
