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MTN CEO Links Xenophobia to AfCFTA Risk

MTN CEO Warns Xenophobia Threatens AfCFTA's $3.4 Trillion Single Market Vision

Unverified — auto-generated summary, not yet reviewedMobile, Telecom & ConnectivityPan-AfricanJul 28, 2026

MTN Group CEO has publicly warned that xenophobia poses a direct risk to the African Continental Free Trade Area's $3.4 trillion single-market ambition, with MTN earning 82 percent of its revenue outside South Africa. The statement is a rare strategic warning from Africa's largest telecoms operator on the economic cost of cross-border discrimination.

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