MTN sells stake in $5.2bn fintech business to Mastercard

In its H1 earnings announcement, the South Africa-based company said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mastercard for the latter to make a minority investment into its fintech business, based on an enterprise valuation of around $5.2 billion.

MTN previously targeted a valuation of between $5 billion and $6 billion for the unit.