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Group President & CEO, MTN
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Ralph Mupita is a Zimbabwean corporate executive and the Group President and CEO of MTN Group, the absolute largest mobile network operator in Africa. A trained civil engineer and former CEO of Old Mutual Emerging Markets, Mupita took the helm of MTN in 2020 and executed a massive, ruthless structural overhaul to reduce the company’s massive debt and exit highly volatile Middle Eastern markets (like Syria and Yemen). In 2026, Mupita commands a massive African corporate leviathan with nearly 300 million subscribers. However, he recognizes that selling voice minutes and data is a legacy, depreciating business. He is aggressively, relentlessly pushing the 'Ambition 2025' strategy—pivoting MTN from a pure telecom provider into a massive digital fintech company. By heavily expanding Mobile Money (MoMo) and local digital services, Mupita is actively transforming MTN into the most powerful standalone financial institution on the African continent.
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Commands MTN Group the largest mobile network operator in Africa managing massive deeply critical telecommunications infrastructure across 19 countries
Executed a highly successful massive corporate restructuring strategy divesting from highly risky Middle Eastern assets to focus entirely on pan-African digital growth
Drove the explosive expansion of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) fundamentally competing with traditional banks and M-Pesa for total dominance over African digital remittances
Inherited and continues to navigate massive highly toxic regulatory friction and massive multi-billion dollar fines frequently imposed by the Nigerian government (MTN's largest and most lucrative market) over complex tax disputes and SIM registration compliance
Faces continuous immense pressure to drastically reduce the high cost of mobile data across the continent with African consumer rights groups accusing MTN of operating localized monopolies that stifle internet accessibility
Named CEO of the Year at the 2022 Africa CEO Forum
