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Mtn — H1 2026 Earnings Presentation

49 slides from Mtn's earnings presentation, August 2026

  1. Slide 1: One MTN – Three Platforms: H1 2026 Results Presentation

    One MTN – Three Platforms MTN Group Limited Results Presentation for the six months ended 30 June 2026

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer The information contained in this document (presentation) has not been verified independently . No representation or warranty express or implied is made as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information or opinions contained

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda 01 H1 26 Highlights 02 Operational & strategic review 03 H1 26 Financial review 04 Outlook & priorities 3

  4. Slide 4: H1 26 Highlights

    One MTN – Three Platforms 01 H1 26 Highlights Ralph Mupita Group President and CEO 4

  5. Slide 5: Key messages

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Key messages 1 Commercial momentum translating into strong growth and solid profitability 2 Service revenue +17.5%* | EBITDA growth +24.4%* | EBITDA margin 47.6%* Fintech: revenue +13.3%* | revenue (excl regulatory

  6. Slide 6: Macro conditions were supportive. Rand strengthening against other opcos

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Highlights | Macro conditions were supportive. Rand strengthening against other opcos Inflation moderated, the dollar anchors held, while growth across the continent remains robust Inflation was lower Naira and Ran

  7. Slide 7: Commercial momentum sustained

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Highlights | Commercial momentum sustained Subscribers (m) Active data subscribers (m) Data traffic (PB) +6.7% +9.1% +22.8% 164.4 179.3 317.7 149.0 14 338 297.7 11 674 9 041 284.2 H1 24 H1 25 H1 26 H1 24 H1 25 H1 2

  8. Slide 8: Pleasing broad based growth contribution from the portfolio

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Pleasing broad based growth contribution from the portfolio Subscribers Active data users MoMo MAU 317.7m 179.3m 70.8m +6.7% YoY +9.1% YoY +12.1% YoY 317.7 179.3 70.8 0.1 2.1 1.4 0.8 2.3 2.8 3.2 5.8 3.5 0.6 2.6 0.3

  9. Slide 9: Solid financial performance H1 26

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Highlights | Solid financial performance H1 26 Growth Earnings Balance sheet Returns Service +17.5% * EBITDA +24.4% * Group OpFCF ^ +27.5% revenue (before once - offs) Leverage 0.3x R115.3bn R56.0bn R25.1bn Data +2

  10. Slide 10: Operational & strategic review

    One MTN – Three Platforms 02 Operational & strategic review Ralph Mupita Group President and CEO 10

  11. Slide 11: South Africa: Postpaid, enterprise and wholesale grew. Prepaid in reset

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities South Africa | Postpaid, enterprise and wholesale grew. Prepaid in reset Encouraging lead indicators on prepaid recovery Market context Key activities Solid results • SA consumer under pressure but resilient • Focu

  12. Slide 12: Nigeria: Service revenue +25.7%*; fintech reflects one suspended product

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Nigeria | Service revenue +25.7%*; fintech reflects one suspended product 7.5m net adds · data usage 14.8GB, +15.1% · EBITDA margin 55.9%, +5.3pp* · MoMo wallets +1.3m in the half Market context Key activities Soli

  13. Slide 13: Nigeria Q2 2026: Elevated prior period base, unchanged momentum

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Nigeria Q2 2026 | Elevated prior period base, unchanged momentum Demand in Nigeria remains strong. We are seeing growing net additions and average usage increased 15% to 14.8GB Service revenue growth (%) Data reven

  14. Slide 14: Ghana: Service revenue up 32.3%*, EBITDA margin 61.8%*

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Ghana | Service revenue up 32.3%* | EBITDA margin expanded to 61.8%* Inflation fell to 3.8% from 20.4%; the cedi depreciated 7.4% against the dollar over the half Market context Key activities Solid results • Avera

  15. Slide 15: Fintech

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Fintech Fintech ecosystem continues to expand, adding merchants and agents; Advanced services grew at 31.8%* Fintech revenue Fintech EBITDA margin Transaction volume Transaction value MoMo MAU +13.3%* 42.4%* 13.0bn

  16. Slide 16: Good progress against our medium-term guidance, H1 26

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Good progress against our medium - term guidance, H1 26 KPI Target Performance Group: ‘at least high - teens’ 17.5%* South Africa: ‘low to mid single - digit’ 1.5% Service revenue growth Nigeria: ‘at least low - 20

  17. Slide 17: Financial review

    One MTN – Three Platforms 03 Financial review Tsholofelo Molefe Group CFO 17

  18. Slide 18: Material non-cash adjustments to H1 EPS

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Material non - cash adjustments to H1 EPS Adjusted HEPS growth of 21.3% to 793c Cents 54 7 793 65 22 6 23 213 615 -2 Foreign exchange 404 Hyperinflation Impairment Basic Irancell Profit on Basic HEPS Sudan Ghana So

  19. Slide 19: Group income statement

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Group income statement Strong financial performance delivered in H1 26 | EBITDA margin of 47.6%* (+3.1pp*) Restated % change % change (Rm) H1 26 H1 25 reported constant currency Revenue 118 874 109 261 8.8 16.2 Ser

  20. Slide 20: Group service revenue up 17.5%*

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Group service revenue up 17.5%* Data the biggest contributor, voice remains resilient (Rm) constant currency + 17.5% * 695 626 115 274 48 115 322 1 749 13 017 366 98 104 717 H1 25 Voice Data Digital Fintech Wholesa

  21. Slide 21: Fintech revenue breakdown

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Fintech revenue breakdown Strong expansion of advanced services revenue, +31.8%* | EBITDA margin of 42.4%* (H1 25: 43.3%*) (Rm) constant currency Revenue Revenue contribution by services H1 26 +13.3% 12% 14 915 Bas

  22. Slide 22: Fintech growth: non-operational impacts

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Fintech growth | non - operational impacts Revenue impacted by external factors C onstant currency + 4 .8pp 19.3% +0.6pp +0.6pp 13.3% Reported fintech growth Uganda Ghana float - rate impact Nigeria a irtime advanc

  23. Slide 23: Group expenses remained under control, growing 13.3%

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Group expenses remained under control, growing 13.3% Energy costs are 15 - 20% of Group opex ; 30 - 35% for MTN Nigeria’s opex C onstant currency Total cost to revenue contribution Expense breakdown 55.5% change 52

  24. Slide 24: EBITDA grew 6.9pp faster than service revenue

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities EBITDA grew 6.9pp faster than service revenue — benefits of scale at work Expense efficiency program generates over R1.2bn of savings EBITDA outpaced revenue Margin at a record 47.6%*, +3.1pp* • EBITDA before once

  25. Slide 25: Capex (ex-leases)

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Capex (ex - leases) Rolled out 1 637 4G sites and 454 5G sites in H1 | Intensity of 16.6% Capex (Rm) Capex segmentation Capex Capex intensity 2% 1% 14% 1% 14% 19 749 21% 19 539 1% 2% 13 433 11% 37% 14% 82% 19.0% 16

  26. Slide 26: Free cash flow

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Free cash flow Strong rebound in cash generation | OpFCF up 23.1% to R25.1bn | FCF of R11.1bn, conversion of 92.5% (Rm) +23.1% +27.5% +66.4% + 32.7% 56 700 - 4 023 - 4 919 25 185 25 097 - 22 776 - 88 - 5 923 11 145

  27. Slide 27: Leverage and liquidity profile

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Leverage and liquidity profile Improved Holdco leverage supported by improved cash upstreamed from the Opcos Holdco net debt ( Rbn ) Maturity profile ( Rbn ) 31.9 35.5 32.9 36.1 15.6 U SD 23% 21% 16% 16% 9.9 8.2 6.

  28. Slide 28: High quality growth and returns

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities High quality growth and returns Equity FCF growth of 32.7% and high FCF conversion | returns are expanding Growth • Service revenue +17.5%* to R115.3bn; EBITDA Capex intensity 16.6% +24.4%* to R56.0bn Earnings EBIT

  29. Slide 29: Outlook & priorities

    One MTN – Three Platforms 04 Outlook & priorities Ralph Mupita Group President and CEO 29

  30. Slide 30: Macro outlook: Outlook uncertain driven by global geopolitical developments

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Macro outlook | Outlook uncertain driven by global geopolitical developments Every major market grows faster in 2027 than in 2026, while the inflation paths separate Real GDP growth, % Consumer Inflation, % What we

  31. Slide 31: Key focus areas for H2 2026

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Key focus areas for H2 2026 MTN’s investment case and medium - term growth underpinned by structural demand 1 Deliver the MTN SA prepaid recovery 2 Sustain commercial momentum across the entire portfolio Execute on

  32. Slide 32: Complete the IHS acquisition

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Complete the IHS acquisition Proforma transaction is accretive to revenue and 1 earnings On successful completion of the Transaction, net debt - Latam assets sale Completed 2 to - EBITDA (ex - leases) rises to 0.8x

  33. Slide 33: Medium-term guidance maintained

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities Medium - term guidance maintained KPI Target Group: ‘at least high - teens’ Service revenue growth (%) SA: ‘low to mid - single - digit’ Nigeria: ‘at least low - 20%’ Fintech: ‘high - 20% to low - 30%’ Return on ca

  34. Slide 34: MTN's investment case

    H1 26 Highlights Operational & strategic review Financial review Outlook & priorities MTN’s investment case Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress 1 3 Structural growth opportunities, powered Well - developed financial framework by Africa’s demographic dividend underpins strategy delivery,

  35. Slide 35: Thank you

    Ambition 203 me Thankyou —_) 3am

  36. Slide 36: Appendices

    Appendices 36

  37. Slide 37: Definitions

    Appendices Definitions • All financial numbers are YoY unless otherwise stated • Capex: Capital expenditure • All subscriber numbers are compared to end - June 2025 unless • EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation otherwise stated • EEP: Expense efficiency programme • Se

  38. Slide 38: Macro indicator: inflation

    Appendices Macro indicator | inflation Inflation: Average H1 26 H1 25 Worsening/(Improving) MTN Group 9.3% 14.9%  (5.6pp) South Africa 3.9% 3.0%  0.9pp Nigeria 15.5% 26.7%  (11.2pp) Ghana 3.9% 20.4%  (16.5pp) SEA+ 17.6% 20.0%  (2.4pp) Francophone 2.4% 4.1%  (1.7pp) 38

  39. Slide 39: Macro indicators: average FX rates

    Appendices Macro indicators | average FX rates ZAR: LC ZAR: Local currency H1 26 H1 25 strengthening/(weakening) Nigerian naira 84.23 83.92  0.4% Iranian rial 82 778.22 37 276.95  122.1% Ghanaian cedi 0.67 0.73  (8.2%) Cameroonian franc 34.16 32.65  4.6% Ugandan shilling 224.69 198.67  13.1% So

  40. Slide 40: Macro indicators: closing FX rates

    Appendices Macro indicators | closing FX rates ZAR: LC ZAR: Local currency H1 26 H2 25 strengthening/(weakening) Nigerian naira 84.18 86.64  (2.8%) Iranian rial 88 952.18 47 164.94  88.6% Ghanaian cedi 0.69 0.64  7.8% Cameroonian franc 35.04 33.73  3.9% Ugandan shilling 223.69 218.26  2.5% Sout

  41. Slide 41: MTN South Africa

    Appendices MTN South Africa Pressures from competitive market conditions mitigated through focus on opex and capex efficiencies + 3.8% +3.3pp 32.6% 11 172 35.9% EBITDA margin^ 10 765 - 4.4% 8 353 7 998 Q1 26 Q2 26 5 408 4 318 3 937 Cost of sales - 8.8 % 5 492 Data + 1.6% +30.1% 1.5 1.1 2 330 2 333 V

  42. Slide 42: MTN Nigeria

    Appendices MTN Nigeria Strong operating leverage, driving margin expansion, cash generation and shareholder returns (Rm) +1.2pp + 2.1% 56.5 % 55.3 % 17 851 EBITDA Margin 17 480 - 0.8% 7 872 7 807 10 521 Data + 8.3% 9 711 Q1 26 Q2 26 2 297 2 168 Cost of sales - 5.6 % - 39.5% 4.6 2.8 Capex ( Rbn ) 5 5

  43. Slide 43: MTN Ghana

    Appendices MTN Ghana Strong growth drives higher profitability and returns (Rm) +1.1pp + 2.8% 61.2% 62.3% EBITDA margin 11 213 10 909 0.1% 4 239 4 244 6 442 6 554 Data + 1.7% Q1 26 Q2 26 1 695 1 723 Cost of sales + 1.6 % +799.3% 2.5 Capex ( Rbn ) 1 376 1 469 Voice +6.8% 2 544 2 521 Opex - 0.9% 0.3 3

  44. Slide 44: Finance costs

    Appendices Finance costs (%) constant currency Net finance costs Forex losses / (gains) (Rm) H1 26 H1 25 (Rm) H1 26 H1 25 Net interest paid 2 642 3 034 Head offices 1 525 (1 067) Finance costs – leases 5 194 5 398 South Africa (19) (26) Net finance costs before FX 7 836 8 432 Ghana 17 (15) Net forex

  45. Slide 45: Pleasing real growth across portfolio

    Appendices Pleasing real growth across portfolio • Group service revenue grew 17.5%* against blended inflation +28.5pp of 9.3%. 32.3% • Ghana delivered the widest real +10.2pp spread at 28.5pp as inflation fell to 3.8%. 25.7% +2.2pp • SEA+ cleared a 17.6% inflation +8.2pp 17.6% rate and Francophone

  46. Slide 46: Share of profits and JV

    Appendices Share of profits and JV (Rm) H1 26 H1 25 % change % change constant currency Telco joint ventures (3 369) 1 542 (318.5) (12.6) Irancell (reported) (3 459) 1 401 (346.9) (8.2) Irancell (excl. hyperinflation) 449 1 085 (58.6) (8.2) Irancell (hyperinflation) (3 908) 316 (1 336.7) 0.0 eSwatin

  47. Slide 47: Adjusted HEPS

    Appendices Adjusted HEPS Strong AHEPS growth of 21.3% | AHEPS excluding Iran 23.7% Reported Restated (R’cents ) H1 26 H1 25 % change Attributable EPS 404 547 - 26.1 Impairment of goodwill, PPE and associates 213 104 Impairment loss on remeasurement of disposal groups - - Net loss on disposal of subs

  48. Slide 48: Summarised Group effective tax rate (GETR) reconciliation

    Appendices Summarised Group effective tax rate (GETR) reconciliation Statutory rate to effective rate bridge (%) +11.7% +0.4% 48.9% +3.9% +1.6% +3.2% +1.1% 27.0% Tax at Sudan non - Unrecognised Other Share of results Withholding Other Effective tax statutory rate deductible deferred tax on expenses

  49. Slide 49: Strong growth, record profitability and earnings quality intact

    Appendices Strong growth, record profitability and earnings quality intact Mitigations to recover prepaid business • Service revenue +17.5%* to R115.3bn, led by data at +29.2%* 793c 767c • Record EBITDA margin of 47.6%*, up 3.1pp*, on 615c expense efficiency Cents • Adjusted HEPS +21.3% to 793c; rep

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