MTN Group anchor sponsors upcoming Commonwealth Business forum (CBF) in Kigali, Rwanda.

MTN Group has announced that it will be an anchor sponsor at the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) scheduled to take place from 21 – 23 June 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda.  

Held on the theme: Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating and Transforming, the Commonwealth Business Forum which is part of the official CHOGM programme will be the first & largest in-person gathering for governments and businesses across the Commonwealth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MTN Group will support this event as an Anchor Sponsor, to the value of Two hundred and Thirty Thousand American Dollars (US$230 000), as a sign of its commitment to advancing initiatives that are geared to strengthen relations between business and government.

In his remark to confirm the sponsorship package the MTN Group President and CEO. Ralph Mupita said “As an organisation that is committed to Africa’s sustainable socio-economic development and progress, we are honoured to be supporting this gathering. The engagements that will take place here between government and private sector leaders have potential to create conditions that will help our host governments realise the aspirations under Agenda 2063: The Africa We want.”

Clare Akamanzi, Rwanda Development Board Chief Executive Officer commented saying “The Government of Rwanda welcomes MTN as an anchor sponsor to this year’s Commonwealth Business Forum, a unique platform for interaction between governments and the private sector from all Commonwealth countries. We look forward to interacting with MTN Group executives and having meaningful exchanges that lead to practical solutions and generate high level policy recommendations which will set the agenda for Rwanda’s two-year tenure as Chair-in Office of the Commonwealth.”

“We are pleased to be a partner to the Commonwealth Business Forum. We look forward to the meaningful connections that will be made and to exchanging knowledge with Heads of States, Policy Makers, and Business Leaders among others. This will create the grounds by which we can propel further, our core belief that everyone deserves a modern connected life on the basis of sustainability for a common future,” said Mitwa Ng’ambi, MTN Rwanda Chief Executive Officer.