Comment from Herman Singh, group chief digital officer, MTN
It is now well accepted that small companies are agile, and large ones have scale efficiencies. Small innovates – large scales. Small disrupts – large sustains. Small incubates – large accelerates. MTN was itself a startup 25 years ago. The power of entrepreneurship and a startup mentality in a smaller firm is what powered MTN’s growth to a $12bn revenue powerhouse. As growth in its core business began to slow down around 2014, it became clear that MTN would need…
