To succeed, MTN must bring sustainable development to the core of our company practice. As with any business practice that requires measurable indicators, such as return on investment, rigour is demanded in determining the business case for sustainable development.

Increasingly, investors and creditors are realising that issues relating to sustainable development can reduce the potential for social risk and reduce future liabilities. As a result, a number of investors and creditors are attaching conditions in this regard.

MTN acknowledges that this presents a strategic business imperative and will provide the necessary information to communicate to investors that we conduct our business along sustainable development principles.