Mazen Mroue, a non-executive director at MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has resigned effective February 27, 2026, to prioritise other responsibilities within the MTN Group, the company announced in a Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) filing.

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The notice, signed by company secretary Uto Ukpanah, stated: “This is to enable Mr. Mroue to focus on other priorities within MTN Group Limited. The Board wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Mroue for his immense service to MTN Nigeria and wishes him success in his future endeavours.”

Mroue joined MTN Nigeria’s board on June 1, 2022, bringing over 28 years of telecom experience. A veteran MTN executive, he previously served as CEO of MTN Uganda and MTN Liberia, non-executive director at MTN Cyprus, and held leadership roles at MTN Ghana.

Since February 2022, he has been MTN Group’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, overseeing technology strategy and governance. Earlier, as MTN Nigeria’s COO from August 2018 to January 2022, he also sat on the MTN Nigeria Foundation board.

The exit follows MTN Nigeria’s stellar 2025 results, posting a ₦1.70 trillion profit before tax—reversing a ₦550.3 billion loss in 2024 driven by forex woes—marking one of the telco’s strongest rebounds.

Google has rolled out support for Yorùbá and Hausa languages in its AI-powered Search features—AI Overviews and AI Mode—enabling millions of Nigerians to get quick answers, summaries, and conversational web exploration in their mother tongues.

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The update forms part of Google’s push to cover 13 African languages, including Afrikaans, Akan, Amharic, Kinyarwanda, Afaan Oromoo, Somali, Sesotho, Kiswahili, Setswana, Wolof, and isiZulu, selected based on high search activity across the continent.

Now, a Kano student can ask complex questions in Hausa, while an Ibadan trader seeks business tips in Yorùbá—both receiving culturally nuanced AI responses via text or voice on Android, iOS, or web.

Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s West Africa Communications Manager, said: “Building truly global Search requires nuanced local understanding. With Gemini-powered AI, we’ve made advanced capabilities relevant in Yorùbá and Hausa, so Nigerians converse naturally with Search in their mother tongues.”

To use: Open the Google app, tap AI Mode, and query in Hausa or Yorùbá for personalised guidance—breaking language barriers and making technology reflect Nigeria’s diverse identity.

NativeID has introduced a complimentary digital identity platform targeting Nigeria’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), consolidating fragmented business contact details into a single verified online page to combat rampant social media impersonation and fraud.

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Nigerian businesses reportedly lose thousands of customers yearly not due to poor products, but because scattered information across platforms creates confusion that scammers exploit.

Traditional complimentary cards easily get lost, while details spread across Instagram, WhatsApp, Google Business Profiles, and flyers often feature outdated numbers or fake duplicate accounts.

The platform offers businesses a unified solution: one shareable link replacing cluttered “link in bio” pages, QR code integration for instant access, direct action buttons for calls/emails/websites, and centralized listings for multiple physical branches—all verifiable to build instant customer trust.

NativeID Product Manager Esther Ukachi explained the crisis: “Customers find one phone number on Instagram, another on a flyer, and an old address on Google.

“They see multiple social media accounts with the same name and can’t tell real from scammer.” She stressed this “trust gap” stems from access issues, not demand or quality, as expanding teams scatter identities further.

Registration takes under two minutes at www.nativeid.io, with free access for individuals and companies across all markets. NativeID positions itself as a foundational “identity layer” security essential in Nigeria’s digital economy, where one bad experience can brand a legitimate business as fraudulent online.

The launch arrives amid rising cyber threats, offering SMEs a structured defence to ensure customers reach the right contacts swiftly, reducing delays, confusion, and lost sales in a scam-prone landscape.