MTN Uganda raises Sh17bn in undersubscribed IPO

MTN Customer care staff attend to data and bundles clients during an MTN EXPO in 2018. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Investors bought only 64 percent of the shares in the deeply discounted initial public offering (IPO) by MTN Uganda, a statement from the company showed late Friday.

The telecom sought to raise Sh27.6 billion from the sale of 4.47 billion shares as part of the Uganda government’s push to spur local ownership in the industry.

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