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MTN Nigeria Consolidates Ownership of MoMo PSB Unit with ₦6.95B Buyout

By Destiny Eseaga 

by Techeconomy
August 6, 2024
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MTN Nigeria Consolidates Ownership
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MTN Nigeria has bought the remaining shares from the minority shareholder in MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) for N6.95 billion.

According to a corporate disclosure on the NGX website, MTN Nigeria has finalized the acquisition of the 7.17% stake in MoMo PSB previously held by Acxani Capital, making MoMo PSB a wholly-owned subsidiary of MTN Nigeria.

MoMo PSB is the fintech solution of MTN Nigeria, which was licensed in 2022 by the CBN. Initially, MTN Nigeria held an 80% stake in the company, while Acxani Capital owned 20% of the stake.

Acxani Capital had proposed the sale of their 20% stake in MoMo in May 2024, but their stake was ultimately diluted to 7.17%.

MTN Nigeria and Acxani Capital came to a N6.95 billion agreement for the 7.17% stake. The purchase led to an N12.97 billion decline in the MTN’s “Other Reserves”, as the group spent N16.35 billion on the acquisition of the minority stake, while it acquired assets worth N3.38 billion from Acxani Capital.

The N16.35 billion spent as purchase consideration included the N6.95 billion paid to Acxani and N9.4 billion spent as investment on MoMo.

MoMo Growth Trajectory

At the end of the second quarter of 2024, it was reported that MoMo PSB’s active wallet hit 5.5 million, reflecting an increase of 701,000 from the first quarter.

In the first half of 2024, MoMo PSB recorded a revenue of N48.6 billion, marking an 11% growth from the N43.6 billion revenue recorded in H1 2023. MoMo’s growth was driven majorly by Xtratime, the airtime lending service.

The company’s agents also increased by about 498,000 to 239,000 within the half-year, while transaction volume increased by 33.4% year-on-year within the half-year.

In H1 2024, the cash held for MoMo PSB customers declined by 72% to N2.15 billion, from N7.6 billion as of FYE 2023. The company has a liability of about N26.6 billion to MTN Nigeria as of H1 2024, while it paid N11.2 billion to the group during the half year.

Acxani Capital is owned by Munir Ja’afaru, a former director in the defunct NITEL as well as a prince in the Zazzau Emirate.

He served as the former district head of Basawa in Zaria, and he once served as the chairman of the National Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) until 2004.

 

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