MTN Ghana vows to contest a July 2026 intellectual property lawsuit filed by Clydestone Ghana over the origins of its Mobile Money platform, a case with…
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Key Facts
—The lawsuit. Clydestone Ghana Plc filed a writ on 27 July 2026, alleging MTN used its proprietary framework without authorisation.
—The defendants. Scancom Plc (MTN Ghana), MTN Group Limited, and MobileMoney Fintech Limited are named in the suit.
—The platform’s scale. MTN MoMo Ghana processes hundreds of billions of cedis annually, part of a West African market worth $498 billion in 2025.
The fintech said the claim involves proprietary intellectual property, confidential commercial information and operational…
The mobile money Ghana dispute centres on alleged unauthorised use of a local fintech firm's intellectual property.
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