5G is now at the heart of MTN-CI's ambitions. During the investment forum between Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa, the vice president of the MTN group in charge of West and Central Africa, Ebenezer Asante, revealed the ambitions of the company.

5G makes it possible to connect 1000 times more objects per km² than 4G. In his presentation, the Vice President of the MTN Group in charge of West and Central Africa, Ebenezer Asante, indicated that MTN has set itself the ambition of migrating to 5G mode in order to connect and better satisfy its customers. . In Africa, several countries have already successfully experimented with 5G, including South Africa, which was the first African country where 5G became a reality. Thus, several operators launched their network in 2020, in this case MTN.

The 5th generation of mobile telephony standards is an improvement of the Internet network necessary in terms of capacity, number of connections and latency time, in order to meet the needs of users. 5G also offers more opportunities for the use of connected objects in several fields of activity (Industry, Health, Agriculture, Livestock, Aeronautics, Automotive, Distributions, etc.).