(Reuters) – South African mobile operator MTN Group said on Thursday its first-half earnings surged 46.5% as it added more subscribers.
MTN, which operates across Africa and the Middle East, reported headline earnings per share, the main profit measure in South Africa, of 567 cents in the six-months ended June 30, up from 387 cents a year earlier.
(Reporting by Sinchita Mitra and Amna Karimi in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
