Sign in

Private company

Mascom

Logo: Mascom Wireless Botswana (Pty) Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Telecommunication company in Botswana

Mascom Wireless Proprietary Limited, is a Botswana mobile telecommunications company. Its head office is in Gaborone.2 It was founded by Strive Masiyiwa.1 It is part of MTN Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 17, 1998Founded1
  • Industrymobile network operator, telecommunications1
  • HeadquartersGaborone1
  • Websitewww.mascom.bw
  • Legal formprivately held company1
  • Slogan“Number 1 Because of you”1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Mascom Wireless Proprietary Limited, is a Botswana mobile telecommunications company. Its head office is in Gaborone.2

Corporate structure

Mascom is part of a group headed by MTN Group. 17 entities, 13 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • MTN Group Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Mascom Gaborone
    • MTN Irancell Subsidiary · 49% · Tehrān
    • Lonestar Cell Subsidiary · Monrovia
    • MTN Cameroon Subsidiary · Cameroon
    • MTN Congo Subsidiary · Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
    • MTN Côte d'Ivoire Subsidiary · Ivory Coast
    • MTN Nigeria Communications Plc Subsidiary · Ikoyi, Nigeria
    • MTN South Sudan Subsidiary
    • MTN Syria Subsidiary · Damascus
    • MTN Uganda Subsidiary · Kampala, Uganda
    • MTN Group Fintech Holdings B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • MTN (Mauritius) Investments Limited Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • MTN Foundation Subsidiary
    • MTN Ghana Subsidiary · Ghana
    • MTN INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • MTN International (Mauritius) Limited Subsidiary · Johannesburg, South Africa

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Strive Masiyiwa on Feb 17, 1998.1

Leadership

Who has led Mascom, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 17, 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3