Airtel Kenya not on Bharti’s list of sellable assets
Airtel Kenya is not one of the operators Indian giant Bharti Airtel is considering divesting. The guarantee was given by the Kenyan telco’s ...
Tag: Africa
Special Report: What to watch for in 2017
As 2017 begins, Northern Sky Research senior analyst Blaine Curcio notes we are entering a peculiar phase in the satellite ...
Starburst Ventures Q&A: Betting on newspace
Starburst Accelerator CEO and founder François Chopard has raised US$200m for a new VC fund to invest in the burgeoning newspace market. ...
Insurance round-up: 2017 premiums could reach new low, insurers warn
Premiums this year could come in even lower than 2016 as average rates continue to fall in an overly crowded ...
Launch Schedule Issue 209
SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of upcoming commercial launches. SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of upcoming commercial launches. This Launch Schedule ran in SatelliteFinance ...
Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 209
SatelliteFinance Editor Jason Rainbow gives his take on the year ahead with the impact of HTS expected to be felt. SatelliteFinance Editor ...
Vodacom considers US$1.1bn stake sale to black investors to comply with equality ownership rules
Vodafone’s Vodacom is reportedly contemplating the sale of a R15bn (US$1.12bn) stake in what could become South Africa’s largest deal ever addressed to black ...
Nigeria should not scare MTN away – minister
Nigeria’s communications minister Adebayo Shittu (pictured) has said that the country should not drive MTN out of the country following lawmakers’ allegations of ...
MTN shelves Nigerian unit IPO until regulatory issues are resolved
South Africa’s MTN has halted preparations for the listing of MTN Nigeria as it waits for legal disputes to be resolved and a better ...
Bharti Airtel chair plans to make African operations profitable by rationalising footprint
India’s largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel is mulling divesting from some of its African operations or merging with other operators as it ...
