Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 208
SatelliteFinance Editor Jason Rainbow gives his take on a year of transformational acquisitions, innovative partnerships, and surprises that have helped dictate ...
Tag: Africa
Mandate Table Issue 208
SatelliteFinance compiles the latest M&A deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. SatelliteFinance compiles the latest M&A deals by country, ...
Launch Schedule Issue 208
SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of upcoming commercial launches. SatelliteFinance compiles a schedule of upcoming commercial launches. This Launch Schedule ran in SatelliteFinance ...
MTN recovers millions from Iran, expects to bring home millions more by Q1 2017
South Africa’s MTN has reportedly repatriated several hundred million of the US$1bn it aims to extract from Iran with the ...
MTN completes management shakeup with three new hires
South African telco MTN has finalised its management team overhaul with the appointments of Jens Schulte-Bockum as COO, Oliver Fortuin as ...
Raghunath Mandava appointed Airtel Africa CEO as Christian Defaria becomes chair of Bharti Airtel International
India’s largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel has promoted Raghunath Mandava to CEO of Airtel Africa, effective 1 January 2017. Mandava replaces former CEO and executive chair Christian Defaria, who ...
Orascom names new CEO and CFO, Naguib Sawiris to step down
Egyptian TMT tycoon Naguib Sawiris has tendered his resignation as CEO of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology and is set to be replaced by COO ...
Tunisian government to sell stakes in Orange Tunisie and Ooredoo Tunisia
The government of Tunisia is planning to divest its stakes in local telcos Ooredoo Tunisia and Orange Tunisie. It plans to sell its 51% of ...
Tunisie Telecom inks €100m EIB loan to expand 4G network
Incumbent Tunisie Telecom has secured a €100m (US$106m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). In a statement, the telco said it “plans to ...
Aerial & Maritime secures investment from GomSpace and IFU for tracking constellation
Danish nanosat maker GomSpace and development fund IFU have established their ADS-B and AIS tracking system Aerial & Maritime, which has received US$7.2m in investment ...
