Kenyan watchdog says may block Telkom stake sale – report
Kenya’s Communications Authority (CA) will reportedly block Orange’s planned sale of its majority stake in Telkom Kenya to private equity firm Helios Investment Partners if ...
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MTN sets aside R9.29bn for Nigerian fine
South Africa’s MTN has set aside R9.29bn (US$595m) to pay its pending US$3.9bn fine to the Nigerian government, suggesting it is confident ...
Tata seeks new buyer for Neotel after Vodacom deal fails
Indian telecoms group Tata Communications has started looking for a new buyer for its South African fixed-line operator Neotel after a ...
Vodacom drops bid to acquire Neotel
South Africa’s Vodacom has cancelled plans to buy the majority of Neotel’s assets because of “regulatory complexities and certain conditions ...
MTN acquires fibre route from Liquid Telecom
MTN has bought 400km of domestic long distance and metro fibres from pan-African fibre provider Liquid Telecom, describing the move as a step ...
MTN Nigeria makes “good faith” payment towards US$3.9bn fine as negotiations continue
MTN Nigeria has today paid NgN50bn (US$250m) of its pending US$3.9bn fine to the Nigerian government, the company stated in a ...
Batelco calls off Umniah sale
Batelco has called off its sale of Jordanian business Umniah, CEO Ihab Hinnawi was cited saying. He added that the company could ...
Telkom eyes state-run fibreco
South African fixed-line incumbent Telkom is in partnership talks with state-owned fibre provider Broadband Infraco, which is tasked with deploying infrastructure in underserved ...
Airtel Africa in management reshuffle
Bharti Airtel has promoted Christian Defaria, managing director and CEO of Airtel Africa, to executive chairman. It has also appointed Raghunath Mandava as COO of ...
OTMT submits binding offer to buy CI Capital
Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding has submitted a binding offer to acquire 100% of Cairo-based financial services group CI Capital Holding from Commercial ...
