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 ...
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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 ...
Accessing Iran: the last great untapped market
Donald Trump’s election win has cast a deep shadow of commercial uncertainty across several markets, not least the direct impact ...
MTN in talks with SEC for Nigerian unit float
South Africa-based MTN Group has been in talks with Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about a potential IPO of its local ...
Iranian companies eye JV with Syrian Telecom Establishment to compete against SyriaTel and MTN
An Iranian consortium is reportedly looking to invest in the Syrian telecoms market to become the country’s third operator, competing against SyriaTel and MTN’s local ...
Executive Moves Round-up Issue 250
A collection of the latest executive appointments, promotions, and moves in the global telecoms space. This collection ran in TelecomFinance ...
MTN Black Economic Empowerment public offer misses target
South Africa-based MTN Group has raised some R1.1bn (US$78.3m) in its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) public share offer, missing its target. The ...
MTN names Ralph Mupita as new CFO in latest key executive move
South African telecoms giant MTN (JSE:MTN) has hired Ralph Mupita, CEO of Old Mutual Emerging Markets, as its new CFO, ...
Former MTN CFO Brett Goschen named CEO of Digicel PNG
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel has appointed Brett Goschen (pictured) as CEO of its Papua New Guinea unit. Goschen replaces Maurice McCarthy, who has been with Digicel for ...
Vodafone makes Iranian debut with ISP partnership
Vodafone has signed a partnership agreement with Iranian ISP HiWeb to modernise its network, following in the footsteps of several telcos entering the ...
