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MTN Nigeria on Wednesday reported a sharp rise in subscriber numbers in the third quarter – up 3.9 million from the second quarter to reach 75 million – while active data subscribers climbed by 1.7 million.

Gijima, the IT services group founded by businessman Robert Gumede, has agreed to acquire the South African subsidiary of T-Systems, the IT services arm of German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom.

National treasury has issued a request for proposals for a government tender to supply mobile services to government workers – and its main requirement is that they get completely uncapped mobile Internet access.

Communications regulator Icasa is putting the cart before the horse in forging ahead with plans to licence access to new spectrum bands before it has concluded an inquiry into the mobile broadband services market.

Ferdi Moolman, the longstanding CEO of MTN Nigeria, MTN Group’s largest operating subsidiary, will step down from the role at the end of February 2021.

Software services group Adapt IT on Monday published full-year financial results to 30 June 2020 that showed remarkable resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Altron shares rallied more than 20% on Thursday after the technology services group reported solid interim results despite the Covid-19 pandemic and said it was proceeding with plans to list its Bytes UK business.

Altron has decided to move ahead with the planned listing of its Bytes UK subsidiary on the London Stock Exchange in an effort to unlock value for shareholders.

EOH Holdings expects to lose less money in the financial year ended 31 July 2020 compared to a year ago as the IT services group makes headway in cleaning up “legacy” issues.