IHS Holding plans to enter new markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia to bulk up ahead of a potential attempt to sell shares in either New York or London.

In a judgment that has significant consequences for the telecommunications industry and homeowners, the supreme court has overturned a lower court’s judgment, in favour of Telkom, ruling that Vodacom is entitled to access its rival’s ducts.

Liquid Telecom has concluded a transaction with CDC Group, which will see CDC become an 8% shareholder in for an investment of $180-million.

The final policy direction from government to communications regulator Icasa on spectrum allocation will be issued by end of April 2019, according to communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams.

The rally that sent bitcoin to its highest level since November lasted 60 minutes and may have started with an April Fool’s joke.

Bitcoin climbed suddenly on Tuesday to the highest level since November, leading a surge in virtual currencies and ending nearly three months of calm.