Browsing: Godfrey Motsa

MTN may reduce its 22-country footprint

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Africa’s biggest mobile phone company is doing a spring clean of its empire. MTN Group said on Thursday it’s conducting a review to decide whether it really needs to be in all 22 of its markets across Africa and the Middle

Trust the free market, MTN tells government

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Government must trust the free market to drive down prices and not create a new infrastructure monopoly by giving all unassigned broadband spectrum to a new wholesale operator. That’s the message from MTN

MTN slashes out-of-bundle data rates

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MTN South Africa has cut out-of-bundle data rates to 29c/MB for the poor and all other users will in future pay a maximum of 60c/MB. The reductions offer savings of up to 80%, MTN said. The first of two new pricing tiers will see

MTN poaches communications chief from Telkom

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Mobile operator MTN South Africa has poached Telkom’s top communications executive. Jacqui O’Sullivan has resigned from the partially state-owned telecommunications provider, where she has served as managing executive

Shuter takes reins at troubled MTN

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MTN Group’s new CEO, Rob Shuter, begins work on Monday morning, taking the reins from interim executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko at a time of considerable operational challenges at Africa’s biggest telecommunications operator. Shuter, until

Shareholders approve Altron shake-up

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Shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a major shake-up at technology group Altron, ending decades of absolute control by the Venter family and ushering in a new strategic shareholder in the form

Godfrey Motsa is new MTN SA CEO

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MTN has moved quickly to replace the CEO of its South African operation, Mteto Nyati, who is leaving the telecommunications group to take the reins from Robbie Venter as CEO of Altron. Altron announced after markets closed on Tuesday that