A decade ago, fierce battles were fought to get a number of Africa’s state-owned telecommunications operators into private hands and to strip them of their monopoly privileges. This happened in all but two of what are now sub-Saharan Africa’s most successful economies. The real laggards are
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Africa’s road to high-speed broadband is being achieved in leaps and bounds. Every week brings news of another piece of the jigsaw fitting into place. This week it’s the completion of the national fibre backbone in one of Africa’s larger markets. However, there’s still
Nigeria has cancelled a US$2,5bn bid for its failing telephone company after the bidder defaulted on a $750m down payment, the most recent of numerous setbacks
MTN Nigeria and Nigerian second network operator Globacom are among six bidders shortlisted for Nigeria’s stricken incumbent operator, Nitel. State-owned…
Nigeria has emerged as the shining star in MTN’s latest set of results, overtaking SA as the largest contributor to the company’s revenue in the six months to June. At the same time, the operations in Nigeria, which were considered by many investors