Browsing: Shameel Joosub

On the back of a solid financial performance in the year ended 31 March 2016, Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub took home R21,8m in pay, R14m of which was made up of a short-term incentive bonus. That’s double the

In the wake of Vodacom’s decision to close down its M-Pesa mobile money service in South Africa at the end of this month, a pioneer of mobile financial services for the mass market, Brian Richardson, CEO of Wizzit International, has

Vodacom wants to work with one or more other major telecommunications operators in South Africa to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure to reduce costs and make the business case for

South Africa is falling behind in broadband roll-out and access because of delays in allocating access to additional radio frequency spectrum bands to mobile operators, Vodacom warned on Monday. “Due to the country’s dependency on mobile

The lack of readily available radio frequency spectrum is hobbling South Africa’s national broadband hopes, says mobile network Vodacom. South Africa’s government has been slow in implementing its digital broadcast migration project

South Africa’s advanced banking sector and a lack of demand are key reasons for the local failure of Vodacom’s mobile money product M-Pesa, says an analyst. On Monday, Vodacom announced that

The deal is off! Vodacom will no longer acquire Neotel. “Vodacom announces that its proposed acquisition of the majority of Neotel’s assets related to its fixed-line business has lapsed due to regulatory complexities and certain conditions not being