Former Vodacom and Vodafone executive Rob Shuter has been named as the new president and CEO of telecommunications group MTN after an extensive search. Shuter, who is a previous chief financial officer at Vodacom
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MTN Group has appointed Babak Fouladi as group executive for technology and information systems. Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and IT strategy across
Vodacom freely admits that one of the biggest barriers to getting more South Africans using its 3G and 4G data networks is the cost of smart devices, including smartphones and tablets. It’s one of the
Vodacom its still confident that its R7bn acquisition of Neotel will go ahead, despite a protracted investigation by the Competition Tribunal and allegations of impropriety by Neotel executives over
Ten billion rand. That’s MTN South Africa’s capital expenditure this year. It’s a massive number. For the first year in memory (possibly ever), MTN will outspend Vodacom on capex. In the 2015 financial year, Vodacom spent R8,6bn. Now, Vodacom’s
In its annual report for the year to end March 2015, Vodacom tries to be frank about the re-relaunch in South Africa of M-Pesa, the mobile money transfer service that has fast become the de facto banking system in East Africa. This success in Kenya (and
Vodacom chief financial officer Ivan Dittrich has resigned, three years after leaving technology group Datatec to take on the role. He will leave the mobile telecommunications group at the end of July and will be succeeded by Till Streichert from 1 August. Streichert
Want funeral cover? Or life insurance? How about buying them with your next data bundle? Insurance, believe it or not, is one of telecommunications operator Vodacom’s fastest growing
In a potentially groundbreaking development, MTN and Vodafone have announced that MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa customers in East Africa will soon be able to transfer money to each other
Microsoft has announced its intention to hire more autistic people – not as a charitable enterprise but because, as corporate vice-president Mary Ellen Smith says: “People with autism bring strengths that we need at Microsoft.” Employing autistic people makes good business