Monday, 9 November, Wednesday, 26 November, Cyril Ramaphosa to divest stake in Shanduka. Monday, 26 May, Tuesday, 2 July, Telecoms: Dealings in the danger zone. Monday, 2 April, New York headlines. London headlines. Thursday, 29 May, FT Alphaville Paul Murphy.
Monday, 19 May, FT Alphaville Gwen Robinson. Bharti and MTN discuss sharing top roles. Differences over key issues remain, as South African telco sticks to initial demands. Crude oil prices slipped lower Tuesday on account of profit booking after a six days rise. The meeting with the finance minister comes just three days after both the telcos extended their exclusive merger talks by another month to September-end.
The government has said it has asked Bharti to furnish all details of its proposed 23 bn dollar deal with South African company MTN for legal scrutiny. Bharti and MTN agreed to hold talks till July 31, ' This gives both cos about two months to finalise deal and also ensures that rivals cannot disrupt process with counter offers.
Bharti and MTN have agreed to hold exclusive talks with each other till July 31, MTN has not ruled out the possibility of an European bidder joining the fray. However, analysts say it could be a tactic to press Bharti for better price.
Hot Handsets. Funky Phones. World of ancient Egypt Day in Pics. Hot handsets Nokia Classic. Hot handsets. Nokia Classic. Nifty 17, Honeywell 45, Market Watch. If Africa constitutes a quarter or a third of humanity within 30 years, what is Africa doing to plan and prepare itself to hold a global position consistent with its population size?
I gradually supported the introduction of Huawei — the Chinese telecoms operator — into countries like Nigeria, and Uganda, much to the consternation of the telecommunication engineers at MTN.
In , Huawei is the largest telecommunications equipment provider in the world with the largest market share and it is leading the likes of Ericsson in 5G technology. It happened — and it shows it can be done. I do not believe that any credible African Renaissance — politically, culturally or economically — will come to pass in the absence of a deeper re-examination and redefinition of the collective African self.
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