South African mobile operator MTN Group is considering spinning out its fibre and financial services units and potentially list one of them to unlock value trapped in its core business, the company said on Wednesday.
The saga of South African regulator ICASA and planned spectrum auctions has taken another twist with ICASA now planning to appeal a recent court order halting a forthcoming spectrum auction.
Observe equality when taxing similar transactions - MTN Group’s Cuba says
Tuesday March 09 2021
Summary
Ms Yolanda Cuba was in February appointed MTN Group Vice President for the Southern and East African MTN markets. In an interview with Prosper magazine’s Christine Kasemiire, Ms Cuba expounds on what Ugandans should expect and the telecommunication firm’s latest developments.
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MTN recently announced a shift to a pan-african strategy focusing on the African market. What does this mean for a country like Uganda?
There is a lot of potential growth in sub-Saharan Africa given its young population, low data penetration across most markets and mobile money space.
The high court on Monday ordered telecoms regulator ICASA to halt an auction of radio frequency spectrum licences pending a hearing of contentions raised by operator Telkom and broadcaster e.tv.