Bharti Airtel looks set to wrap up its $9-billion deal to buy most of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain’s African assets.
Indian telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal is hoping to make it third time lucky as he seeks to gain a presence in Africa.
Bharti Airtel has offered up to $10,7-billion for the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain, newspapers reported on Saturday.
A consortium of Indian telecom companies and a Malaysian investor will buy a 46% stake in Kuwaiti telecom Zain.
To 28-year-old Kenyan Mary Wanjiku, her cellphone is not just a cellphone. It is also a cheap, safe and easy way of sending her mother .
Subscribers in Kenya’s biggest cellphone operator, Safaricom, rose 50% in the first half of the year as the company invested in network coverage.
Without Vodacom, Telkom is in for a rough ride, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Zain Mobile is coming. The question is, will they partner with Telkom?
