Vodafone Egypt acquisition bolsters Vodacom’s Africa ambitions
Vodafone Egypt said to have contributed R1.8-billion to group service revenue.
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Safaricom Ethiopia switches on network
2G, 3G and 4G mobile services are available in 11 cities from today.
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Vodacom edges closer to pan-African tech goal
Based on its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2022, company confirms a “watershed year” for its transition plans.
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Vodacom South Africa appoints new MD
Sitho Mdlalose, currently MD of Vodacom Tanzania, will serve in new position from July 2022.
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Vodacom rakes in over R2bn with financial services
Operator experienced a 12.5% increase in financial services revenue to hit the R2-billion mark for the first time in a quarter.
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Shareholders give Vodacom’s R41bn Vodafone Egypt deal thumbs up
Resolutions agreed upon at general meeting held today.
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Vodacom in major African Fintech push, guns for 70m customers
The telco sees strong growth potential for customer adoption and is targeting 73 million financial services customers in three years.
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Vodacom hits acquisition trail, begins with Vodafone Egypt for R41bn
Group also acquires strategic stake in CIVH assets to establish InfraCo entity.
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Global initiative to give 3.4bn access to smartphones
The Vodafone and ITU project will identify policy, commercial and circular-economy interventions to increase smartphone access.
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M-Pesa notches up 50m customers
The number of transactions grew to 4.5 billion in the quarter - with a total transaction value of €63 billion.
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Vodacom pledge gives Lesotho’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout a booster shot
Telecommunications firm donates US$1m towards delivery of 1.3 million vaccines headed for the mountain kingdom.
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Vodacom rakes in R24.8bn revenue in Q1
The company reports strong results in the first quarter, which also saw the awarding of a telecoms licence in Ethiopia and interest in its VodaPay ecosystem.