Vodacom Business re-brands in new focus shift

Mobile industry body pleads for tax structures based on internationally accepted principles and the need for certainty around their enforcement.

Operator looks to gain subscribers with deals targeted at both end-user consumer and business markets.

Based on its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2022, company confirms a “watershed year” for its transition plans.

Included in plans is investment in M-Pesa Super App both for customers and businesses.

Safaricom announces 30 million active subscribers in Kenya, 51 million across the continent.

The cloud hyperscaler helps the local telco migrate the majority of its 1 400 IT applications to the cloud.

Operator experienced a 12.5% increase in financial services revenue to hit the R2-billion mark for the first time in a quarter.

The telco sees strong growth potential for customer adoption and is targeting 73 million financial services customers in three years.

Vodacom subsidiary, XLink says it connects Africa's banks with cloud-powered, secure transactional services and visibility.

Telecommunications firm donates US$1m towards delivery of 1.3 million vaccines headed for the mountain kingdom.

Telecommunications industry regulator confirms latest agreement.