MTN GlobalConnect has significantly advanced its position as a leader in Pan-African fibre networks and platforms with strong 2021 results. On a mission to expand African connectivity and leading the journey is CEO Frédéric Schepens, who remains compelled and driven to create both social and economic benefits in Africa. Telecom Review Africa has spoken with Fred to dig deeper and capture the story behind MTN GlobalConnect’s performance.
In Western Cape, Vodacom invested more than R1 billion in connectivity in the last financial year as the group upgraded its existing base station sites with 3G and 4G across the province to improve coverage and capacity, reaching 99.5% for 3G and 97.6% for 4G.
The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has sealed off the facilities of Globacom and Airtel until further notice for defaulting to remit over N360 million (about $867,000) tax liabilities.
Safaricom signed a five-year lease agreement to share a dark fibre-optic agreement with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP).
MTN Group has announced senior leadership appointments to operating companies in Nigeria, Iran and Sudan, all of them internal candidates, as the Group focuses on executing their strategy to drive growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in fintech and fiber businesses. The appointments are effective 1 April 2022.
Safaricom signed a multi-year contract with Intelsat to modernize its network and expand LTE coverage to more subscribers across the whole country.
Maroc Telecom was awarded "Best in Test" in umlaut’s mobile and fixed broadband benchmark with an overall score of 836 points in mobile network benchmarking and 496 points in fixed broadband benchmarking.
Ethiopia's finance ministry announced the postponement of the partial privatization of state-owned firm Ethio Telecom, delaying a major step in the government's plan to open the country's tightly-controlled economy.
Etisalat Misr has selected Ericsson to modernize its business support systems (BSS) in Egypt. The transformation will upgrade and modernize Etisalat Misr’s BSS platform to support data and Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) traffic growth, 5G readiness and Internet of Things (IoT).
