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Orange completes acquisition of mobile operator Airtel in Sierra Leone

July 19, 2016/Orange Orange said on Tuesday together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Sierra Leone. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV (“Airtel”) in January 2016, Orange has obtained all the official […]

MTN sees negative H1 HEPS due to Nigeria fine

Tue Jul 19, 2016/Reuters Mtn Group Ltd * JSE: MTN – trading statement for the six months ended 30 June 2016 * Expects to report negative basic headline earnings per share (HEPS) and basic earnings per share (EPS) for HY2016 * Expected decline in heps primarily as a result of […]

UBA, MasterCard Announce Pan-African Partnership

19/7/2016/Leadership By Blessing Anaro United Bank for Africa (UBA) and MasterCard have announced a partnership which will see UBA act as the issuer for MasterCard in 18 new markets in Africa. The partnership which came into effect in the second quarter of 2016 will see UBA issue MasterCard credit, debit […]