Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 22
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Fri, July 26th, 08:13 · Richard Cutcher
Huawei sign deal to double Ethiopia’s mobile subscribers
Huawei Technologies has signed a US$700 million deal with Ethiopia to increase mobile usage and roll out 4G and 3G services. → Read more
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Thu, July 25th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom and DoC to work closer together
Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s communications minister, has pledged to explore ways to create “a more enabling environment” for them to work with Telkom after meeting its Group CEO Sipho Maseko. → Read more
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Thu, July 25th, 10:12 · Richard Cutcher
Kenya and Uganda top innovation in “low income economies”
Mauritius, South Africa and Tunisia are the most innovative countries in Africa according to the latest annual released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. → Read more
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Thu, July 25th, 08:31 · Richard Cutcher
Maroc Telecom could manage Etisalat’s African subsidiaries
Abdeslam Ahizoune, Maroc Telecom’s chief executive, has posed the possibility of managing Etisalat’s other African operations if the latter’s takeover is completed in September. → Read more
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Thu, July 25th, 07:10 · Richard Cutcher
Ikpoki to head up MTN Nigeria
MTN Group has moved the chief executive of its Ghana operations over to MTN Nigeria, as the reshuffle continues after Nazir Patel sensationally resigned on Monday. → Read more
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Wed, July 24th, 16:36 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom Business target SMEs
South Africa’s Telkom Business has launched special reduced cost voice products aimed at small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). → Read more
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Wed, July 24th, 15:24 · Richard Cutcher
KDN looking at the bigger picture since Liquid Telecom takeover
Kenya Data Networks (KDN) are close to turning a profit after what the managing director described to HumanIPO as an “amazing five months” since the takeover by Liquid Telecom and a period of financial restructuring. → Read more
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Wed, July 24th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
iPhone sales up, but Apple profits down
Apple has reported a 22 per cent drop in profits for the last quarter, despite recording a 20 per cent rise in iPhone sales. → Read more
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Wed, July 24th, 10:14 · Richard Cutcher
West African tower expansion boosted by $522 million
More than 1,000 new telecommunications towers are set to be built in Nigeria, the Ivory Coast and Cameroon after IHS Towers raised more than US$522 million in debt and equity. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 13:35 · Richard Cutcher
More third-party tower deals expected in Africa
Helios Towers Africa (HTA) expect to make more telecommunications infrastructure acquisitions in the next 12 months, following the purchase of Vodacom Tanzania’s 1,149 towers. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 13:01 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat’s subscriber base and revenues grow
Global mobile operator, which has major operations in African countries including Egypt and Nigeria, has added 18 million subscribers to its networks in the past 12 months according to its Q2 2013 results. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Cell C and FNB partnership a non-starter
A banking and telecommunications expert has told HumanIPO he does not know what First National Bank (FNB) would get out of partnering with South Africa’s third network operator Cell C. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 09:03 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana and Egypt the highlights in Vodafone results
Vodafone, the mobile giant with a presence in more than 40 countries, took a 3.5 per cent hit on its service revenue, but its emerging markets businesses continued to grow. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 07:50 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat in talks for Maroc Telecom stake
The sale of Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom looks set to drag on until the end of September after Etisalat said they had entered exclusive talks. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 15:40 · Richard Cutcher
MTN’s CFO resigns after allegations
MTN Group’s chief financial officer, Nazir Patel, has resigned with immediate effect after “certain allegations” were made against him, according to the giant network operator. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 15:03 · Richard Cutcher
Foreign investment fund not put off by political turmoil
Managers of the Amadeus Capital Partners fund, invested in by the MTN Group, have told HumanIPO they are not put off by political unrest in African countries such as Egypt. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 10:01 · Richard Cutcher
Apple developers’ data at risk
Information on 275,000 third-party Apple developers may have been stolen after the American tech giant confirmed their developer portal had been hacked. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 09:17 · Richard Cutcher
UN urges Ghana to consider e-waste measures
A United Nations report has urged the Ghanaian government to support its recycling sector to ensure it can cope with the huge amounts of e-waste that ends up in the West African country. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 07:32 · Richard Cutcher
Helios Towers purchases Vodacom Tanzania network
Vodacom Tanzania has sold its 1,149 telecoms towers to Helios Towers Tanzania, more than doubling the latter’s infrastructure presence in the East African country. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 06:03 · Richard Cutcher
Cell C linked with FNB partnership
First National Bank (FNB) is the latest big name to be linked with a disruptive partnership with South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C. → Read more
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