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Lynk and Vodafone Ghana Sign Contract Bringing Satellite-Direct-to-Standard-Phone Technology to Ghana Providing 100% Mobile Coverage

More Africa NewsLynk and Vodafone Ghana Sign Contract Bringing Satellite-Direct-to-Standard-Phone Technology to Ghana Providing 100% Mobile Coverage

April 12, 2023by myles0

Lynk, the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, today announced that it has signed its second commercial contract with Telecel Group in Africa to provide services to Vodafone Ghana’s subscribers. This new contract will provide mobile coverage to 100% of Ghana’s population of 31 million inhabitants using Lynk’s “cell-towers-in-space.” Charles Miller, CEO of Lynk, said, “This...

More Africa NewsGhana: MTN, Vodafone extend roaming agreement

April 4, 2023by myles0

In April 2022, MTN Ghana and Vodafone Ghana signed a national roaming agreement, and a pilot phase was even launched in the Volta region. Telecommunications operators Vodafone Ghana and MTN Ghana have extended the scope of their national roaming agreement to the entire country. In areas where Vodafone’s network is poor or nonexistent, its subscribers...

More Africa NewsVodafone Group dismisses suggestions that it could sell Vodacom Group stake

February 20, 2023by myles0

UK telecoms giant Vodafone Group has moved to dismiss suggestions that it is discussing a sale of its majority stake in South Africa-based Vodacom Group. Last week Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reported that Vodafone was working with advisers to look at ways at extracting more value from its 65.1% stake in...

More Africa NewsGhana approves sale of controlling stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group

January 17, 2023by myles0

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is pleased to announce that pursuant to the evaluation of the revised proposal from the Telecel Group, it has granted approval for the transfer of the 70% majority shares in Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (Vodafone Ghana) held by Vodafone International Holdings B.V. (the Seller) to Telecel Group (the Buyer) subject to concessions made by the Seller and...

More Africa NewsVodacom completes acquisition of 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt – report

December 13, 2022by myles0

Vodacom Group has closed the acquisition of Vodafone’s 55 percent stake in Vodafone Egypt, Al Mal reported. The deal happened on 08 December as an over-the-counter transaction on the Egyptian Stock Exchange at a value of EGP 59.7 billion, it said. There was no official comment from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) or the National...

More Africa News More Industry InsightsVodafone CEO to step down

December 6, 2022by myles0

Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read will step down at the end of December 2022 following a year when the telecommunications company’s share price sank. Chief financial officer Margherita Della Valle will become interim CEO, in addition to her current role, while a replacement is found, the company said in a statement on Monday. The company’s...

More Africa NewsEgypt: Qatar Investment Authority in talks over possible acquisition of 20% stake in Vodafone Egypt

October 21, 2022by myles0

The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is said to be in advanced talks regarding the acquisition of stakes held by the Egyptian state in a number of Egyptian companies, including Vodafone Egypt, Bloomberg reports. With it understood that a potential pact could be finalised by the end of 2022, it has been suggested that QIA could acquire 20%...

More Africa NewsGhana: Vodafone expands 4G sites and upgrades network

August 17, 2022by myles0

Vodafone Ghana has revealed it plans to deploy 300 additional 4G LTE and 3G sites in several communities across the country by the end of October, increasing its current network capacity by 30%. The operator has already completed more than half of this network improvement programme, which it notes forms part of a wider commitment...

More Africa NewsVodafone Ghana’s Telecel deal hangs in the balance

August 12, 2022by myles0

Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has denied blocking the planned sale of Vodafone Ghana’s 70% stake in Ghana Telecommunications Company to Telecel Group. The NCA said it received the application for the transfer of 70% majority shares in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel in January this year, but that the request did not meet regulatory requirements....

More Africa NewsGhana: Telecel to re-engage government over takeover of Vodafone Ghana

August 4, 2022by myles0

African Focus Telecom Company, Telecel has indicated that it will re-engage the Government of Ghana over its takeover bid for Vodafone Ghana’s operations. This is coming after the authorities rejected its earlier request to take over the British telecommunication company In a statement, Telecel, confirmed that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA)...

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