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- 6 Feb 2012
Rule of Law @ Test in Econet Wireless Dispute
After long drawn years of legal tussles in and out of court corridors, the recent judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna reinstating Econet Wireless Ltd’s equity in Airtel Networks…
- 20 Oct 2015
Corruption, Politicians Killed Econet Wireless- Founder
Strive Masiyiwa, CEO and founder of Econet Wireless, the first GSM operator to go live in Nigeria (in 2001) has opened fresh cans of worms up on how the company was killed by Nigerian factors. Over…
- 17 Feb 2012
Econet Wireless Wins Again as International Tribunal Awards it Damages
Econet Wireless Limited has said it has come out victorious for a second time in less than a month in long-running legal cases to establish its ownership rights to shares in the Bharti Airtel…
- 28 Nov 2016
Bharti Airtel Acquires Econet’s 4.2% Stake in Airtel Nigeria
India’s top carrier Bharti Airtel’s Netherlands arm has acquired 4.2% Econet Wireless shareholding in the Airtel Nigeria. Earlier this month, Sunil Mittal-driven telco’s has reached settlement with…
- 18 Dec 2025
Why Econet Wireless is Switching to VFEX
After nearly 30 years on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), Econet Wireless, the country’s biggest technology company, is preparing to leave the bourse and move its property and infrastructure assets…
- 5 Oct 2012
Lagos Court Dismisses Airtel's Application against Econet
Econet Wireless is set for a $3 billion windfall after the High Court in Lagos, dismissed an application by Indian firm Bharti Airtel to overturn an earlier ruling by an international arbitration…
- 22 Mar 2019
O&O Network Appeals Court Order to Deposit N22.5Bn for Airtel Shares
O&O Network has filed a notice of appeal against the ruling of the Federal high court ordering it to deposit N22.5 billion with the chief registrar of the court pending the determination of the…
- 4 Oct 2021
Airtel Nigeria Appoints Godfrey Efeurhobo as Chief Commercial Officer
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Godfrey Efeurhobo, its current Home Broadband Director, as Chief Commercial Officer. Efeurhobo, whose…
- 23 May 2014
Airtel Appoints Regional Operations Directors for Lagos, North
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has announced the appointment of Mr. Femi Oshinlaja and Mr. Wole Abu as regional operations director for its Lagos and Northern Regions,…
- 1 Feb 2022
Emeka Oparah Appointed Airtel Africa Vice President
Mr. Emeka Oparah has been appointed vice president, Corporate Communications & CSR, in Airtel Africa Plc, and he has resumed in Dubai, UAE. Emeka Oparah Oparah, who disclosed his new appointment…
- 21 Dec 2009
Otudeko Emerges FirstBank Chairman
A change of baton has taken place in Nigeria’s premier financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, as Dr. Oba Otudeko, an erstwhile non-executive director, was elected on Tuesday by the…
- 23 Feb 2018
Kwesé Buys Stake in iflix to Broaden SVOD Offering
Pan-African entertainment company and Econet Wireless subsidiary Kwesé has acquired 'significant' stake in Malaysian-based entertainment services firm iflix Africa for an undisclosed amount to…
- 7 Jan 2014
OneCard Nigeria Appoints Ogunkanmi as CCO
OneCard Nigeria, a fast moving consumer goods company that provides top-up solutions on multiple platforms for various services ranging from mobile phones, toll fees, pay television and fuel cards…
- 16 Mar 2019
Court Faults Bharti Airtel Purchase of Airtel Nigeria Shares from Ecobank
Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Bharti Airtel’s purchase of Airtel Nigeria shares from Ecobank in 2018 was contemptuous and amounted to a flagrant disobedience of a court order. The…
- 11 Aug 2008
Zain, ZoomMobile, What Are New Names?
An age long adage says that a rose will still smell the same, even if it is called by another name! From time, names have been extremely powerful and act, as a separate manifestation of a person or…
- 8 Nov 2019
Augmented Reality Art Show Launches to Champion Africa’s Tech Leaders
A unique African augmented reality art experience “Nyota” that showcases and celebrates 24 of Africa’s technology pioneers, has been unveiled by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB). The landmark AR exhibition…
- 20 Jan 2018
9mobile: Airtel Pulls Out of Bid as Glo, Helios Fail to Name Price
Airtel Nigeria did not submit a final bid for 9mobile despite being on the shortlist of five, according to TheCable. Also, although Globacom and Helios Investment Partners LLP submitted bids,…
- 8 Sept 2010
Nokia, Zain Partners in Independence Promo
Nokia, world’s leading Manufacturer in mobile devices and Zain, a mobile telecommunications operator, have concluded …
- 22 Nov 2023
The Structures, Roles of Operators in the Nigerian Telecoms Sector
By Olajide Adisa Since Independence in 1960, the telecoms sector has impacted on the Nigerian economy in several positive ways, creating jobs and contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of…
- 18 Feb 2014
Airtel Names Nigerian Directors in Tanzania, Uganda
BhartiAirtel, a global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced senior level organizational changes within its Africa operations. The…
- 29 Aug 2026
Ndukwe, Architect of Nigeria’s GSM Revolution, to Grace eWorld Forum as Special Guest
Dr Ernest Ndukwe, former Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will attend the eWorld Forum commemorating 25 years of Nigeria’s Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) revolution as Special Guest of Honour.
- 20 Apr 2018
Mobile Voice Usage Steady in Africa - Report
Mobile voice telephony usage in Africa has remained stable and the situation is likely to persist at least until the end of this year – despite increasing adoption of Over the Top (OTT) applications…
- 20 Dec 2023
Pay TV Subscribers Ask FG to Break Monopoly of Multichoice
Association of Telephone, Cable Tv and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS) has told the Federal Government, to break the monopoly of Multichoice in order to create a level playing field for…
- 23 Feb 2017
Business Today, Disrupt or Die (Part 3)
Today, disruptive companies are the fastest-growing in history. In reality, they are movers and shakers in the business world today. They came and smoothly disrupted the business ecosystem. They…
- 1 Jun 2009
Solar Power Supply Can Work in Nigeria - Odunowo
AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo, is the managing director/CEO of Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN). The graduate of chemistry from the University of Dundee, Scotland, got involved in…
- 13 Apr 2015
Reports Link Vodacom, MTN in Race to Acquire Visafone
Different reports at the weekend indicated that Vodacom Group Limited (Vodacom) and MTN Group are quietly competing in the race acquire Visafone, the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access…
- 7 Jun 2010
Competition and Service Delivery in Telecoms
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has severally re-instated its desire to continue to encourage competition in the sector. It does this through licensing of several operators in different…